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Cass Family, Harrow  >>  Not waste paper, Jed Gaffin, Northwood  >>  Walk to school more, Lea Abrahams, Pinner  >>  To be more careful with water, Max Abrahams, Pinner  >>  Turn the tap off when I brush my teeth, Ellie Roston, Rickmansworth  >>  Try and ride my bike as much as I can, Zack Bluestone, Stanmore  >>  Walk to from school everyday, Meiron Avidan, Stanmore  >>  Use tap water instead of bottled, Rianna Roston, Earth  >>  Turn everything off, not leave it on standby, Lewis Decker, Northwood  >>  Put my rubbish in the bin, Aron Bhalla, Harrow  >>  I will put my rubbish in the bin, Seth Bhalla, Harrow  >>  I will not watch the same thing as my brother on a different TV, Ilana Braham, Northwood  >>  Our family will walk to places if it is less than 2miles, the Garland family, Pinner  >>  Don't use sandwich bags for packed lunch, David Braham, Northwood  >>  Switch off lights when I am not using them, Matthew Rodin, London  >>  To walk and get the train more, Steph Leigh, Watford  >>  Not to litter and put rubbish in the bin, Jacob Lauder, Harrow  >>  Help put out the recycling more, Rachel Bard, Hertfordshire  >>  To put my cans in a recycle bin, Hannah Hyman, Borehamwood, Herts  >>  Walk to the bus stop, Matti Brooks, Borehamwood  >>  Re-use plastic bags when shopping, Gemma Black 5B, Hertfordshire  >>  I pledge to water my plants with a watering can and not waste water, Gemma Black 5B, Hertfordshire  >>  Make more things e.g sculptures instead of just putting them in the bin, Minnie Diamond, Bushey  >>  I shall turn off lights and T.V. when not needed on, Harrry Rubin, Hertfordshire  >>  Turn the TV off and not leave it on standby, Harry Rubin 5 Beech, Herts, London  >>  Turn lights off when I leave a room, Katie Moss, Radlett  >>  Only flush the chain when I need to, Hannah Hyman, Borehamwood, Herts  >>  Cycle one a day if not more, Jamie Cooper, Harts  >>  Ride on my bike at least once a day, Sophie Pollock, Borehamwood, Herts  >>  Grow my own fruit and vegetables in the garden, Isabelle Copeland, Bushey  >>  Don't leave lights on, Rebecca A, Herts  >>  Use energy efficent light bulbs!, Dov Colman, Borhamwood  >>  Not use the car for short journeys, Josh Zucker, Hertfordshire  >>  Turn the TV off and not leave it on standby, Jake Murray, Borehamwood  >>  To not leave the shower running!, Lauren Seres, Herts  >>  Turn lights off when I leave a room, Tyler Freedman, Bushey  >>  Do more recycling and help my mum sort out the waste, Maddie Freedman, Bushey  >>  Turn the TV off and not leave it on standby, Joseph White, Radlett, Herts  >>  Turn lights off when I leave a room, Zoe Klein, Hertfordshire  >>  turn off the plugs in my bedroom, Oliver Rothstein, Adlenham, herts  >>  Turn lights off when I leave a room, Nina Freedman, Borehamwood  >>  Take showers instead of baths, Harry Singler, Bushey  >>  Recycle my household waste, Harry Black, Bushey  >>  Recycle my household waste, Mrs Myers, Borehamwood  >>  Re-use plastic bags when shopping, Daniel Simmons, Radlett  >>  Not to turn lights on if it is not neeeded, Etienne Dean, Borehamwood  >>  Not use the car for short journeys, Leah Gorb, Bushey  >>  Use bits of junk around the house to make something & to not throw it in the bin, Sophie Pollock  >>  Turn the tap off when I brush my teeth, Natalie Maurer, Hertfordshire  >>  Turn the TV off and not leave it on standby, Rebecca Selt, Radlett  >>  Turn the TV off and not leave it on standby, Avital Cohen, Borehamwood  >>  Recycle my household waste, Max Bean, Bushey  >>  Start growing my own herbs and vegetable, Talia N, Hertfordshire  >>  Recycle my household waste, Leanne Rosner, Radlett  >>  Turn lights off when I leave a room, Leanne Rosner, Radlett  >>  Turn lights off when I leave a room, Kezia Blakeley, Hertfordshire  >>  Don't buy herbs if you can grow them, Emily Sterman, Hertfordshire  >>  Re-use plastic bags when shopping, Joshua Silver, Radlett  >>  Turn lights off when I leave a room, Ella Kosmin, St Albans  >>  Turn lights off when I leave a room, Ella Green, Borehamwood  >>  Replace two light bulbs in my house with energy efficient light bulbs, Jacqueline Sefton, Bushey  >>  Take showers instead of baths, Sophie Hyman, Borehamwood, Herts  >>  Turn the tap off when I brush my teeth, Joshua, Herts  >>  Turn the tap off when I brush my teeth, Benjamin Isaac, Herts  >>  Turn the TV off and not leave it on standby, Abby Rosen, Elstree  >>  Replace two light bulbs in my house with energy efficient light bulbs, Amanda Finestone, Borehamwood  >>  Try to have a shower instead of a bath and will not sing in the shower for too long, Sadie, Hertfordshire  >>  Cycle at least once a day, Jamie Cooper, Borehamwood  >>  Re-use plastic bags when shopping, holly, herts  >>  Turn lights off when I leave a room, Michelle Hertz, Stanmore  >>  Start growing my own herbs and vegetable, nicola weisfeld, hertfordshire  >>  Turn the TV off and not leave it on standby, Jack Glazer, Bushey  >>  Turn lights off when I leave a room, Jack Glazer, Bushey  >>  Turn the tap off when I brush my teeth, Holly Weisfeld, Hertfortshire  >>  Turn the TV off and not leave it on standby, Joshua Collins, Hertfordshire  >>  Eat less meat, Stephen Scott, London  >>  Turn the tap off when I brush my teeth, Hannah, London  >>  Continue to educate myself and others in ways of taking care of our earth, Raven Moon, Connecticut  >>  Try to live on less and take pleasure in the effort, Erich Connell, Greenville, NC  >>  I will be a vegertarian on a weekly basis, Lee-Ann, Tauyuan, Taiwan  >>  I promise to make sure all recyclable items go in the recycling and not in the bin, Lara Gordon, London  >>  I will try to keep recycling my clothes and not buy too many new ones, L.Bratter, North London  >>  I promise to recycle by altering my clothes, Anita Lancet, London  >>  
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Jewcology

