EARTHKEEPING NEWS
A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND
ECOLOGY
Volume Ten, Number One
November/December 2000
Coming Up
| Dec. 8-10 Hendersonville, NC |
The CONFERENCE ON RELIGION AND FOREST CONSERVATION, organized by the Religious Campaign for Forest Conservation, will address the fast-growing problem of chip mills in the Southeast, push an expanded campaign to end logging on national forests, and articulate a new vision of forests for the 21st century, (with continuing cooperation between religious and forest conservation groups). Initial co-sponsors are the Coalition on Religion in Appalachia (CORA), The Dogwood Alliance, Episcopal Appalachia Ministries, the Roman Catholic Franciscan JPIC Committee in the Southeast, American Lands, and the Southern Biodiversity Project. A groundswell of support for the preservation of forests is evidenced by the additional organizations that have responded to the invitiation to co-sponsor, including: Sierra Club; Au Sable Institute; Kids Against Pollution; Student Environmental Coalition; Christians Caring for Creation; American Lands Association; Immaculate Conception Church, Durham, NC; Virginia Forest Watch; Restore the North Woods; The John Muir Project; the National Forest Protection Association; Active Students for a Healthy Environment (ASHE); Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Dept. of Envir. Stewardship); and World Stewardship Institute. This will be the first time religious groups have joined with forest conservation groups to discuss policy and plan joint ventures. For more information contact Religious Campaign for Forest Conservation, 409 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa CA 95401; fred@ecostewards.com. |