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Big Sunday looks good in green

Environmentalism may be trendy, but expensive hybrid cars and solar paneling aren\’t the only ways of being fashionably green.

Green endowments mean big returns for nonprofit

Two years ago, Camp Ramah in California embarked upon a major solar energy project, effectively becoming the first Jewish overnight camp west of the Mississippi to adopt greener energy options. With the installation of a solar energy system atop the dining hall of our 75-acre Ojai campgrounds, Ramah has become a leader in the Jewish community when it comes to reducing environmental pollution and dependence on foreign oil. The system purchased by Ramah is designed to reduce toxic emissions by approximately 4.4 million pounds of carbon dioxide, 11,000 pounds of nitrous oxide and 35,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide over the life of the system.

L.A. displays eco efforts to Israeli delegation

Gil Yaakov and Sagit Rogenstein arrived in Los Angeles on March 2 to address an awakening among American Jews to the environmental threats to Israel. The two were among a group of 18 academics, environmentalists and politicians participating in the Friends of Israel\’s Environment exchange program. The goal of the exchange, which is sponsored by the Tel Aviv-Los Angeles Partnership of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, is to share solutions for environmental problems that plague both cities, such as air pollution, wastewater treatment, recycling and planning green spaces.

Israel’s EcoOcean charts deep ‘green’ seas

While some of the projects veer off course into areas that are not strictly environmental, the main thrust of EcoOcean, an Israeli nonprofit organization that built and funds a unique seafaring vessel, is to offer its ship, equipped with wet and dry laboratories, to those fighting to improve the marine and coastal environment.

Let kids rule the land

Kids can influence how their families handle the growing global warming issue, at least according to Laurie David and Cambria Gordon, co-authors of \”The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming\”

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