Leader of Canfei Nesharim Selected for Major ROI Innovation Grant
 
Jewish Innovation Foundation awards $50,000 for “Jewcology” Project
 
Silver Spring, MD – May 3, 2010 – Canfei Nesharim is pleased to announce that its Executive Director, Evonne Marzouk, is the leader of a team which has been selected by the ROI Innovation Fund for a $50,000 grant which will enable the creation of an expansive new set of tools to empower the entire Jewish environmental community.  Canfei Nesharim is the fiscal sponsor and implementing organization for this project. 
 
Jewcology.com will be an open source database where Jewish environmentalists can network, share resources and learn from one another. The portal will be seeded with a rich library of Jewish-environmental resources, including curriculum, Torah teachings, program ideas, podcasts, videos, and other tools for Jewish environmental education and training.  The portal will also provide opportunities for group-forming and private spaces where smaller Jewish-environmental teams can interact.  Individuals can use Jewcology.com to create and follow Jewish-environmental blogs, search for experts, and find program resources for their communities.
 
“Until now, a Jewish educator or environmental activist would have to sift through 10-20 websites to find the content they need,” explained Isaac Hametz, the founder of the Israeli organization Earth’s Promise, and one of the members of the Jewcology Coordinating Committee.  “This new portal will allow Jewish-environmental organizations and individual Jewish-environmentalists worldwide to collaborate in order to avoid redundancy and wasted resources, and to reach new audiences.”
 
Jewish environmental leaders across the world have expressed enthusiasm at the prospect of Jewcology.com.  The grant proposal included an attachment with signatures from 135 Jewish-environmental leaders across the world, including Rabbi David Saperstein of the Religious Action Center, Sybil Sanchez of the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, and Nigel Savage of Hazon, expressing support for this project. 
 
