Judeo-Christian Environmental Organizations
Christian Environmental Organizations
A Religious Campaign for Forest Conservation
"Our website . . . reflects the views of those churches, synagogues and religious
organizations which are becoming active on issues of forests . . . You are invited
to join with us in articulating and promoting a religious ethic of forests.
Both individuals and organizations are welcome to join and participate in our
programs."
American Friends Service Committee
The AFSC's work is based on the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) belief
in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence
and injustice.
Association of Evangelical Relief & Development
Organizations
AERDO is a professional forum for non-profit Christian agencies and individuals.
AERDO exists to promote excellence in professional practice; to foster networking,
collaboration and information exchange; and to enable its membership to effectively
support the Church in serving the poor and needy."
Cathedral of St. John Divine
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine has been a vibrant witness of the
Gospel message of God's love in New York City, the Episcopal Church, and the
world. Today, the Cathedral is a leading voice in the exploration of sacred
arts and liturgical expression, and in the work of building community in . .
. Episcopal Church.
Christian Camping International
Welcome! CCI is an international alliance of Christian camping associations,
helping one another develop effective Christ-centered camps, conference and
retreat ministries.
Coalition for Christian Colleges and Universities
As a professional association of academic institutions, the Council focuses
on helping Christian colleges and universities better fulfill their mission
to effectively integrate biblical faith, scholarship and service.
Community for the National Institute for the
Environment
CNIE is a nonregulatory environmental science institution with a mission "to
improve the scientific basis for environmental decisions" It is aimed at helping
those studying, managing and affected by environmental problems as well as policymakers
in defining questions and setting priorities.
Council for a Parliament of World Religions
The mission of CPWR is to foster interreligious dialogue and cooperation in
metropolitan Chicago and also among religious and spiritual communities and
institutions around the world by cultivating a spirit of harmony and celebrating,
with openness and mutual respect, the rich diversity of religious and spiritual
traditions.
Creation Care
Creation Care is the informational newsletter produced by Evangelical Environmental
Network. The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) is an informal group of
individuals - including environmentalists, scientists, and theologians - who
are concerned about caring for God's creation.
Earth Action
To ensure a safe future for humanity, we must protect the global environment,
combat hunger and poverty, and prevent war. But there is little sign that the
world’s governments, left to themselves, will accomplish these tasks anytime
soon.
Earth Stewards
Earth Stewards is an international network of women and men dedicated to stewardship
of the earth. They believe in the idea 'together we make a difference.' Taking
personal responsibility for humankind's part in the unfolding drama of planetary
evolution and consciousness, they are people everywhere, connected by a network
of communication and consciousness, providing loving service of their sisters
and brothers and of their planet.
Eco-Justice
The Eco-Justice Working Group of the National Council of Churches provides an
opportunity for the national bodies of member Protestant and Orthodox denominations
to work together to protect and restore the environment by promoting Environmental
Justice. Eco-Justice is a term that includes efforts to assure justice for all
of creation and the human beings who live in it.
Environmental Ethics
The Environmental Ethics & Public Policy Program is a core project of the
Center for the Study of Values in Public Life at Harvard Divinity School. The
program has several distinct activities including an ongoing faculty seminar
(the Harvard Seminar on Environmental Values), the publication of an Occasional
Papers Series and the presentation of the Subject Bibliographies in Environmental
Ethics.
Evangelical Environmental Network
The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) is an informal group of individuals
- including environmentalists, scientists, and theologians - who are concerned
about caring for God's creation. It exists to encourage those involved to care
about God's world in practical ways, using the Bible as a guide to develop 'stewardship'
principles, and to act on these principles rather than just talk or think about
them.
Evangelical for Social Action
Evangelicals for Social Action is an association of Christians
seeking to promote Christian engagement, analysis and understanding of major
social, cultural and public policy issues.
Floresta
Floresta's mission is to attack the economic problems in developing countries
that cause and are caused by deforestation. As evidence of Christ's love and
our response to it, Floresta brings hope and long term opportunity to the poor
affected by these problems through technically appropriate, business based programs
that lead to self-sufficiency.
Green Cross Foundation
The Foundation is a non-profit corporation in the State of Florida and registered
with the US Internal Revenue Service as an educational foundation. The Foundation
seeks and disburses funds in support of the field of traumatology. The Foundation
has a special relationship with the Florida State University in support of the
Traumatology Institute and its assistance to the Green Cross Projects.
International Association of Religious
Freedom
The International Association for Religious Freedom, or IARF, history spans
the 20th century and reflects many of the difficult issues that confronted
religious leaders and scholars during that tumultuous period, particularly in
Europe and in the United States. Unitarians and free or liberal Christians provided
leadership throughout the century, and in the last two decades they have been
ably assisted by Japanese lay Buddhists and shrine Shinto priests and also Indian
Brahmos, Buddhists, Christians, Sikhs, Muslims, Unitarians, and members of the
Ramakrishna Mission.
