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Every day, animals are used to test ingredients in common products like makeup, shampoos, and household cleaners. Rabbits, mice, and guinea pigs are put through cruel and unnecessary tests and are typically killed when they are no longer needed, despite the availability of alternatives that do not involve animal suffering and are more reliable. There are no regulations in place to define the meaning of “cruelty-free,” allowing companies to make any claims they wish about their animal testing policies. In 1996, the Leaping Bunny Program was created to help consumers navigate the confusion and provide the most accurate information on cruelty-free companies. The Leaping Bunny Program certifies personal care and household product companies that pledge to eliminate new animal testing from all stages of product development by the company, its laboratories, or ingredient suppliers. To date, over 500 companies have been Leaping Bunny certified, including Method, Seventh Generation, Burt’s Bees, J.R. Watkins, Juice Beauty, and The Body Shop. Recognized in the U.S., Canada, and the European Union, the Leaping Bunny Logo is the only internationally recognized logo of its kind. Take a stand against product testing by showing companies where you’ll spend your money. Download our Cruelty-Free app for iPhones and Androids ( Androids . It’s free and is updated regularly and makes compassionate shopping a breeze.

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can be used in foods sold in Europe, Japan and Australia — but it must be labelled as such. In the United States, food producers have no such obligation, and as a result Americans have no way of finding out whether the food they are consuming contains GMOs. Environmentalists and many others worry about the potential health and environmental effects of GMOs, so don’t we have a right to know whether the food we eat contains them?

Eco-Justice

In coastal Mississippi, pollution from the chemical and petroleum industries has for decades caused elevated levels of disease – nervous disorders, asthma and cancer – in African American and other poor communities. Then, the flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina made these medical problems even worse. Now, through their churches, citizens are finding inspiration to conduct their own health surveys, to demand accountability from industry and to insist on action by government officials.

The RENEWAL Project has been designed to make the documentary and its inspiring stories available to people and organizations who want to be a part of this growing movement to protect life on our planet and reverse the damage that humans have done to the environment.

On this website, www.renewalproject.net, you can learn about how RENEWAL is being used by communities across America to help build the religious-environmental movement. It is also a place for you to connect with others who are doing this important work and for you to share stories about your own experience.

Ancient Roots

At the Teva Learning Center, elementary school children encounter the natural world as they explore the woods, learn where their food comes from, and take responsibility for waste. At Adamah, a three-month environmental leadership training program, a small community of twenty-somethings engage in organic farming, sustainable living, and contemplative spiritual practice. These future leaders of the Jewish community offer an inspiring model to the Teva students. Together they are renewing the ecological wisdom inherent in Judaism and building a genuine commitment to tikkun olam, healing the world.

The RENEWAL Project has been designed to make the documentary and its inspiring stories available to people and organizations who want to be a part of this growing movement to protect life on our planet and reverse the damage that humans have done to the environment.

On this website, www.renewalproject.net, you can learn about how RENEWAL is being used by communities across America to help build the religious-environmental movement. It is also a place for you to connect with others who are doing this important work and for you to share stories about your own experience.

Cities may be the new environmental hubs. Chicago and New York have been vying for the title of greenest city in America, and for 2013 Washington, DC has joined them, with a new plan, Sustainable DC. The idea, according to Mayor Vincent Gray, is to “make the District of Columbia the healthiest, greenest, and most livable city in the United States.”

Across the country, GreenFaith, an interfaith coalition helps houses of worship make their buildings more environmentally sound and the members of their congregations more spiritually in tune with becoming better stewards of Creation. From workshops that invite people to explore their personal impact on the environment, to implementing recycling and composting, on up to the installation of solar panels, congregations are making remarkable strides. As GreenFaith’s Executive Director says, “The hardest thing about taking action is sometimes just taking the first step.”

The RENEWAL Project has been designed to make the documentary and its inspiring stories available to people and organizations who want to be a part of this growing movement to protect life on our planet and reverse the damage that humans have done to the environment.

On this website, www.renewalproject.net, you can learn about how RENEWAL is being used by communities across America to help build the religious-environmental movement. It is also a place for you to connect with others who are doing this important work and for you to share stories about your own experience.

These Cyclical Critters are Invading the Northeast on Several Fronts this Spring, but they’re Here to Make Love, Not War. You’d think, with the brouhaha in the media, social and otherwise, that millions of red-eyed, winged creatures are, as you read this, emerging en masse from the ground, creating ear-throttling noise in pursuit of species-furthering […]