Your green promises:

Walk to school twice a week, Katie Doben, Winchester >> Buy food locally to cut down on carbon emissions, Ali Baylis >> Walk home from school, Rachel Carver, Winchester >> Start growing my own herbs and vegetable, Georgie Cave >> Turn lights off when I leave a room, Poppy De Groot >> Recycle everything that should go in the recycle bin, Catriona Brown, Hampshire >> Start growing my own herbs and vegetable, Alice C >> Cycle to work once a week, Jessie Baker >> Turn lights off when I leave a room, Mona Freidin, New York >> Recycle my household waste, Madeleine, Winchester >> Start growing my own herbs and vegetable, Johnny >> Take showers instead of baths. Nevet Basker, Bellevue, WA, USA >> Turn the tap off when I brush my teeth, Sharon Goldstein, Northwood >> Signed up to a renewable energy provider (Good Energy) and encouraging our visitors and members to do likewise, Moishe House London >> Reject opportunities to see the world, when that means taking a plane, Jeremy, London >> Dedicated to leading the way in environmental efforts through local & vegetarian catering, zero waste & reducing carbon emissions by 10% in 2010, Tzedek, London >> Re-use plastic bags when shopping, Lisa, London >> Find something to make with every item in my organic vegetable box, Penny Kustow, Rickmansworth >> Not use the car for short journeys, Jon, Damascus >> I will not leave the tap running while brushing my teeth, Lucy Freeman, 7 >> I will buy more vegetables from the farmers market, Ben, Stanmore >> I will join the 10:10 Campaign, Naomi, 28 >> I will turn off my laptop when I am not using it, Dave, 25, Golders Green >> I will recycle my paper and plastics, Jo, 46 >> I will reduce the temperature of my washing machine cycles, Evelyn, 35 >>

A | A | A

The BGJW is very grateful for the support of Hazon, an American Jewish environmental organisation.

Hazon works to create a healthier and more sustainable Jewish community and a healthier and more sustainable world for all.

Hazon effects change in three ways:

- Through the direct human impact of our program

- Through thought-leadership (writing, speaking, teaching, campaigning)

- By supporting American and British Jewish environmental leaders and organisations, and by supporting the Israeli environmental movement.

The following values underpin their programs:

- A strong commitment to inclusive community

- A strong commitment to volunteer involvement and leadership development

- Multi-generationality

- Being Jewishly serious and deeply engaged with the world around us

- Hazon believe in the centrality of education and immersion experiences in enabling people to make significant differences in their own lives in a thoughtful way.

In the medium-term, over the next six years – Hazon aims to transform Jewish life so that by September 2015, at the end of the next shmita (sabbatical) year in the Jewish tradition, they are clearly and demonstrably weaving commitments to sustainability into the fabric of Jewish life in the US, UK and around the world.

About Us

The Big Green Jewish Website is a resource for people around the world and the home of the climate change campaign of the UK Jewish community. It is an initiative of the Jewish Social Action Forum, a body of organisations in the UK Jewish community that, collectively, are committed to raising awareness of issues of universal concern.

The website is designed for you, whether you are a teacher in a Jewish day school that wants to educate your pupils about environmental sustainability, an individual that wants to live a more green friendly life-style, or a rabbi seeking to implement green and Jewish values in your community.

On the website you will be able to find out not just how you can tell global leaders that you want a fair and just deal at the Copenhagen Climate Talks this December, but where you can learn to ride a bike if you want to make the transition from a driver to a cyclist, or how you can grow your own food for a more seasonal and sustainable lifestyle.

Over the coming weeks and months the website will continue to grow with new sections being added, and old ones being updated. If you have any suggestions click here to contact us.

History

The Big Green Jewish Website was founded in 2006 as a joint venture by The Noah Project and ESIAG (Environmental and Social Issues Action Group) at The Board of Deputies of British Jews.

This website was redeveloped and launched in November 2009. The Jewish Social Action Forum would like to thank The Noah project and ESIAG for their support and assistance with moving the Jewish Climate Change Campaign forward.

Contact

We would like to hear from you! Please contact us at info@biggreenjewish.org

Logo

If you would like to use The Big Green Jewish Logo please read the Guidelines for Use.

Web design and development: twotimesfour