International Bible Society
Has a mission to serve the church in evangelism and discipleship by providing
Gods word so that people around the world may come to faith and life in Jesus
Christ.
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
The purpose of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is to establish and advance
at colleges and universities witnessing communities of students and faculty
who follow Jesus as Savior and Lord: growing in love for God, God's word, God's
people of every ethnicity and culture and God's purposes in the world.
Kingdom Works
EAPE/Kingdomworks has been committed to what God is doing through Christian
people in inner-city America and around the world. Their people and programs
are helping to mobilize people to live sacrificially the whole Gospel of Jesus
Christ.
MAP International
MAP International promotes the total health of people living in the world's
poorest communities by partnering in the: Provision of Essential Medicines,
Prevention and Eradication of Disease and Promotion of Community Health Development.
We envision a world in which individuals, families and communities have the
hope and capacity to build conditions that promote Total Health.
Mission Society for United Methodist
Our passion is reaching the unreached with the Gospel, and helping national
churches finish the task of winning their own people for Christ.
National Religious partnership for the Environment
The National Religious Partnership for the Environment is a federation of major
American faith communities: the U.S. Catholic Conference, the Coalition on the
Environment and Jewish Life, the National Council of Churches of Christ, and
the Evangelical Environmental Network. With a commitment "to be ourselves, together,"
each of our faith groups is implementing distinctive programs on behalf of a
common mission: We act in faith to cherish and protect God's creation. Our goal
is to integrate commitment to global sustainability and environmental justice
permanently into all aspects of religious life.
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
The National Catholic Rural Life Conference is a membership organization grounded
in a spiritual tradition which brings together the Church, care for creation
and care for community. The NCRLC fosters programs of direct service and systemic
change. As an educator in the faith, the NCRLC seeks to relate religion to the
rural world; develops support services for rural pastoral ministers; serves
as a prophetic voice and as a catalyst and convener for social justice.
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and the United States Catholic
Conference (USCC) are the organizations of the American Catholic hierarchy.
Through these distinct but closely related organizations–one a canonical
entity, the other a civil corporation–the bishops fulfill their responsibilities
of leadership and service to Church and nation.
The programs of NCCB/USCC range over the spectrum of Catholic concerns–from
prayers and worship to the state of the economy, from revitalizing parishes
to averting nuclear war, from promoting vocations to protecting life at all
stages.
National Council of Jewish
Women
The National Council of Jewish Women is a volunteer organization, inspired by
Jewish values, that works through a program of research, education, advocacy
and community service to improve the quality of life for women, children and
families and strives to ensure individual rights and freedoms for all.
Navigators
To reach, disciple, and equip people to know Christ and make Him known through
successive generations. Essential to this is: 1) Engaging people in the Scriptures
to discover Christ and apply His truth. 2) Discipling people life on life to
trust and obey Jesus Christ 3) Equipping disciples to reproduce the life of
Christ in others.
North American Coalition for Christianity &
Ecology
"Our strategy is to initiate and nurture small groups of committed people meeting
weekly, celebrating the Christian and the natural seasons as sacred time, reflecting
on Bible passages, studying issues related to Christianity and ecology, creating
holy day rituals, exploring bioregions, involving children, engaging in advocacy
and supporting one another . . . The excitement of creating our own rituals,
re-interpreting scripture and sharing those interpretations with all other Circles
nationwide, getting outdoors to know the bioregion intimately -- these are the
religious experiences that will create the staying power and commitment God
wants from us in these turbulent times of transformation." - President, Rev.
Finley Schaef, May 1999
Principia Cybernetica
Principia Cybernetica is an attempt by a group of researchers to collaboratively
build a system of cybernetic philosophy, addressing epistemology, metaphysics,
and ethics, or the supreme human values. We intend to move towards conceptual
unification of the relatively fragmented fields of Systems and Cybernetics through
consensually-based philosophical development. Such a unification is proposed
in the spirit of the original plans of the founders of the General Systems Theory.
It is also in the spirit of Whitehead and Russell's Principia Mathematica. Where
they reflexively applied mathematical principles to the development of the foundations
of mathematics, in the Principia Cybernetica the objective is to reflexively
apply cybernetic methods to the development of the foundations of cybernetics
itself.
Urbana 2000
"Because God First Loved Us" is our theme for Urbana 2000.
Expositor Ken Fong, senior pastor of Evergreen Baptist Church, will lead the
convention in studying The One Great Story of the Bible; the story of how God
has pursued all peoples since the beginning of time in order to bring them back
into a relationship of love and worship.
World Council of Churches
World Council of Churches boasts a membership of roughly 500 million Christians
represented through some 336 churches. The Council's membership come from 120
countries and territories throughout the world. They seek to pray for and pursue
the unity of Christ's Church.
