I'm a Christian environmental evangelist!, writes Restoring Eden head Peter Illyn.

In an article in the hip environmental journal Grist, Illyn adds he recognizes that "this definition is loaded with stereotypes, both positive and negative, but it best describes what I do -- traveling around the country preaching in churches and colleges about the goodness of nature and our sacred duty to love, serve, and protect God's creation."

Restoring Eden is a Christian-based networking of people decated to nature appreciation, environmental protection, and public advocacy. They write that: The forests, animals, birds, fish, entire ecosystems, and other wild species have no voice in our modern political arena. We must be that voice. Even native peoples often have little voice.

Restoring Eden focuses on advocating for these marginalized groups. We call it, "taking care of the least of these." We also facilitate practical service projects that directly benefit the creation and the indigenous peoples that rely on healthy natural resources.

Not the usual faith-based ministry, Restoring Eden is "less about membership and programs, and more about a conversation and a community that lives out the biblical mandate to 'speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves' (Proverbs 31:8) as advocates for natural habitats, wild species and indigenous subsistance cultures."

Restoring Eden is so hip that they have a myspace page - already with over six hundred friends. To learn more about their campaigns, click here.