★1.  EarthCare- Caring for God's Creation 

      While this website is chock full of helpful information and easy to use, the best part is the "EarthCare Resource Guide," which has links to documents about eco-friendly shopping, creation care in personal and family life, eco-management of churches, a list of environmental books that might be of interest to Christians, and information about theological perspectives of care for creation.  It also has one of the most comprehensive list of Biblical passages dealing with creational concerns available on the Internet.

2.  Earth Care for Children    

      Earth Care for Children is a curriculum that comes out of the Quaker context, and you can purchase the curriculum through links on this website.  What would be helpful to any teacher trying to promote earth care in the classroom is the purposes that are given on this page for each chapter in the curriculum, such as promoting awe and wonder and understanding the earth as our home.  This list could be used as a springboard for developing an earth care curriculum in one's own religious context, it could be used as a framework to help guide choices about what types of activties could fit into an existing religious studies curriculum, and it could simply provide some guiding principals and rationale for the inclusion of earth care in all types of education.

3.  Earth Charter Document

      When you get to this site, choose at the top of the page the language that you would like to view the earth charter in, and it will take you automatically to the document.  The Earth Charter is a comprehensive statement about principles that should guide our actions so that we can respect the earth.  The document itself could be used to stimulate discussion and generate programs for earth care at schools and parishes.  The web site that hosts the document also has many great teaching resources, such as a power point presentation on why the earth charter is needed and activities that relate the earth charter to various academic disciplines from math to creative arts.

4.  Environmental Protection Agency Curriculum Resources

      Geared toward teachers working with students in grades K-12, this page provides links to interesting activity ideas and easy to understand background information about the following environmental topics: air, conservation, ecosystems, human health, waste and recycling, and water.  The kids' site and the students' site (links on the right hand side of the page) provide educational and fun on-line activities for students of all ages to work on, as well as down loadable coloring books that focus on environmental issues.

5.  Exploring the Environment Teacher Pages

       Exploring the Environment is a problem-based curriculum housed on the internet designed for junior and senior high students.  The teacher pages provide information about how to implement problem-based learning, links to other useful websites that address earth science, ways to connect with other teachers who are using this curriculum, and examples of two entry-level modules for students and teachers to try.  One way to promote care for the earth is to help students learn about the planet we live on.  Creative religious educators could use curriculum such as is provided here as the start of helping their students learn about creation so that they grow to care about creation.

6.  The Great Green Web Game

      Put together by the Union of Concerned Scientists, this game allows players to learn about how consumer choices affect the environment.  While the playing pieces make it look like the game is only suitable for young students, I played the game, had fun, and learned a lot about the adverse effects some of my choices have on the environment.  This game could be used as a precursor to a discussion about how to make ethical and Christian choices that promote care for the earth.

7.  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Kid's Page

      Useful for students who want to learn more about environmental issues, the "Student Guide to Environmental Information" on this website has a very helpful glossary of environmental terms, a vast array of articles about environmental issues, and links to "cool" environmental websites geared toward children.  For younger children, there are links to coloring sheets, word finds, cross word puzzles, and other games that are educational and fun. 

8.  Mrs. Bee's Busy Classroom- For the Love of the Earth 

      This website is geared toward primary grade students, but it could be used to give older students ideas of projects to do with younger students to promote earth care.  The first two pages, Earth Day 1 and 2, have a plethora of art project ideas that use materials that are normally thrown away, as well as snack ideas that tie in to the theme of earth care.  The third page has a list of books for children that talk about love for the earth, and the fourth page has earth care poems, many of which are adapted from well-known children's songs.

9.  Teacher's Lounge at the Wilderness Society's Earth Day Website

      The teachers' lounge page has three main components.  First, the "Classroom Activities" page has curriculum ideas for pre-K through high school, many of which can be downloaded, such as Earth Day coloring books.  Second, the "Cool Ideas" page has ideas for Earth Day activities submitted to the website by teachers.  Finally, the "Links Page" has loads of useful links to more teacher resources, Earth Day resources, and environmental organizations.  Many of the ideas on this website could  be adapted easily to help celebrate Earth Day, or to make Earth Day a core commitment everyday, at your church or school.

★10.  Web of Creation- Transforming Faith-Based Communities for a Sustainable World

      Web of Creation is an interdenominational and interfaith organization that strives to provide resources on the Internet that promote care for the earth and sustainable living for five areas of parish life: worship, religious education, congregational lifestyle, personal lifestyle, and public ministry and advocacy.  The site contains a wealth of information about important ecological issues and is a good place to start learning about these issues.  The biggest strength of the website is all of the resources it reviews and to which it connects users over the Internet.