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About the Interfaith Earth Network
Mission Statement:
The Interfaith Earth Network bridges ecology and faith.
We challenge our communities to reflect upon care of the Earth and
We encourage people of diverse cultural, economic and faith perspectives
To live, work, pray and worship in environmentally sustainable ways.
Our Core Values and Vision:
Eco-spirituality:
Congregations of all religious traditions are connected with each other
through their belief in care for the Earth…
Interfaith Friendship:
Individuals have friends from different faith groups and
bring awareness to each other of different traditions and rituals…
Congregational Mentoring:
Congregations keep in touch with each other, regarding their successes
as well as the obstacles they face, creating natural mentoring relationships
as everyone continues to learn how to best worship, work, play in environmentally sustainable ways…
Eco-Service:
Young people, children, and adults find opportunities to work side by side
in ecology-related community service work, so that green habits are learned and passed on to others…
Advocacy:
The voice of all religious congregations are heard together in one united proclamation
on local green issues that need political support …
Mutual Support:
Parents, families, religious leaders, teenagers, young adults, environmental organizations,
and all people, feel supported and informed as they seek to find ways to live greener lives and
spread the message to others about the urgency of sustainable living and eco-spirituality…
The Core Team of the Milwaukee-based Interfaith Earth Nework
is supported by these organizations
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Ken Leinbach, Executive Director : kleinbach@urbanecologycenter.org
Beth Fetterley, Director of Education: bfetterley@urbanecologycenter.org
www.urbanecologycenter.org
1500 E. Park Place
Milwaukee, 53211
414-964-8505
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| The Urban Ecology Center is a neighborhood-based, environmental education, nonprofit community center. Our “outdoor laboratories,” located in two urban parks, include 15 acres of wooded land and riparian habitat on the east bank of the Milwaukee River, an imaginative, habitat-themed playground, and a lagoon. The “green” building in Riverside Park that houses our main offices, resource areas and classrooms is home to live animals, informational exhibits and user-friendly resource materials about the environment. |
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Lisa Calderone-Stewart, Ed.D.
414-545-6006
Director of Youth Leadership
Tomorrow’s Present
1702 W. Walnut Street
Milwaukee, WI 53205
www.tomorrowspresent.org
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| Tomorrow’s Present is the youth leadership ministry of the House of Peace and The Leadership Center of Cardinal Stritch University. Integrating learning, reflection, leadership and service, Tomorrow’s Present provides support, motivation and training and it facilitates personal growth for youth and adults. Six core programs involve middle school and high school groups from churches, schools and organizations in the Milwaukee area, engaging them in peacemaking, advocacy & service planning, eco-justice, hope-building skills and interfaith relationships. |
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Judi Longdin
414-276-9050
Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee
1442 N. Farwell Ave., Suite 200
Milwaukee, WI 53202
www.interfaithconference.org
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| The Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee is a non-profit interfaith agency through which thirteen judicatories collaborate to address the social issues affecting the quality of life in the greater Milwaukee area. The Conference enables the religious community, including non-member faith groups, to work together in upholding “the dignity of every person and the solidarity of the human community,” as our mission statement calls on us to do. These thirteen judicatories (or denominations) have among them approximately 500 congregations in the Milwaukee area. |
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Our Planning Committee also includes:
- Linda Graebner-Smith, CoCreate
- Pat Schroeder, First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee
- Huda Alkoff, Islamic Environmental Group of Wisconsin
- Judy Baruch, Tikkun Ha'Ir
- Theresa Lowder, Lake Park Lutheran
- Dennis Briley, Unitarian Church West
- Carol Waskovich, Blessed Trinity Catholic Parish and Urban Center for Sustainability
- Julie Everette , Plymouth United Church of Christ
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