Creation, Environment, and the Bible

Resources

The Earth Bible has a 7 page listing of websites, including denominational environmental programs, denominational statements, and faith-based environmental organizations.

Essentials

The Earth Charter ... is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century. Created by the largest global consultation process ever associated with an international declaration, endorsed by thousands of organizations representing millions of individuals, the Earth Charter seeks to inspire in all peoples a sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the human family and the larger living world. The Earth Charter is an expression of hope and a call to help create a global partnership at a critical juncture in history.

Global Footprint Network.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. See Wikipedia article for summary and history.

Here is a list of scientists opposing the mainstream scientific assessment of global warming.

Climate Safety. A report published by the Public Interest Research Centre

RealClimate: Climate Science from Climate Scientists

Climate Wars, podcasts and other resource links on the CBC Radio website. Podcasts of Gwynne Dyer’s Ideas program available.

Bibliographic Websites

Creation Theology Selected Bibliography, by John D. Fortner, Ph.D. Harding University.

Earthcareonline.org A Basic bibliography

http://www.earthcareonline.org/theolpersp.html

Surf-in-the-Spirit Creation Care Bibliography

http://www.surfinthespirit.com/environment/creation-care-bibliography.html

John B. Cobb’s Ecotheology Booklist (comprehensive)

http://www.cep.unt.edu/ecotheo.html

Wesley Wildman’s even more comprehensive bibliography

http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/WeirdWildWeb/proj_bibs_ecoethics_00.htm

Au Sable Institute’s Bibliography

http://www.ausable.org/or.resources.online.3.cfm

Marah International Bibliography

http://www.marah.org/books1.html

Web of Creation’s Bibliography

http://www.webofcreation.org/Manuals/krause/bibliography.html

Earthministry’s Annotated bibliography

http://www.earthministry.org/annotated_bibliography.htm

ORGANIZATIONS

Acton Institute’s comprehensive website on Environmental Stewardship

A Rocha: Christians in Conservation

Evangelical Environmental Network

http://www.creationcare.org/

Evangelical Climate Initiative

Web of Creation http://www.webofcreation.org/

Note their list of links: http://www.webofcreation.org/Links/index.htm

EarthCareOnline: http://earthcareonline.org/

List of links: http://earthcareonline.org/links.html

Fund for Christian Ecology

http://www.christianecology.org/

Christian Environmental Association

http://www.targetearth.org/

European Christian Environmental Network

http://www.ecen.org/

Mennonite Creation Care Network

http://www.mennocreationcare.org/

Protecting Creation: People of Faith Acting Together for Climate Justice

Care of Creation

Environmental Justice Foundation

Earth Island Institute

Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology

The Biodiversity Project. Biodiversity Project works to make people aware of the importance of biodiversity and to build their commitment to saving it. Our task is to engage and empower people to act by making the connection between biodiversity and people's daily lives and basic values.

GermanWatch

Network of Earthkeeping Christian Communities in South Africa

OTHER RESOURCES

Bill Moyers (PBS):

• “Religion and Environment”

• “Is God Green?” "Is God Green?" explores how a serious split among conservative evangelicals over the environment and global warming could reshape American politics.
• Documents and Resources: you'll find the central documents referred to in "Is God Green?" and the MOYERS ON AMERICA Citizens Class and voices from both sides of the discussion over the involvement of religious organizations in environmental issues like global warming. You'll also find recent news coverage of the "greening of U.S Christians." For further information please visit the Timeline, Glossary and Sites of Interest sections of the site.
• The Citizens’ Class. Online feedback from viewers/readers.

Acton Institute’s list of Resources, including a comprehensive list of Jewish and Christian environmental organizations.

Evangelical Climate Initiative list of Resources, including fact sheets and scientific data.

A Rocha Resources. A Rocha is a Christian nature conservation organisation, our name coming from the Portuguese for “the Rock,” as the first initiative was a field study centre in Portugal.

A Catechism of Creation: An Episcopal Understanding

http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/documents/CreationCatechism.pdf

“Climate Change, Food Security, and the Right to Adequate Food.” A Report from Brot fuer die Welt.

“Salvation Means Creation Healed: Creation, Cross, Kingdom and Mission,” By Howard A. Snyder. http://www.asburyblog.net/kingdomconf05/CreationHealed.pdf

“Principles of a Christian Environmental Ethic,” by John C. Bergstrom

http://www.leaderu.com/science/bergstrom-enviroethics.html

Australian Anglicans and the Environment

http://www.environment.perth.anglican.org/Index.htm