The Parliament of the World Religions was held in Cape Town, South Africa on December 1–8, 1999. This event was part of a larger three day symposium, “At Home in the Universe,” organized by Cliff Matthews for the Parliament. Participants shared a sense of the “Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology” at this conference. More specifically, conference participants addressed the promises and problems of the alliance between religion and ecology and asked what each tradition can offer to a larger global environmental ethic. Papers from this event will be published in a volume by Open Court in 2001.