Faith in Place
{{Short description|American non-profit organization}}
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| name = Faith in Place
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| founded_date = 1999
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| location = 1100 E 55th St., AC-1, Chicago, Illinois, 60615
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| key_people = Reverend Clare Butterfield, founder and Brian Sauder, Executive Director
| area_served = Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin
| product = clean energy and sustainable farm-grown and prepared foods
| focus =
| method = Workshops, interfaith networking, cooperative building
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| website = [https://faithinplace.org faithinplace.org]
| num_employees = 28
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Faith in Place is an American organization based in Chicago, Illinois, that coordinates religious leaders to address environmental sustainability issues.[https://books.google.com/books?id=tDGd2uoF5N0C Eat Where You Live: How to Find and Enjoy Local and Sustainable Food No Matter Where You Live] by Lou Bendrick; The Mountaineers Books, 2008; ISBN 1-59485-074-7, ISBN 978-1-59485-074-5 Partnering with religious congregations, Faith in Place promotes clean energy and sustainable farming. Since 1999, Faith in Place has partnered with over 700 congregations in Illinois.[http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/April-2007/Green-Awards-Honorees/index.php?cp=5&si=4&cparticle=4&siarticle=3 "Green Awards 2007 Honorees: Rev. Clare Butterfield and Shireen Pishdadi, Faith in Place"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312164635/http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/April-2007/Green-Awards-Honorees/index.php?cp=5&cparticle=4&si=4&siarticle=3 |date=2016-03-12 }} Chicago Magazine, April 2007 by Geoffrey Johnson.[http://www.beyondorganic.com/template/nst.php?sn=sn2&id=033005&idy=2005 Beyond Organic: God, Food & the Environment][http://www.gracematters.org/interviews/s.spoonheim.html Grace Matters: Courtesy Toward the Earth] by Peter W. Marty April 29, 2007
Faith in Place has established cooperative fair trade markets, and, for a time, the Eco-Halal cooperative for "Muslim consumers to purchase sustainably raised lamb, chicken, and beef".[http://www.thelutheran.org/article/article_buy.cfm?article_id=6148 Bread rising: Environmentalist mixes faith with organic flour] The Lutheran by Nicole Adamson, November 2006.
History
Started in 1999, as a project of the Center for Neighborhood Technology, it later incorporated as an independent organization.{{Cite web |url=http://www.faithinplace.org/about.php?ID=2 |title=Faith In Place: About Us: History |access-date=2009-03-07 |archive-date=2008-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609122249/http://www.faithinplace.org/about.php?ID=2 |url-status=dead }} Initially the group worked in seven location to develop projects and then expanded to regional coordination. In 2003 they incorporated officially and moved to independent offices in late 2004.
Activities and projects
Faith in Place works with religious organizations in an effort to "promote stewardship of the Earth as a moral obligation".[https://web.archive.org/web/20060505204248/http://religionandpluralism.org/GranteeArticles/Butterfield_ChurchesFaithDowntoEarth_ChicagoTribune_022505.pdf "Churches' faith down to Earth"] by Amanda Vogt, Chicago Tribune, February 25, 2005.
=Illinois Interfaith Power & Light Campaign=
Their Illinois Interfaith Power & Light Campaign helps various religious groups conserve energy, purchase clean energy and advocates for conservation. Faith in Place is the Illinois chapter of the national Interfaith Power & Light campaign. They assisted the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in building the nation's first certified green synagogue. Another project they facilitated was Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview becoming the United States' first mosque to go solar.[http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/religion_theseeker/2008/07/bridgeview-mosq.html "Bridgeview mosque goes solar"] by Manya Brachear, Chicago Tribune, July 31, 2008.
See also
Notes
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- Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ), interview with Clare Butterfield, August 2005.
Category:Religious action on climate change