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COEJL was founded also founded in 1993, and has since been the leading Jewish environmental organization in the United States. COEJL is also the only Jewish member of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment. This organization puts environmental protection on the agenda of the Jewish community, believing that protecting the environmnet is both a moral and a religious obligation. The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life was founded by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, with the intent of enacting a distinctively Jewish policy response to environmental crises.


"COEJL’s message is unique. Along with partners from other faith communities, we bring a moral and religious message on the environment to the public and decision makers.
COEJL has earned a reputation among members of Congress, environmental leaders and the press as an effective environmental organization. COEJL has recruited, educated and mobilized an activist Jewish constituency for environmental protection. And COEJL has advocated legislative action to address the effects of pollution on public health, global climate change, and the destruction of wildlife habitat on behalf of 29 national Jewish organizations." [http://www.coejl.org/action/index.php COEJL]


The Coalition is also very active on college campuses..."check out these campus-focused environmental organizations, which can help you do environmental activism on your campus!
*College and University Recycling Council
*Envirocitizen's Student Center
*The Climate Campaign
*The Rainforest Action Network
*The National Wildlife Foundation’s Campus Ecology Program
*The Sierra Club Student Coalition
*The Student Environmental Action Coalition" [http://www.coejl.org/campus/index.php COEJL on campus]


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