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The Faith Plans programme focuses on Seven Key Areas where the world’s major faiths can have a long-term environmental impact. The resources below are organised under these Seven Key Areas. New resources are being added as they become available.
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'There is not a moving creature on earth, or a bird that flies with its wings, but they are communities like you'
- Qur'an 6:38
Faith-consistent use of assets
Buildings, construction and energy
Green Hindu Temples Guide
Make your Hindu temple or ashram greener, from the Bhumi Project and ARC
Green Up My Community Toolkit
Islamic guide to help mosques and other Islamic groups address environmental issues
Energy Star Action Workbook
A guidebook for congregations to improve energy efficiency using the Energy Star program
Walk the Talk:
A Toolkit
A toolkit to accompany the roadmap for an economy of life and ecological justice
Land and Forests
Address by Jamison Ervin
Address by Jamison Ervin to the Swiss Impact Investment Association
Cities and
Biodiversity
Notes on the theme of cities and biodiversity by Jamison Ervin
Miyawaki Forest Methodology
Afforest creates natural, wild, maintenance-free native forests
Islamic Farming
Toolkit
Aligning conservation agriculture with Islamic theology and values
Community Organizing Toolkit
Toolkit on ecosystem restoration produced by the IUCN for the UN
Protecting Threatened Species
Fatwa by the Indonesian Council of Ulama to protect threatened species
ARC Wildlife
Leaflet
Leaflet connecting wildlife conservation and religions produced by ARC
Catholic Stewardship Toolkit
Environmental toolkit for East African catechists and seminarians
Financial Investments and Microfinance
The Zug
Guidelines
Faith-Consistent Investment
A comprehensive set of guidelines to faith-consistent investment, 2017
Faith In
Finance
Commissioned by OECD & UNDP
A working paper by the Alliance of Religions and Conservation, 2017
All Papers
from Zug 2017
Visit our Zug 2017 page for more resources
Read over 20 more insightful papers on faith and finance from the Zug Conference
Wisdom
Earth and the Jewish Festivals
An exploration of Jewish festivals celebrating the environment
Prayers on the Environment
Islamic guide to help mosques and other Islamic groups address environmental issues
Lifestyles
Green Pilgrimage Handbook
A handbook on green pilgrimage for faith leaders, cities, towns and pilgrims
For the Love
of the World
Dedicated to the well-being of Planet Earth, from Amaravati Productions
Faith in
Food
Using faith-based principles to change the world one meal at a time
Celebration
The Creation Liturgy
From "The Advent Creation Liturgy"
Adapted from a liturgy first used at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, 1987
Earth and the Jewish Festivals
Written by
Rabbi Arthur Waskow
Making a peaceful relationship between adamah and adam: Earth and Human earthling
Celebration
Earth
Study Pack for Churches
Reflections on our place within the whole of God’s Creation and finding hope
A Vigil for
Climate Change
Prayer Vigil for the Environment
Our role in creating a sustainable and just future for all people on the earth
Earth Hour Reflections
Written for WWF-UK by ARC
To support churches and other places of worship wishing to take part in Earth Hour