| Founded | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Location |
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Area served | Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin |
| Product | clean energy and sustainable farm-grown and prepared foods |
| Method | Workshops, interfaith networking, cooperative building |
Key people | Reverend Clare Butterfield, founder and Brian Sauder, Executive Director |
Employees | 28 |
| Website | faithinplace.org |
Faith in Place is an American organization based in Chicago, Illinois that coordinates religious leaders to address environmental sustainability issues. [1] Partnering with religious congregations, Faith in Place promotes clean energy and sustainable farming. [1] Since 1999, Faith in Place has partnered with over 700 congregations in Illinois. [2] [3] [4]
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". [3] [5]
Started in 1999, as a project of the Center for Neighborhood Technology, it later incorporated as an independent organization. [6] Initially the group worked in seven location to develop projects and then expanded to regional coordination. [6] In 2003 they incorporated officially and moved to independent offices in late 2004. [6]
Faith in Place works with religious organizations in an effort to "promote stewardship of the Earth as a moral obligation". [7]
Their Illinois Interfaith Power & Light Campaign helps various religious groups conserve energy, purchase clean energy and advocates for conservation. [2] 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. [2] Another project they facilitated was Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview becoming the United States’ first mosque to go solar. [8]
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