New! Curriculum Resources for Day Schools Thanks to Dr. Saundra Sterling Epstein for creating these curriculum resources. Introduction to Environmental Awareness as a Jewish Responsibility Teacher guide Student course book Our Relationship to the Land: The Meaning of the Omer Teacher guide Student course book New! Curriculum Resources for teaching Torah and the Environment in Congregational (Hebrew) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