Grant funds will also be used to seed the site with a rich set of Jewish-environmental content and to organize two Regional Leadership Summits to empower Jewish-environmentalists in their community engagement. 
 
This project is a collaboration, led by Marzouk, of 17 young Jewish activists, all graduates of the ROI Summit.  ROI is a global community of young Jewish innovators, created by Lynn Schusterman.  The annual ROI Summit gathers 120 young Jewish innovators from all over the world in Israel.  Many of the 17 ROIers offered volunteer or below-market rate services to make this project a possibility.
 
Numerous existing Jewish-environmental resources will be uploaded to the site during the beta phase, in partnership with other Jewish environmental organizations.  In addition, a new set of Jewish-environmental resources on 17 “fundamental” Jewish environmental topics (including Jewish-environmental teachings, speaker materials, study sheets, podcasts, videos, and program suggestions) will also be created and uploaded.
 
In addition, two Regional Leadership Summits for Jewish Environmentalists will be organized in 2010-2011.  The leadership trainings will include opportunities for networking and skills building, and will also include sessions and direct training to help attendees become active participants on the Jewcology portal.
 
“The long-term goal of this project is to build a multi-denominational, multi-generational, regionally diverse community of Jewish environmental activists, who can learn from one another and from an expanding set of Jewish-environmental resources, how to educate their communities about our Jewish responsibility to protect the environment,” explained Marzouk.  “Canfei Nesharim is thrilled to have the opportunity to implement this project on behalf of the entire Jewish environmental community.”
 
What is Jewcology?
Jewcology.com is a project of 17 graduates of ROI, who have come together to create a resource for the entire Jewish-environmental community.  The long-term goal of this project is to build a multi-denominational, multi-generational, regionally diverse community of Jewish environmental activists, who are learning from one another and from an expanding set of Jewish-environmental resources,how to educate their communities about our Jewish responsibility to protect the environment.
 
The project includes 3 pieces:
  • A web-based portal for networking and resource sharing amongst Jewish environmentalists
  • Creation of a rich new source of Jewish-environmental content
  • Regional leadership summits for skills development and networking
 
The Jewcology Portal is currently under development and scheduled for a summer launch.  The portal will allow you to:
  • Browse and search a rich set of Jewish-environmental resources on various category “tags”
  • Create and maintain your own individual blog
  • Browse and follow other Jewish environmentalists’ blogs, including the Jewcology Blog
  • “Follow” people to see what they are doing and sharing.
  • Search other Jewish Environmentalists for specific areas of expertise.
  • Create private and public “communities” on items of shared interest
  • Post and learn about other Jewish environmental campaigns and events
  • Browse and purchase products from numerous Jewish Environmental organizations
  • and more!
This project includes the development of a rich new set of Jewish environmental content which will be posted on the site.  New content will include: 
  • articles
  • speaker guides
  • discussion guides
  • program suggestions
  • videos
  • podcasts
  • New resources will cover a comprehensive set of 17 topics which are essential to Jewish-environmental thinking.  These topics will also be linked to numerous Jewish holidays and Torah portions.  Tentatively the 17 topics to be developed are:
  • Bal Tashchit
  • Tzaar Baalei Chaim
  • Damages to Neighbors
  • Relating to the Land
  • Rain and water
  • Energy
  • Consumerism/ Wealth
  • Recycling
  • Noach
  • Food
  • Health
  • Shiluach Haken
  • L’ovdah uleshomra
  • Shabbat
  • Long-term roots of the crisis/ sustainability
  • Tu b’Shevat
  • Prayer
Finally, the Jewcology Leadership Summits will be opportunities for Jewish environmentalists to:
  • meet in person
  • learn to use the Jewcology Portal
  • receive leadership training
  • learn Torah
  • pitch projects to possible funders
At this time the summits are tentatively scheduled for October 2010 in the Washington, DC area and February 2011 in the Bay Area (San Francisco).
 
These resources, supported by the generous funding of ROI, will be created as a resource for the entire Jewish-environmental community.
 
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