Ariel Allen, age 16, a resident of Atlanta, GA, a student of The Paideia School and a current Bronfman Fellow, is a winner of Action For Nature’s 2011 International Young Eco-Hero Award. Allen was honored for starting a Jewish Teen environmental group.
San Francisco, CA (July 22, 2011) – Kosher Crew, founded by Ari, motivates Jewish teens to become active conservationists by taking part in tikkun olam, or “healing the world.” Inspired by two summer internships with the Student Conservation Association, he runs fun, peer-led ...
Survey from Rachel Berndtson, a doctoral student in the Department of Geography at the University of Maryland. Her dissertation research is on the impact and diffusion of Kayam Farm throughout and beyond Baltimore ... to generate knowledge on this *specific* movement, occurring in *this* area, at *this* time... Please take a few minutes to help in this important research! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3QDTGNV
(reposted from Rabbi Nina Cardin's blog: http://blog.bjen.org/ )
A brief respite from the summer's heat:
I had been looking for the perfect counter-top compost container and had not been able to find one.
So, in desperation, I simply reached for a clear plastic cannister that would otherwise be holding flour or rice or granola or some such. We keep it by the sink and dump our food shards in there.
Surprisingly, fresh compost is not always unattractive. Neither is nicely "cooked" compost. Good finished compost ready to be used is often rich and aromatic. It is ...
