Faith in Place

{{Short description|American non-profit organization}} {{Infobox organization | name = Faith in Place | logo = | type = | founded = 1999 | founder = | location = 1100 E 55th St., AC-1, Chicago, Illinois, 60615 | origins = | key_people = Reverend Clare Butterfield, founder and Brian Sauder, Executive Director | region_served = Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin | product = sustainable energy and sustainable farm-grown and prepared foods | focus = | method = Workshops, interfaith networking, cooperative building | revenue = | endowment = | website = [https://faithinplace.org faithinplace.org] | num_employees = 28 | owner = }}

'''Faith in Place''' is an American organization based in Chicago, Illinois, that coordinates religious leaders to address environmental sustainability issues.<ref name="EWYL">[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</ref> Partnering with religious congregations, Faith in Place promotes sustainable energy and sustainable farming.<ref name="EWYL"/> Since 1999, Faith in Place has partnered with over 700 congregations in Illinois.<ref name="2007 Honorees">[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.</ref><ref name="beyond organic">{{Cite web |url=http://www.beyondorganic.com/template/nst.php?sn=sn2&id=033005&idy=2005 |title=Beyond Organic: God, Food & the Environment |access-date=2009-03-07 |archive-date=2020-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808203441/http://www.beyondorganic.com/template/nst.php?sn=sn2&id=033005&idy=2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.gracematters.org/interviews/s.spoonheim.html Grace Matters: Courtesy Toward the Earth] by Peter W. Marty April 29, 2007</ref>

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".<ref name="beyond organic"/><ref name="the lutheran">[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.</ref>

==History== Started in 1999, as a project of the Center for Neighborhood Technology, it later incorporated as an independent organization.<ref name="fipauh">{{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 }}</ref> Initially the group worked in seven location to develop projects and then expanded to regional coordination.<ref name="fipauh"/> In 2003 they incorporated officially and moved to independent offices in late 2004.<ref name="fipauh"/>

==Activities and projects== Faith in Place works with religious organizations in an effort to "promote stewardship of the Earth as a moral obligation".<ref name="CFDTE">[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.</ref>

===Illinois Interfaith Power & Light Campaign=== Their Illinois Interfaith Power & Light Campaign helps various religious groups conserve energy, purchase clean energy and advocates for conservation.<ref name="2007 Honorees"/> 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.<ref name="2007 Honorees"/> Another project they facilitated was Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview becoming the United States' first mosque to go solar.<ref name="mosque">[http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/religion_theseeker/2008/07/bridgeview-mosq.html "Bridgeview mosque goes solar"] by Manya Brachear, ''Chicago Tribune'', July 31, 2008.</ref>

==Notes== {{reflist|2}}

* Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ), interview with Clare Butterfield, August 2005.

Category:Religious action on climate change Category:Environmentalism and religion Category:501(c)(3) organizations