fore.research.yale.edu

The Forum on Religion and Ecology (FORE) is the largest international multireligious project of its kind. With its conferences, publications, and website it is engaged in exploring religious worldviews, texts, and ethics in order to broaden understanding of the complex nature of current environmental concerns.

 

www.nccouncilofchurches.org

The North Carolina Council of Churches has three committees/programs whose work helps promote sustainability. The Rural Life Committee (www.cometothetablenc.org) brings together a variety of groups concerned with issues affecting rural North Carolina, including agricultural policy, health care, disaster recovery, contract farming, housing, urbanization, and the survival of family farms. The Farmworker Ministry Committee (www.ncfarmworkers.org) works to improve conditions of farmworkers through public awareness, advocacy, service, support for organizing, and resolutions of endorsement. NC Interfaith Power and Light (www.ncipl.org) works with faith communities to address the causes and consequences of global climate change through education and public policy advocacy.

 

www.endhunger.org

The Society of St. Andrew, with offices in Durham and Charlotte, is an ecumenical, non-profit, charitable organization, which launched a Hunger Relief Advocate Initiative in partnership with the General Commission on United Methodist Men that has led to gleaning operations today in more than 20 states. Its Gleaning Network uses volunteers to glean nutritious produce from farmers' fields and orchards after the harvest. This food, instead of being left behind to rot, is delivered to those in need.

 

www.walksoftlyontheearth.com

Walk Softly, LLC and Earth Renewal Shelter were established to create sustainable land-use development and energy efficient building projects in which the natural benefits of the environment are preserved for residents.

 

www.rafiusa.org

RAFI-USA is dedicated to community, equity, and diversity in agriculture. RAFI-USA is creating a movement among farm, environmental, and consumer groups to promote sustainable agriculture; strengthen family farms and rural communities; protect the diversity of plants, animals, and people; and ensure responsible use of new technologies.

 

www.cefs.ncsu.edu

The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) was established in 1994 by North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to serve as a center dedicated to sustainable agriculture research, extension, and education. Located at the Cherry Research Farm near Goldsboro, CEFS is one of the nation’s largest centers for the study of environmentally sustainable farming practices.

 

www.asapconnections.org

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) is a nonprofit organization that supports farmers and rural communities in the mountains of Western North Carolina and the Southern Appalachians. Its mission is to create and expand regional community-based and integrated food systems that are locally owned and controlled, environmentally sound, economically viable, and health-promoting.

 

www.ssawg.org

The Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (Southern SAWG) is the region's non-profit leader in creating a sustainable food and farming system. Southern SAWG provides learning opportunities for farmers and agricultural professionals and tools and support for farmer entrepreneurs. It also helps develop grassroots leadership in the sustainable agriculture movement.

 

www.carolinafarmstewards.org

Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA) is a membership-based organization of more than 900 farmers, processors, gardeners, businesses, and individuals in North and South Carolina who are com- mitted to sustainable agriculture and the development of locally-based, organic food systems.

 

www.schumachersociety.org

The E. F. Schumacher Society, named after the author of “Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered,” is an educational non-profit organization founded in 1980. Their programs demonstrate that both social and environmental sustainability can be achieved by applying the values of human-scale communities and respect for the natural environment to economic issues.

 

www.toxicfreenc.org

Toxic Free North Carolina is a non-profit organization working in North Carolina to minimize human and environmental exposure to toxic pesticides. This small grassroots organization focuses on common-sense alternatives to harmful pesticides.

 

www.yesmagazine.org

Yes! Magazine is a quarterly publication of the Positive Futures Network, a non-profit organization committed to sustainable living in a more just, compassionate society. Their numerous articles provide informative and educational material in addition to outlets for taking action on the issues surrounding over-consumption and materialism.

 

www.ncruralcenter.org

The mission of the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center is to develop, promote, and implement sound economic strategies to improve the quality of life of rural North Carolinians. The center serves the state's 85 rural counties, with a special focus on individuals with low to moderate incomes and communities with limited resources.

 

www.nccecojustice.org/anthology

For examples of church resolutions and policy statements related to stewardship of the earth and its resources for sustainability, visit the National Council of Churches of Christ site for Eco- Justice Programs, which provides an anthology of resolutions and policy statements from the American Baptist Church, Disciples of Christ, Church of the Brethren, Episcopal Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Friends United Meeting, Orthodox Church, Moravian Church in America, National Council of Churches, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Presbyterian Church USA, Reformed Church in America, United Church of Christ, and United Methodist Church.