Southern Arizona COEJL

Faith-Based Groups and Sites

• National Religious Partnership for the Environment – association of independent faith groups across a broad spectrum: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches of Christ U.S.A., the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, and the Evangelical Environmental Network.
• Interfaith Power and Light – mobilizes a national religious response to global warming while promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation
• Canfei Nesharim – On Wings of Eagles, Orthodox Jewish environmental group.
• Boston COEJL
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  Michigan COEJL
• Adam v’Adamah Environmental Society (COEJL of British Columbia)
• Faith 2 Green -  COEJL of Southern California and Interfaith Council of Southern California
• Shomrei Adamah – premier Jewish environmental organization in the D.C. area
• EcoChai -Phoenix area Jewish environmental group
• Jews of the Earth - Denver area Jewish environmental group
• Jewish Environmental Initiative, St. Louis
• Temple Beth Israel (Eugene OR) synagogue’s Honoring Nature section
• Jewish Nature Centre of Canada (Toronto) - Established in January 2002, The Jewish Nature Centre of Canada , Torat HaTeva, is a Jewish community-based organization.  Working with schools, synagogues, and community organizations, Torat HaTeva aims to inspire grassroots environmental activism.
• Teva Learning Center -  Jewish environmental education institute.
• Jewish Nature Center -  promotes Jewish environmental nature education in all types of formal and informal educational settings.
• Hazon – Hazon’s vision is to create a healthier and more sustainable Jewish community – as a step towards a healthier and more sustainable world for all. And, take a look at The Jew and the Carrot - Hazon’s Blog on Jews, Food and Contemporary Issues.
• Jewish Climate Initiative not-for-profit organization created for the purposes of Tikkun Olam by providing a Jewish response to climate change.
  
• Jewish Farm School – promotes sustainable agriculture and supports food systems rooted in justice and Jewish traditions.
• Stop the Flood Eco-Torah - Resources for Judaism and ecology.
• Big Green Jewish Website – from Great Britain.
• Green Zionist Alliance - Educates and mobilizes a Diaspora voice for Israel’s environment; to support Israel’s environmental movement; to improve environmental practices within the world Zionist movement and it’s constituent agencies; to inspire people to work for change.
• Isabella Freedman Jewish Nature Center - helps build a spiritually vibrant, socially progressive Jewish community through educational programs.
• Torah Trek - educational program that explores Jewish spiritual practice in the natural world.
• The Shalom Center – Strong advocates for social justice including environmental social justice.
• The Jewish National Fund – plants trees and brings water to Israel.
• Arava Institute for Environmental Studies -  premier environmental education and research program in the Middle East, preparing future Arab and Jewish leaders to cooperatively solve the region’s environmental challenges.
• The American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (ASPNI) – helps raise awareness and support for the work of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) , Israel’s oldest and largest environmental organization.
• Green Faith (New Jersey) Interfaith Partners for the Environment.
• Marianist Environmental Education Center (MEEC) – an environmental education community in the Catholic tradition.
• Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative – diverse coalition of U.S. environmental justice, religious, climate justice, policy and advocacy networks working for climate justice.
• Sierra Club Faith and the Environment Project
• Interfaith Council NW: Faith and Environmental Initiative -
• RENEWAL (Film) - The RENEWAL Project has been designed to make the documentary and its inspiring stories available to people and organizations who want to be a part of this growing movement to protect life on our planet and reverse the damage that humans have done to the environment

State, Local and Federal Government Websites

• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Energy Star – joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.
• Energy Star for Congregations - helps congregations of all denominations save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.
• Department of Energy and EPA fuel economy www.fueleconomy.gov is maintained jointly by the U.S.Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Site helps fulfill DOE and EPA’s responsibility under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to provide accurate MPG information to consumers.
• EPA Vehicle Emissions Guide – information about the environmental performance of vehicles.
• Chesapeake Climate Action Network – CCAN is the first grassroots, nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to fighting global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C
• Time’s Up – NYC Direct Action Environmental Group -New York City-based not-for-profit direct-action environmental group that uses events and educational programs to promote a more sustainable, less toxic city.
• The Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN) is a coalition of locally organized groups fighting the climate crisis.
• Environment California - Statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization.

National Environmental and Scientific Organizations

• Union of Concerned Scientists - the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world.
• Union of Concerned Scientists – Clean Vehicle
• Union of Concerned Scientists – Global Warming
• Defenders of Wildlife - protects species and the habitats upon which they depend.
• Sierra Club – the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States, founded  by John Muir.
  Nature Conservancy -  the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
• Organic Consumers’ Association - an online and grassroots non-profit 501(c)3 public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability.
  Environmental Defense Fund
• Natural Resources Defense Council -
  New American Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice.
• The WE Campaign – a project of  The Alliance for Climate Protection - building a movement that creates the political will to solve the climate crisis — in part through repowering America with 100 percent of its electricity from clean energy sources within 10 years.
  Green America – not-for-profit membership organization harnessing economic power to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.
• The mission of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment.
• Local Harvest – Real food – real farmers – real community
• Green Building News -  source of information for the green bbuilding industry.
• Earth Charter Initiative – declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century
  The Environmental Defense Fund’s Paper Calculator – tool showing the environmental impacts of different papers across their full lifecycle.

Online Media

• Grist – environmental news and commentary with a wry twist since 1999.
• Lime – a Gaiam company, whose trademarked slogan is “Healthy Living with a Twist”
• Sign up for Sierra Club’s Currents and once a week you’ll get facts, stories, quotes and “take action” features.
• - 24-hour eco-lifestyle television network with a robust online presence and community.
• Huffington Post Green, the “green news” section of the Huffington blog.
• Team TreeHugger -  media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream.
• Stop Global Warming Virtual March – online, grassroots, non-partisan effort to bring citizens together to declare that global warming is here now and that it is time to demand solutions.
• Forecast Earth – from The Weather Channel, it presents an open, balanced dialogue around the scientific facts concerning global climate change.
• Green Prophet – environment news and destination site reporting on Israel and the Middle East.
• The Internet Consumer Recycling Guide – recycling guide provides a starting point for consumers in the USA and Canada searching the net for recycling information.
• World Wildlife Fund Climate Change