A Rocha is a Christian nature conservation organisation, our name coming from the Portuguese for “the Rock,” as the first initiative was a field study centre in Portugal. A Rocha is now a family of projects working in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and South America, and Asia. A Rocha projects are frequently cross-cultural in character, and share a community emphasis, with a focus on science and research, practical conservation and environmental education.
The Earth Charter is an authoritative synthesis of values, principles, and aspirations that are widely shared by growing numbers of men and women in all regions of the world. The principles of the Earth Charter reflect extensive international consultations conducted over a period of many years. These principles are also based upon contemporary science, international law, and the insights of philosophy and religion."
The Eco-Justice Programs office of the National Council of Churches works in cooperation with the NCC Eco-Justice Working Group to provide an opportunity for the national bodies of member Protestant and Orthodox denominations to work together to protect and restore God's Creation.
The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people. View the Agency's complete strategic plan, annual report, and policy resources.
The Evangelical Climate Initiative is a group of more than 85 evangelical leaders who—as a result of their commitment to Jesus Christ and concern for His Creation—have signed the statement entitled Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action. It represents their efforts to encourage action by evangelical Christians and all Americans to make life changes necessary to help solve the global warming crisis, and to advance legislation that will limit emissions, while respecting economic and business concerns. The Initiative grew out of the Sandy Cove Covenant taken by evangelical leaders in June 2004. See our brief history page for more information.
EEN is a unique evangelical ministry whose purpose is to "declare the Lordship of Christ over all creation" (Col. 1:15-20). EEN was formed because we recognize many "environmental" problems are fundamentally spiritual problems. EEN's flagship publication, Creation Care magazine, provides you with biblically informed and timely articles on topics ranging from how to protect your loved ones against environmental threats to how you can more fully praise the Creator for the wonder of His creation.
Extensive resources on religion and environment in the world's religions, including sections on Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Indigenous Traditions, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, and Shinto.
Greenpeace proves every day that ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary things. It was a group of thoughtful, committed citizens that came together in 1971 to create Greenpeace. A handful of determined activists leased a small fishing vessel, called the Phyllis Cormack, and set sail from Vancouver for Amchitka Island in Alaska. Their mission was to protest U.S. nuclear testing off the coast of Alaska with a brave act of defiance: to place themselves in harm’s way. Despite being intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, these daring activists sailed into history by bringing worldwide attention to the dangers of nuclear testing.
The Washington Office considers environmental policies by asking not only, "What is helpful for us now?" but also "What will be healthy for our children? For our children's children?"
A network for Mennonite people and agencies actively engaged in the care and restoration of God's Creation as part of the missional commitment of Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada.
OUR VISION: Christ, who created the world in peace and sustains all things, calls us to be stewards of the earth and to bring rest and renewal to the land and everything that lives on it. In response to this call, we will equip lay people and leaders with tools, resources and models that will educate, encourage, and inspire the church to care for creation, which is an expression of God’s love.
Merry Lea is a tract on the west side of High Lake that has been dedicated as an Indiana State Nature Preserve. Such preserves are established where unusual biological or geological features exist. The Merry Lea preserve features a large esker (a gravel ridge formed by channels in the glacial ice), and a variety of bog plants growing in its lowland areas. Once an area is dedicated, it is protected forever from development that would harm its character. Most preservesin Indiana are owned by the State of Indiana, but Hoosier colleges and universities, park boards, or conservation organizations can also be owners. The Merry Lea preserve is owned by Goshen College.
"The National Religious Partnership for the Environment is a formal alliance of major faith groups and denominations across the spectrum of Jewish and Christian communities and organizations in the United States. The Partnership is integrating care for God's creation throughout religious life: theology, worship, social teaching, education, congregational life, and public policy initiatives. And we seek to provide inspiration, moral vision, and commitment to social justice for all efforts to protect the natural world and human well-being within it."
The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.
Promotes Peace through Justice and care of creation. This Church of the Brethern related organization, offers learning tours, work projects, a support network, and print resources.
Quaker Earthcare Witness is a spiritually-centered movement of Quakers
and like-minded people seeking ways to integrate concern for the
environment with Friends' long-standing testimonies for simplicity,
peace, and equality. Let us explore the spiritual roots of humanity's
relationship to the earth. Let us transform our attitudes toward the
earth and all living things!
Together we can prevent further
irreversible damage through informed, spirit-led action on all
environmental issues: pollution, toxic wastes, conservation, recycling,
energy use, global warming, loss of species and habitats, loss of
arable lands and population pressures.
The University of Chicago Religion and Environment Initiative (REI) is a community of students, scholars, activists, and others motivated by shared concern over our environmental crisis to:
• explore the relationships between religious worldviews and the environment;
• educate people of faith, environmentalists, and others about these relationships;
• promote environmental concern as a religious issue;
• explore the potential for religious institutions to encourage environmental awareness and action;
• facilitate relationships among campus environmental and religious organizations and off-campus organizations such as local congregations, seminaries, and environmental groups; and
• serve as a model of interfaith commitment to positive environmental values and practices, both at the community and individual levels.
To accomplish these goals, REI will encourage dialogue about these issues, sponsor educational events and service activities, compile and distribute a Resource Handbook on Religion and the Environment, and develop and maintain an informational web site.
Our Mission Statement
1. Explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth.
2. Practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources.
3. Educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment.
4. Use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.
Focuses on issues that involve poverty and the environment. Offers service trips and internships. Has long-term research and research programs in Belize.
The state PIRGs created U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) in 1983 to act as watchdog for the public interest in our nation's capital, much as PIRGs have worked to safeguard the public interest in state capitals since 1971. Our organization's roots at the state level, and U.S. PIRG members across the country, give us a unique "outside the beltway" perspective and provide the grassroots power necessary to influence the national policy debate.
The Web of Creation is maintained by the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and is supported through grant funding, sponsorship and endorsement from a variety of faith-based sources.Maintain an extensive list of related links.
The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. It was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Known worldwide by its panda logo, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) leads international efforts to protect endangered species and their habitats. Now in its fifth decade, WWF works in more than 100 countries around the globe to conserve the diversity of life on earth. With nearly 1.2 million members in the U.S. and another 4 million worldwide, WWF is the world's largest privately financed conservation organization.
