Organizations and publications you may want to know about

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Environmental Justice (environmental stewardship, Creation, ecology, eco-justice, land) Episcopal Power & Light and The Regeneration Project: affiliated with the Episcopal Church, this organization particularly works on climate change. Thanks to advances in energy efficiency technologies, the deregulation of the electric industry, and the development of renewable energy resources, religious people have an historic opportunity to put their faith into action and help reduce the threat of global warming: www.theregenerationproject.org Faith in Action (formerly the Church Center for Sustainable Community): the organization works to realize a vision of a socially just and ecologically sustainable human society, and affirms that the quality of human life is not dependent upon increasing consumption of material goods: www.center1.com/ctr1hi.html Indigenous Environmental Network: an alliance of Indigenous Peoples empowering Indigenous Nations and communities towards sustainable livelihoods, environmental protection of their lands, water, air, and maintaining the Sacred Fire of their traditions: www.ienearth.org National Religious Partnership for the Environment: NRPE is a formal alliance of major faith groups and denominations across the spectrum of Jewish and Christian communities and organizations in the United States. NRPE integrates care for God's creation throughout religious life: theology, worship, social teaching, education, congregational life, and public policy initiative. It seeks to provide inspiration, moral vision, and commitment to social justice for all efforts to protect the natural world and human well-being within it: www.nrpe.org Network for Environmental and Economic Responsibility: NEER is a grassroots volunteer movement mobilizing United Church of Christ (UCC) persons and resources into a holistic ministry cognizant of the earth and its creatures. NEER members believe that all living things on our planet are interdependent in a vast web of life; therefore, God's promise of "Shalom" must be envisioned in ecological terms: www.center1.com/NEER/ Target Earth: a national movement of Christians who reflect a commitment to love our neighbors as ourselves and to care for the earth in an age of global environmental demise. Motivated by the biblical call to be faithful stewards of everything God created, Target Earth is active in 15 countries — buying endangered lands, protecting people, saving the jaguar, sharing the love of Jesus, feeding the hungry, and reforesting ravaged terrain: www.targetearth.org