Eco-friendly religions and their websites

I've narrowed down my focus to five religions that I will cover this semester. I chose them based on the U.S. Census Bureau statistics, but I haven't learned about statistics so I won't try to give you percentages because they could be wrong. Here's a link of the complete list:

2001 U.S. Census Stats

Here's my shortened version of the stats based on the religions I chose:
U.S. citizens interviewed
207,980

Total Christians
159,506

Total Jewish
2,831

Total Muslim/Islamic
1,104

Total Atheist
902

Total Native American
103

Now for the websites:

Harvard Forum on Religion and Ecology
This is a great place to start because it gives you background on ten religions and how they relate to ecology and environmental concerns. Each essay tells you about the author, uses end notes and has links at the side for more information. The overall project is supported by nine different institutes including the Humane Society of the United State and the forum coordinators are from Yale University. These are all signs that the website has trustworthy information.

I especially love that the website is color coded. My learning style is visual so it helps me find things easier. The sections and colors on the main page are: Information, Religion, Intersecting Disciplines, Resources for Educators, Publications and Events.

Religious Tolerance
I really like this website because it comes from the perspective that world religions aren't doing enough to help the environment. The religion-specific websites tell you all the great things that are being done so it's nice to hear what's lacking.

The supporting organization is Religious Tolerance, which promotes religious freedom, but not any particular religion, and is based in Ontario. It provides background information on many different religions, uses footnotes and has website links. On the home page you can find a list of issues with their background information and law resources.

Sept. 15 UPDATES:

Here's a few more websites. I had a hard time finding good ones. There seems to be more organisations in the UK then in the US, but I think I found a couple.

Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
I really like this source because the website provides its readers with various ways to get involved in helping the environment. It encourages people to buy energy saving light bulbs, tells them how to contact government officials and what people can do in the synagogue. It explains well how Judaism is connected to protecting the environment on this page: “What’s Jewish about protecting the environment?”

One of my favorite pages is the Source for Environmental Education, Discourse, and Study. There is an incredible amount of resources and programs including tree planting how to have green holidays and many ways to teach green Jewish principles.

What Would Jesus Drive?
I added this here because I used it as my link in my last blog on Christian ecology. I had thought it was such a neat title and liked that it had so many ways Christians can get involved. I want to make sure you know that this is probably not a great source because the web site has apparently not been updated since 2003.

Creation Care Magazine and Evangelical Environmental Network
This is the creator of What Would Jesus Drive and has been updated more recently. There is a Winter 2007 issue of Creation Care up. I like this website because it tells you about the connection between Christianity and the environment. It also includes fact sheets on global warming, air pollution, water quality, and oceans.

The American Muslim
This is an article from March 2007 about the relationship between Islam and the environment. It includes links to other articles and is part of a larger website called “The American Muslim” which has all kinds of information and other links.