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Green Heart Institute
The Green Heart Instituteis an environmental education non-profit whose mission is "to
empower individuals and businesses to understand the global impact of
their actions, connect to their deepest values, and live sustainably
from the heart."
The Forum on Religion and Ecology
The largest
international multireligious project of its kind. With its conferences,
publications, and website it is engaged in exploring religious
worldviews, texts, and ethics in order to broaden understanding of the
complex nature of current environmental concerns.

Eco-Justice Ministries
Brings an eco-justice theological perspective into the life and ministry of churches.

Eco-Justice Working Group
The National Council
of Churches has been providing an opportunity for the national bodies
of member Protestant and Orthodox denominations to work together to
protect and restore God's creation. A major task of our environmental
ministry is to provide program ideas and resources to help
congregations as they engage in environmental justice.

Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN)
A unique evangelical
ministry whose purpose is to "declare the Lordship of Christ over all
creation" (Col. 1:15-20). EEN was formed because it recognizes many
"environmental" problems are fundamentally spiritual problems.

Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life

Religious Witness for the Earth (RWE)
A national
interfaith network dedicated to public witness in defense of Creation.
Seeing climate change and environmental devastation as issues of
justice, RWE invokes the loving spirit, selfless courage, and moral
authority of the civil rights movement.

Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Their open-hearted
engagement with the world is expressed through expanding programs in
the United States and Asia. Through BPF, Buddhists of many different
traditions are developing individual and group responses to socially
conditioned suffering.

Earth Ministry
Helping individuals and congregations connect Christian faith with care for the earth.

National Religious Partnership for the Environment
A formal alliance of
major faith groups and denominations across the spectrum of Jewish and
Christian communities and organizations in the United States.

Interfaith Climate Change Network
Joining together in protecting creation.

The Witness
The only publication
aimed at Episcopalians and the Anglican Communion that embraces --
without equivocation -- the liberation perspective that flows from the
very core of Christian belief and values. We side with Jesus' radical
claim that every person, every creature, every part of creation belongs
to God and deserves the deepest respect and care.

Unitarian Universalist Seventh Principle Project
Promotes respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are apart.

EPA Energy Star Congregations
The ENERGY STAR
label stands for energy efficiency, which can support your
congregation's concern for financial and environmental stewardship. EPA
can assist your congregation in making decisions on your facilities and
equipment that save money and prevent pollution.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The IPCC is the most
authoritative source for statistics and figures on climate change.
Visit this site to view the latest assessment reports, press releases,
and graphics.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA's global
warming site is a great place to begin investigating how your area will
be affected by climate change. Included are sections on sea-level rise,
the impacts of warming on health, and things you can do to help reduce
the emission of greenhouse gases.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Log on here to read scientists' replies to questions that are commonly asked of climate experts.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (US Department of Energy)
A gateway to hundreds of Web sites and thousands of online documents on energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Green Power Network (GPN) (US Department of Energy)
The GPN provides news and information on green power markets and related activities.

Save Power
Cut 20% on your home
electricity consumption. This 20% solution web site identifies energy
efficiency measures and their predicted percentage savings to help you
save energy.

ENERGY & GREEN BUILDING
Home Energy Save
A web-based home energy audit tool.

Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
DSIRE is a
comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and
selected federal incentives that promote renewable energy.

American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
AWEA has advocated
the development of wind energy as a reliable, environmentally superior
energy alternative in the United States and around the world.

American Solar Energy Society (ASES)
ASES is a national
organization dedicated to advancing the use of solar energy for the
benefit of U.S. citizens and the global environment. ASES promotes the
widespread near- and long-term use of solar energy.

The Regeneration Project
The Regeneratio
Project partners with NativeEnergy to enable people of faith to do
their part to forestall global warming and climate change.

U.S. Green Building Council
USGBC is the
nation's foremost coalition of leaders from across the building
industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally
responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work.

National Geographic
Is your house a
green dream or an energy nightmare? Find out when you step inside our
interactive "green" house and take your energy I.Q.

Green-e Renewable Electricity Certification Program
Green-e is
administered by the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions. Green-e
provides an easy way for consumers to quickly identify environmentally
superior electricity products in competitive markets.

Renewable EnergyAccess.com
This internet-based
clean energy news and information source was started by a group of
clean energy professionals with a passion and desire to create a long
term sustainable business.

ENVIRONMENTAL
Center for Resource Solutions (CRS)
Based in San
Francisco, CRS brings together diverse interests to implement practical
resource solutions. CRS promotes clean and efficient energy use,
encourages sustainable economic growth, and helps preserve the
environment for present and future generations.

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
RMI is an
entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and
restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just,
prosperous, and life-sustaining.

Environmental Defense
Formerly
Environmental Defense Fund, this group fights to protect human health,
restore our oceans and ecosystems, and curb global warming.

Union of Concerned Scientists
This organization is an independent nonprofit alliance of more than 100,000 concerned citizens and scientists.