World Evangelical Fellowship
WEF is a church-based, grassroots movement with the primary task of equipping
and mobilizing churches and parachurch organizations to disciple the nations
for Christ. My dream is to see a dynamic and visionary alliance in every nation
through which evangelicals sustain a biblical vision for social justice, diminishing
poverty, freedom of worship.
World Vision U.S.
World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is
to follow our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed
to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news
of the Kingdom of God.
Youth for Christ USA
As part of the Body of Christ, our vision is to see every young person, in every
people group, in every nation have the opportunity to make an informed decision
to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become part of a local church.
Youth with a Mission
YWAM is an international movement of Christians working to help make a difference
in a needy world. YWAMers are united in their desire to be part of changing
people's lives for the better. They share their faith through many different
kinds of practical help--from agricultural training to running medical clinics--as
well as telling about the Christian beliefs that inspire their actions
Jewish Environmental Organizations
American Jewish Committee
AJC seeks to safeguard the welfare and security o Jews in the United States,
in Isreal, and throughout the world. They are committed to strengthening the
basic principles of pluralism around the world, as the best defense against
anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry.
American Jewish Congress
The American Jewish Congress is motivated by the need to ensure the creative
survival of the Jewish people, deeply cognizant of the Jewish responsibility
to participate fully in public life, inspired by Jewish teachings and values,
informed by liberal principles, dedicated to an activist and independent role,
and committed to making its decisions through democratic processes.
B'Nai B'rith International
This is the latest step in B'nai B'rith's continuing effort to provide the most
up-to-date resources to members and non-members alike. The Internet is uniquely
capable of presenting everything B'nai B'rith has to offer: with just a few
keystrokes, you can access their network of programs and members in 55 countries
around the globe. And, since this is an interactive medium, B'nai B'rith can
respond to your interests and concerns.
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Its members consist of Reform Rabbis ordained at the HUC-JIR Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion, as well as Reform Rabbis ordained at liberal seminaries
in Europe, and some rabbis who joined the Reform movement sometime subsequent
to ordination. Most of the latter were ordained either at the Conservative Jewish
Theological Seminary or the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
The Coalition on
the Environment and Jewish Life
COEJL is a six-year project founded in 1993 to promote environmental education,
scholarship, advocacy, and action in the American Jewish community. COEJL is
sponsored by a broad coalition of Jewish organizations and is a member of the
National Religious Partnership for the Environment. COEJL is dedicated to ensuring
that the American Jewish community integrates environmental study and action
into the mainstream of Jewish life.
Hadassah
We are HADASSAH...at work in all corners of the world. Our strength comes from
action. And our actions bring to our sisters, to our homeland, to our nation
the precious gifts of health, education...the power of hope.
http://www.hillel.org/
The Hillel network brings to the college world all the richness and diversity
of Judaism and Jewishness. Its historical commitment to a pluralistic community
encourages intellectual challenge and growth. Hillel maintains a presence on
over 400 campuses, and is in the vanguard of those who are determined to build
a fuller and stronger Jewish people in the 21st century.
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
JCPA is an independent, non-profit institute for policy research and education
serving Israel and the Jewish people since 1976. Some 300 researchers have participated
in JCPA studies, including 70 Center Fellows and Associates, resulting in over
700 publications in English and Hebrew.
Jewish Scientist Network
This web site is an information server for the Jewish science experience. Please
send in your announcements, articles, pointers to articles, book reviews, historical
notes, hyperlinks, editorials, comments, and suggestions. Please allow ample
time for posting and note that editors may edit. For articles, copyrights will
belong to the author unless stated otherwise. For contributors, please indicate
whether or not names and/or e-mail addresses can be posted along with submissions.
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
The Jewish Theological Seminary's web site offers a wide variety of information
regarding JTS and Judaism, both Conservative and general. We hope you enjoy
your stay here.
Na'amat USA
NA'AMAT, Hebrew acronym for "Movement of Working Women and Volunteers," is an
organization & a movement striving to enhance the quality of life for women,
children and families in Israel, the U.S. and around the world.
Religious Action Center of Reformed Judaism
Taking root over 125 years ago under the leadership of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise,
Reform Judaism is the oldest and largest Jewish movement in North America. The
word Reform" in the name of our Movement is a recognition that reform is part
of our way of life, as it has been for Jews throughout the centuries.
Union of American Hebrew
Congregations
The mission of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations is to provide vision,
leadership and programmatic support to Reform Jewish congregations and to perpetuate
and advance Reform Judaism.
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Founded in 1913 by Dr. Solomon Schechter as the association of Conservative
synagogues in North America, The United Synagogue serves as a resource to its
affiliated congregations and works to formulate a Conservative Jewish response
to pressing social and religious issues
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