Will Israel Get Slammed At Copenhagen Summit?
Jewish Journal
December 7, 2009
Israel is likely to be criticized at this climate summit over insufficient efforts to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.
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Green Living
U.S.-Israel clean energy projects to get funding
Jewish Journal
November 30, 2009
A research and development foundation will provide up to $3.3 million to fund four clean-energy projects in the United States and Israel, the U.S. Department of Energy announced.
‘Ecopreneurs’ See Green in Green
Jewish Journal
April 15, 2009
It’s easy being green when there’s plenty of cash floating around. Environmental causes tend to be minimally controversial, and all kinds of businesses feel good about supporting tree planting, community gardens, children’s environmental education and the like. But what happens when the economy tanks? Usually funding for green programs dries up until the next bull market.
In Search of a Jewish Environmentalism for the Family
Jewish Journal
February 4, 2009
I like to think of myself as an ecoconscious kinda gal. My husband, Julian, and I make an effort to tread lightly on this earth. We bring our own bags to the supermarket, we buy local, organic food whenever possible and we try to choose products with the least amount of packaging.
Farming the Land, Torah in Hand
Sue Fishkoff
February 4, 2009
Naf Hanau lives in the Bronx, an odd choice for someone who calls himself a Jewish farmer.
Balancing resources and lives — being Jewish and ‘green’
Amy Hirshberg Lederman
December 11, 2008
Judaism has a lot to say about how to create a balance between using the resources we have and abusing or destroying them.
Israel building its first eco-friendly town
Jewish Journal
November 13, 2008
A Mount Gilboa town is set to be the first planned, eco-friendly community in Israel, with infrastructure and services designed not just to encourage, but to actually enforce environmentally responsible behavior.
Teen’s green book for kids hits stores
Rachel Heller
November 7, 2008
It\’s never too early to start educating kids about the environment, says Alison Hestrin Lerner — so the Harvard-Westlake high school senior in September published a children\’s book, \”The Green Street Kids: The Earth Warriors,\” targeting future \”green\” advocates aged four and up.
Menorah lights hope for second oil miracle
Tom Tugend
October 10, 2008
From Iran to Venezuela, petrodictators are using billions of our dollars to fund terrorism and propaganda against the United States and Israel, noted Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Wiesenthal Center.
Save the Dead Sea by restoring the Jordan River, not a canal to the Red Sea
Jewish Journal
August 3, 2008
The way to save the Dead Sea is by restoring freshwater flow from a rehabilitated Jordan River, not building an ecologically risky channel from the Red Sea
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