Wednesday, December 1, 2010

My Chanukah miracle

By Jonah Lowenfeld

And on the fifth day, I learned how not to compost. It was a sunny mid-November morning when I found out that potato peels, celery tops and other. . .

Thursday, November 11, 2010

U.S. expert sees Israel as renewable energy leader

JTA

Israel is poised to be a leader in developing solar energy and other renewable energy sources, a leader in the energy arena said while visiting the. . .

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Conservative movement launches ‘green’ initiative

JTA

The Conservative movement has launched a movement-wide environmental initiative.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

PBS Features Schools’ Growing Eco Awareness

By Tom Tugend

At a Harvard University dormitory, a banner proclaims, “Green Is the New Crimson.”

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Business Owners View Greenhouse Gas Reduction as Cultural Imperative

by Leslie Berliant, Contributing writer

In September 2006, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32), the Global Warming Solutions Act, regulating greenhouse gas. . .

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Greening the Dollar

By Ryan Torok

Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy, as well as Maimonides’ “Eight Levels of Charity” all say the same thing: Loans should be given out without. . .

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Jewish environmental group increasing efforts as climate debate heats up

By Eric Fingerhut, JTA

As the debate over how to combat climate change heats up in Copenhagen, the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life is ramping up its efforts to. . .

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Peres to attend Copenhagen climate conference

Israeli President Shimon Peres, a champion of green issues, will represent Israel at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Jewish groups call for climate change at Copenhagen conference

JTA

Twenty-two Jewish organizations signed on to a call for action on climate change to be presented at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in. . .

Monday, December 7, 2009

Will Israel Get Slammed At Copenhagen Summit?

by Rachelle Kliger, The Media Line

Israel is likely to be criticized at this climate summit over insufficient efforts to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.

Monday, November 30, 2009

U.S.-Israel clean energy projects to get funding

JTA

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.. . .

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

‘Ecopreneurs’ See Green in Green

by Starre Vartan

It’s easy being green when there’s plenty of cash floating around. Environmental causes tend to be minimally controversial, and all kinds of. . .

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Farming the Land, Torah in Hand

By Sue Fishkoff

Naf Hanau lives in the Bronx, an odd choice for someone who calls himself a Jewish farmer.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

In Search of a Jewish Environmentalism for the Family

by Lisa Keys, Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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. . .

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Balancing resources and lives -- being Jewish and 'green'

By Amy Hirshberg Lederman

Judaism has a lot to say about how to create a balance between using the resources we have and abusing or destroying them.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Israel building its first eco-friendly town

By David Shamah, Israel21c

A Mount Gilboa town is set to be the first planned, eco-friendly community in Israel, with infrastructure and services designed not just to. . .

Friday, November 7, 2008

Teen's green book for kids hits stores

By Rachel Heller

It's never too early to start educating kids about the environment, says Alison Hestrin Lerner -- so the Harvard-Westlake high school senior in. . .

Friday, October 10, 2008

Menorah lights hope for second oil miracle

By Tom Tugend

From Iran to Venezuela, petrodictators are using billions of our dollars to fund terrorism and propaganda against the United States and Israel, noted. . .

Friday, October 10, 2008

Arava spills on solutions to L.A. water shortage

By Lilly Fowler

A recent conference at UCLA's School of Law, "Transboundary Environmental Management in the Arava and Beyond," proposed that Los Angeles might gain. . .

Sunday, August 3, 2008

The Dead Sea is dying and it's a 'man-made disaster' [VIDEO]

By Uriel Heilman

The Dead Sea's rapid disappearance has become a grave concern for environmentalists, industries that profit from the sea and Israel's tourism sector

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Red-Dead canal idea stirs controversy

By Dina Kraft

The World Bank is conducting a $14 million study of a plan to build a canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. Environmentalists say the canal idea is. . .

Sunday, August 3, 2008

OPINION: Save the Dead Sea by restoring the Jordan River, not by building a canal to the Red Sea

By Gidon Bromberg

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. . .

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Israel invests in clean tech as energy crunch looms

By Dina Kraft

Industry observers say more aggressive government policies, such as underwriting renewable energy initiatives and granting more land for power. . .

Thursday, June 19, 2008

We need public transit—why can’t we get it?

By Robert B. Reich