Sustainability

The Bhumi Project

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The Bhumi Project is a global effort to bring Hindu communities together for environmental action. The project stands for respect, compassion, and service for our environment. They aim to educate, inspire, inform and connect Hindus interested in service to Mother Earth, to develop long term sustainable plans for environmental care, and to build a base of global partners and friends who encourage the best environmental practices. To read more about The Bhumi Project, click here.

Compost Tumbling Towards Caring for God’s Creation

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This article from the Evangelical Environmental Network discusses how a family found a meaningful way to care for God’s creation. Cara Fleischer, a Creation Care leader at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Florida, wrote the article to share her journey with composting and offers tips on how to make it easier. To read the entire article, click here.

Teaching Teens Sustainable Living Through Jewish Wisdom

Canfei Nesharim

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Teaching Teens Sustainable Living Through Jewish Wisdom is a program from Canfei Neshrim that focuses on teenagers. The curriculum is designed to teach high school students about sustainable living using Science and Torah. Their goal is to give students a hands on experience of Judaism that inspires a deeper following and a commitment to fulfill tikkun olam (repairing the world). To read more about the project, click here.

Religion and Nature in the Philippines

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Religion and Nature Collide is an article from NPR about God and natural phenomenons in the Philippines. The article talks about a typhoon that happened in November of 2006 and goes on to discuss acts of God and stewardship of the earth. Father Jovic Lobrigo, a younger clergy member in an area affected by the typhoon, discussed religion and the environment and told his parishioners,  “Yes, you are a primary creation, and you have superiority of all beings. But with it is responsibility of taking care of creation itself.” To read the entire article click here.

Wilderness Torah

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Wilderness Torah is a center for earth-based Judaism in California. Their mission is to awaken and celebrate the earth-based traditions of Judaism to nourish the connections between self, community, earth and Spirit. They aim to reconnect individuals and communities to the ancient, earth-based Jewish heritage and inspire communities to care for the world. To read more about Wilderness Torah, click here.

Canfei Nesharim

Canfei Nesharim

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Canfei Nesharim is a Torah-based environmental movement that aims to educate and empower Jewish individuals and communities to take an active role in protecting the environment. They value education that leads to action, appreciation for creation, and cultivating leadership. By focusing on these values, they hope to internalize Jewish and sustainable values and turn that into an environmentally-sensitive way of life. To read more about Canfei Nesharim, click here.

Celebrating Water and Learning about Hydrofracking

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Celebrating Water and Learning about Hydrofracking is a handout from the Green Zionist Alliance on why it is important to talk about hydrofracking. It offers facts on water consumption and usage and information on what to do about fracking. To read more or download the handout, click here.

Tu B’Shvat: The Greening of Judaism

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Tu B’Shvat: The Greening of Judaism is a handout from Interfaith Family. It offers a brief overview of Tu B’Shvat and different activities to celebrate the holiday. It also offers examples of how to be caretakers of the earth. To read the entire handout, click here.  

Tu B’Shvat Seder Leader’s Guide

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Hazon has created a handout on Tu B’Shvat and how to properly celebrate the holiday. The guide offers a history of Tu B’Shvat, activities, songs, and more. To view or download the entire handout, click here.

The Green Zionist Alliance

Israel environment

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The Green Zionist Alliance offers a place for all people who care about humanity’s responsibility to preserve the Earth, specifically the Jewish peoples responsibility to preserve the ecology of Israel. They work to educate and mobilize people around the world for Israel’s environment and to improve environmental practices by working for positive change in all people. To read more on the Green Zionist Alliance, click here.