Earth Stewardship Links

http://www.csrnet.org/reedwood/earth.html

Au Sable Institute - http://cesc.montreat.edu/ceo/ASI/index.html

Au Sable Institute Au Sable is a Christian environmental stewardship Institute whose mission is to bring healing and wholeness to the biosphere and the whole of Creation. It does this through academic programs for college and university students, research projects and Fora, environmental education for local school children, and information services for churches, denominations and the wider world community.

Christian Environmental Studies Center of Montreat College - http://cesc.montreat.edu/

The Christian Environmental Studies Center of Montreat College is a new service to Christian Colleges and evangelical environmental groups that are working to together to care for the earth.

Floresta - http://www.floresta.org/

Floresta USA is a Christian, nonprofit organization dedicated to Third World economic development and environmental restoration. Floresta recognizes the link between people, economics and the environment, and has devised a creative program to benefit all three. Floresta provides slash-and-burn farmers with loans, technical assistance, and product marketing services to set up small agroforestry businesses. By facilitating the switch from subsistence farming to agroforestry, Floresta is helping the rural poor, while halting the deforestation created by traditional farming techniques. Floresta is currently working in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Mexico.

Target Earth - http://www.targetearth.org/

Target Earth is a national movement of Christians who reflect this commitment to care. It's a movement of individuals, churches, college fellowships and Christian ministries motivated by the biblical call to be faithful stewards of everything God created-to love our neighbors as ourselves and to care for the earth.

Walking Gently On The Earth http://www.igc.apc.org/habitat/values/wgote.html

Walking Gently On The Earth - an Earthcare Checklist from Friends Committee on Unity with Nature (FCUN) wrote this as a guide and support for people who are becoming more sensitive to how our daily lives affect the earth. It is intended to be feasible, non-judgmental, healthy, relevant, and cumulative.

Queries on Unity with Nature  - http://www.infohabitat.org/values/qouwn.htm

The scope and immediacy of the current threat to life on earth have led some Friends to call for the formulation of a clear Quaker testimony on our relationship with the natural world, and for the dissemination of such a testimony with the vigor that has marked Quaker testimonies such as those on Peace and Slavery. The following queries have been prepared as a way of helping us to develop such a testimony, to examine our spiritual relationship with the natural world, and to explore the implications of living our lives centered in such a relationship.

Fair Trade Links

Fair Trade in the News - http://www.fairtradefederation.com/ftnews.html

Fair Trade in the News is a collection of articles from past issues of Networks, the Fair Trade Federation newsletter.

International Federation for Alternative Trade - http://www.ifat.org/

International Federation for Alternative Trade is a federation of producers and "alternative" trading organizations (ATOs). In IFAT, producers of handicrafts and food products from the developing countries come together directly with buyers and managers of ATOs as friends and partners in a spirit of mutual trust. They cast aside the traditional trading system of middlemen and create an "alternative" way of doing business that is beneficial and fair.

Sustainability Store - http://sustainabilitystore.com/

Sustainability Store offers online shopping from the most ecologically and socially responsible business on the Web.  They are dedicated to a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.

Ten Thousand Villages - http://www.villages.ca/

Ten Thousand Villages is a non-profit alternative trading organization that provides vital, fair income to Third World people by selling their crafts and telling their stories in North America.  Fair trade is better than aid--it builds a sustainable future on producers' own abilities.

10,000 Villages Outlets in Oregon
(10,000 Villages is a ministry of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)

Members of International Federation of Alternative Trade:

Alternativa 3 Coop V, Spain	Bridgehead Canada/Oxfam America Trading
COMPARTE Chilean Handicrafts	EZA Dritten Welt
Equal Exchange	Fair Trade Organisatie
Oxfam Trading	PEOPLink
SERRV International	Shared Interest Society Limited
Ten Thousand Villages (US & Canada)	TopQualiTea - Import & Consultancy
Traidcraft plc

Queries to Consider

1. How gently do I choose to walk on the earth?

2. What changes in my actions and attitudes will move me most clearly towards a right relationship with the earth?

3. What emotional, rational and spiritual tensions do I experience as I consider my present and future relationship with the earth?

4. What resources -- spiritual and material -- and what friends and allies can I turn to for help in finding a resolution to these tensions?

5. How can I gain support through sharing my concerns, commitments and actions with family, friends and community, and from helping them with theirs -- perhaps through a regular support group?

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