Environmental Justice Learning Resources
Buy Nothing Campaign
2021/2022
We examine our overall consumer habits and raise consciousness about opportunities to do more with less and be satisfied with what we have. We challenge ourselves to attempt a Zero Waste Lifestyle for a healthier planet and a healthier, happier, more connected community.
Tu B’Shevat and Tikkun Olam
Each February
Ft. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and Tree Tenders
As we celebrate Tu B’Shevat, we contemplate the special place that trees occupy in Jewish thought, our connection to the Earth, and our role as caretakers of the environment, our life-support system.
From Moses to Greta: Leadership Lessons for Facing Up to Climate Change
April 26, 2020
Ft. Mirele B. Goldsmith, PHD, Founder of Jewish Earth Alliance
Climate change is a new problem that the Torah doesn’t say anything about. But people have not changed much since ancient times, so there is plenty that Torah can teach us about how to respond. Let’s explore what lessons we can apply from the story of Moses to overcome fear, inspire hope, and be a part of the solution. We can make it to the promised land!
Mini Challenge for Earth
April 26, 2020
Wondering how YOU can make a difference this Earth Day (the 50th!) and all of the days to come? Kol Emet’s Tikkun Olam Committee invites you to take a Mini Challenge for the Earth
Food Choices: How they Affect Our World
May 17, 2020
Learn about how food waste and diet can contribute to climate change and easy steps to take to be part of the solution! Our solutions will benefit not only the earth, but our own health, as well. One step at a time!
Water is Life
October 2, 2020
Ft. Fred Stine of Delaware Riverkeeper’s Network
We hear from Fred Stine, Citizen Advocacy Coordinator, Delaware Riverkeeper Network. What is more important to a healthy and abundant harvest than clean water? We need water to live, and yet – our river is under attack and in danger. How is our river being harmed? What can each of us do to protect the people, animals, and plants that depend on it? And how does justice play a part in healing the damage that’s being done?
Protecting the Air we Share
January 28, 2021
Ft. Rabbi Nathan Martin of PA Interfaith Power & Light
A virtual Tu B’Shvat conversation on Environmental Justice with Rabbi Nathan Martin.
A Green New Meal
April 18, 2021
Ft. Jeffrey Cohan, Executive Director of Jewish Veg
We will be joined by Jeffrey Cohan, Executive Director of Jewish Veg, who will discuss the ways in which a plant-based diet can help fight
climate change and what the Torah says about our food choices. This program is designed as a continuation of our popular program last spring about food waste and the role food production plays in efforts to protect the planet.
Book of the Year Discussion: The Green Boat (From Paralysis to Positive Action)
May 2, 2021
Ft. Karen Feridun of Berks Gas Truth
We will discuss psychologist Mary Pipher’s groundbreaking book The Green Boat, in which Pipher emphasizes the importance of joining with others to take small, positive steps to preserve what’s important.
We will also be joined by Pennsylvania clean energy activist, Karen Feridun, to share her experiences with defeating shale gas projects locally. She will discuss the local issues surrounding pipelines and fracking, introduce us to local organizations fighting against new fossil fuel infrastructure, and tell us how we can best get involved, take action to make a difference, and continue taking small, positive steps together.
Transition Town Yardley?
March 27, 2021
Ft. Sari Steuber from Transition Town Media
What if Yardley could transition to a much more sustainable, resilient, connected and flourishing community?
Unraveled: Waste and Destruction in the Name of Fast Fashion
April 10, 2022
Ft. Barry Truchil of Rider University and Kol Emet member
As part of our Buy Nothing Campaign, we will watch the movie RiverBlue, discuss our Book of the Year, Unraveled, by Maxine Bedat, and discuss why Fast Fashion is bad and what we can do about it.
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