Environmental Stewardship Resources

This page consists of listings of Web based resources that may be of interest to those with concerns about the environment.

This resource listing is provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by All Saints’ Church Chelmsford. All Saints’ Church Chelmsford is not responsible for the content of these linked Web sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on any of these sites. If you decide to access any of the Web sites on the Web Resource List or linked third-party web sites, you do so at your own risk.

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Energy Information and Choices

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting both economic prosperity and environmental protection.
Ceres
Ceres (pronounced "series") is a national network of investors, environmental organizations and other public interest groups working with companies and investors to address sustainability challenges such as global climate change.
Earth 911
Earth 911... Making Every Day Earth Day!
Energy Federation Incorporated (EFI)
EFI was incorporated on 25 May 1982 by six non-profit energy organizations with the purposes of helping those member groups purchase quality conservation products economically and assisting the public in using energy resources efficiently.
Energy Star
Energy Star is a 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.
Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting environmentally sustainable societies.
Environmental Pundits
Environmental Resources Trust
By actively working with municipal and large corporate customers, ERT stimulates demand for clean power, thereby helping to bring online new supplies of renewable energy and to catalyze the clean power market.
The Green Power Network (GPN)
The Green Power Network (GPN) provides news and information on green power markets and related activities.
Green-e
Green-e is the nation's leading independent certification and verification program for renewable energy and companies that use renewable energy.
Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN)
Massachusetts Climate Action Network is dedicated to halting the threat of global climate change.
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative is the state’s development agency for renewable energy and the innovation economy, which is responsible for one-quarter of all jobs in the state.
National Grid GreenUp
The National Grid GreenUp program allows customers to choose to have all or part of their electricity generated from renewable resources.
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI or "ReGGIe") is a cooperative effort by 9 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to discuss the design of a regional cap-and-trade program initially covering carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in the region.
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world.
US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement
An initiative to advance the goals of the Kyoto Protocol through leadership and action by American cities.

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Green Affordable Housing

New Ecology Incorporated
The Costs and Benefits of Green Affordable Housing study, undertaken by New Ecology and the Tellus Institute, is comprised of 16 case studies of affordable housing projects from around the country.
Affordable Housing Design Advisor
The Affordable Housing Design Advisor brings together experience and ideas from successful affordable housing projects all over the country, and the people who developed, designed and built them.
LEED for Homes
The LEED for Homes Initiative for Affordable Housing promotes sustainable building practices specifically for affordable homes.

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Carbon Offset Organizations

Carbonfund.org
Carbonfund.org is a nonprofit organization that educates the public about the dangers of climate change and makes it easy and affordable for individuals, businesses and organizations to reduce their climate impact.
The Climate Trust
The Climate Trust invests funding from power plants, businesses, and individuals into projects that offset their GHG emissions.
The Earth Charter
The Earth Charter is an authoritative synthesis of values, principles, and aspirations that are widely shared by growing numbers of people, in all regions of the world.
The Environment Directory
Earth's Biggest Environment Search Engine
NativeEnergy
NativeEnergy is a privately held Native American energy company.
TerraPass
TerraPass projects include renewable energy (wind RECs, biomass RECs), energy efficiency via CCX credits.
Sustainable Travel International
Sustainable Travel International (STI) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, dedicated to providing education and outreach services that will lessen the toll that travel and tourism takes on the environment and local cultures.

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Faith Based Environmental Networks and Resources

Catholic Conservation Center
The mission of the Catholic Conservation Center is to promote ecology, environmental justice, and the stewardship of Creation in light of sacred Scripture and living Tradition of the Roman Catholic Church.
COEJL
COEJL is the leading Jewish environmental organization in the United States.
Earth Ministry
Founded in 1992, Earth Ministry’s mission is to inspire and mobilize the Christian community to play a leadership role in building a just and sustainable future.
Eco-Justice Ministries
Eco-Justice Ministries is an independent, ecumenical agency that helps churches answer the call to care for all of God's creation, and develop ministries that are faithful, relevant and effective in working toward social justice and environmental sustainability.
Eco-Justice Programs office of the National Council of Churches
The Eco-Justice Programs office of the National Council of Churches works in cooperation with the NCC Eco-Justice Working Group to provide an opportunity for the national bodies of member Protestant and Orthodox denominations to work together to protect and restore God's Creation.
Episcopal Ecological Network (EpEN)
The Episcopal Ecological Network (EpEN) is a national network of active lay and clergy persons within the Episcopal Church, USA, who share a common concern for the environment and a common belief in the presence of God in all Creation, and who work to make these concerns and beliefs known throughout all the Provinces and Dioceses of the Episcopal Church.
Interfaith Climate Change Network (ICCN)
The Interfaith Climate Change Network (ICCN) is a collaborative effort of the Eco-Justice Working Group of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA and the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life.
Massachusetts Interfaith Power and Light
Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light is a non-profit initiative to offer Massachusetts congregations of every religious tradition a comprehensive means of reducing energy consumption, lowering operating costs, and promoting clean, renewable energy in houses of worship and related buildings.
The National Religious Partnership for the Environment
The National Religious Partnership for the Environment was founded in 1993 by four major religious organizations and alliances that together serve tens of millions of Americans.
Religious Witness for the Earth (RWE)
RWE endevors to apply the lessons of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. to the environmental crisis.
Web of Creation
The Web of Creation was established to foster the movement for personal and social transformation to a just and sustainable world from religious perspectives.

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