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Articles Archive Women as the Voice for the Environment (WAVE) brings women together in Nairobi (11/15/2004)   More... Scientists and Religious Leaders Issue Letter on Climate Change (Wednesday, May 19, 2004) Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold joined 30 national religious leaders and prominent scientists in signing a letter to U.S. Senators, bringing attention to global climate change and pressing senate leaders to revisit consideration of legislation to reduce human-created greenhouse gases. Nobel Prize winners, evangelicals, Orthodox, Roman Catholics and Jewish leaders joined a number of mainline church leaders in the effort lead by the National Religious Partnership for the Environment.  More... Special Earth Day issue of The Witness (4/22/2004) This edition of The Witness' email newsletter offers a large, diverse collection of articles on environmental & development issues in the context of faith and spirituality.  More... Presiding Bishop joins Christian leaders in Earth Day letter to President Bush on Clean Air Policy    More... Victory for Arctic drilling opponents at BP general meeting (Thursday, April 15, 2004) For the first time publicly, BP, third largest oil company and fifth largest corporation in the world, announced today that it has no future plans to drill in the Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).  More... Earth Day Sunday 2004    More... Episcopalians will gather at biannual conference entitled: Enough for All: Sustainable Living in a Global World    More... Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (3/13/2003)   More... Episcopal Bishops In New England Issue First Pastoral Letter On The Environment (2/27/2003)   More... To Serve Christ in All Creation    More... Episcopal Bishops Call the Church to Action Amid Environmental Crisis    More... Declaration to the Anglican Communion    More... Declaration to the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development    More... New England religious leaders call for action on climate change plan (Wednesday, June 12, 2002) Calling global warming 'a crime against Creation,' New England religious leaders, including many Episcopalians, converged on their state capitols on June 11 to ask the six New England governors to implement the Climate Change Action Plan to which they agreed last August. The plan calls for regional reduction of greenhouse emissions to 1990 levels by 2010 and long-term reductions of 75-85 percent. At the Massachusetts State House, more than a hundred Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and other wor...  More... Conservation Based Energy Policy    More...

Anglican Communion Environmental Network World Council of Churches Diocesan Environmental Committees Useful Links The Episcopal Network for Animal Welfare The Episcopal Network for Animal Welfare believes that ending animal cruelty in all its forms and striving for mercy for all creatures is an essential task of the Church. Eco-Justice Ministries Eco-Justice Ministries helps churches develop ministries that are faithful, relevant and effective in working toward social justice and environmental sustainability. Episcopal Ecological Network As the grassroots network of Episcopalians from around the United States, the EEN is helping the Episcopal Church in the USA to advocate and articulate protection of the environment and preserving the sanctity of creation.  This network extends throughout the various congregations, Dioceses and Provinces of the Church and includes interaction with other Christian churches in the USA and around the world. Episcopal Power and Light The 1997 General Convention passed a resolution ca New Jersey's Interfaith Environmental Coalition GreenFaith is an interfaith environmental coalition which seeks to educate, advocate and mobilize the New Jersey faith community on behalf of environmental stewardship and justice. Earth Ministry Earth Ministry helps connect Christian faith with care and justice for all creation. New Community Project Our mission is to help all of us think twice about the impact of our lifestyles on the planet and the vast disparities between the world's people. Eco-Justice Working Group of the National Council of Churches Created in 1983, 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 God's Creation.'Environmental Justice' is an holistic term that includes all ministries designed to heal and defend creation. Eco-Justice is an even broader term that includes efforts to assure justice for all of creation and the human beings who live in it. -->

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