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Category: Science

Canfei Nesharim Curriculum Development Grant Proposal

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| Core Teachings, Schools, Science, Torah Learning

Make a Nes Gadol Haya Po by helping us raise the first $10K to bring the light of Sustainable Living Inspired by Torah into the lives of our children. HELP us educate our teachers to EMPOWER our students with an understanding of an authentic Torah approach to modern environmental science. PARTNER with us and FUND […]

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Greening the Land: Build a Healthy City with Community Gardening

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by Leiba Chaya David   “Said Rabbi Yose ben Rabbi Bun: It is forbidden to live in a town in which there is no greenery (vegetable garden).” – Talmud Yerushalmi, Kiddushin 4:12   Rapid, poorly planned urban development has led to the disappearance of green, open spaces in many modern cities. Healthy, well-planned cities, on […]

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Being a Local Leader: The Site is the Solution

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by Benjamin E. Schott   “I call (sustainability) the recovery of common sense.” -Tom Kelly (University of New Hampshire, Office of Sustainability)   There is no single solution or magic pill towards a sustainable future, quite the contrary. Each person, community, region, ethnic and religious group needs to search for its own unique approaches, based […]

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Ten Things YOU Can Do to Help Preserve Species Biodiversity

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by David Hooper Biodiversity is threatened by the combined actions of our society just going about our day-to-day business (see Fig. 1). Most people aren’t actively trying to harm biodiversity, but it’s often difficult to see the connections between what we do and the downstream effects. As a rule of thumb, humanity’s global environmental impact […]

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Sowing the Seeds of Summer

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by Yaakov Lehman   With the last of the winter frosts well behind us, many of us may now be considering planting a garden. For those that have never experimented, growing fresh herbs or vegetables can be an unbelievably rewarding experience. In addition to the tasty fruits of ones efforts, gardening proves to be quite […]

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