| Founded | 1999 |
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| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Key people | Reverend Clare Butterfield, founder |
| Area served | Illinois |
| Mission | Partnering with religious congregations to promote clean energy & sustainable farming.[1] |
| Method | Workshops, interfaith networking, cooperative building |
| Website | FaithInPlace.org |
Faith in Place is an American organization based in Chicago, Illinois that coordinates religious leaders to address environmental sustainability issues.[2] Partnering with religious congregations, Faith in Place promotes clean energy and sustainable farming.[2] Since 1999, Faith in Place has partnered with over 700 congregations in Illinois.[3][4][5]
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".[6][4]
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Started in 1999, as a project of the Center for Neighborhood Technology, it later incorporated as an independent organization.[7] Initially the group worked in seven location to develop projects and then expanded to regional coordination.[7] In 2003 they incorporated officially and moved to independent offices in late 2004.[7]
Faith in Place works with religious organizations in an effort to "promote stewardship of the Earth as a moral obligation".[8]
Their Illinois Interfaith Power & Light Campaign helps various religious groups conserve energy, purchase clean energy and advocates for conservation.[3] 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.[3] Another project they facilitated was Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview becoming the United States’ first mosque to go solar.[9]