119 results for author: Owner of Jewcology Team

It’s Your Lucky Day!

It's your lucky day! Registration for Jewcology's Leadership Training has been extended to Thursday, June 7th! Plus, if you refer a friend who registers for the training, you will both receive a free eco-pack, full of fun goodies to share with your friends and community! At the training, you will: learn how to share the experiences and values that have led us to engage in Jewish environmental education and action; gain skills to help us tell our personal stories in a way that connects us with others and clearly expresses our purpose; and practice using these values and commitm...

Last Chance to Register for Jewcology’s Leadership Training!

It's your last chance to register for the Jewcology Leadership Training! Jewcology is partnering with the Teva Seminar on Jewish Environmental Education to bring back our engaging and effective Public Narrative Leadership Training. In 2011, nearly 50 Jewish environmental leaders were empowered to motivate their communities to meaningful, shared action. Date: Thurs., June 14, 9:00 am-5:00pm Location: Surprise Lake Camp, located about an hour from New York City. Choose one of three registration options: Register for Teva Seminar and add-on the Leadership Training for $80. (Attend...

Leadership Training at Teva!

Are you educating the Jewish community about protecting the environment? Have you faced challenges with: motivating people into action? inspiring people who don’t share your values? moving a community to activism and shared commitment? Jewcology is partnering with the Teva Seminar on Jewish Environmental Education to bring back our engaging and effective Leadership Training, in partnership with educators from Harvard University and Jewish environmental leaders. In 2011, this leadership training was conducted at the Kayam Beit Midrash on March 14 and the Teva Seminar on Jewish Environmental Education on June 2, and the Hazon Food ...

New Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment Materials Released!

The sixth topic in the Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, Countering Destruction - Lessons from Noah, has just been released! The ancient story of Noah and the flood relates to many ecological issues facing the modern world. For example, the preservation of our environment depends on individuals taking accountability for their deeds. See all Countering Destruction - Lessons from Noah Materials! Share Year of Jewish Learning Materials with your community. Contact us about becoming a sponsor!

Tell Your Story, Motivate Your Community!

"You have to claim authorship of your own story and learn to tell it to others so that they can understand, appreciate, and share the values that move you to act, because it may move them to act as well." (Marshall Ganz, developer of the Public Narrative training) Jewcology is partnering with the Teva Seminar on Jewish Environmental Education to bring back our engaging and effective Public Narrative Leadership Training. In 2011, nearly 50 Jewish environmental leaders were empowered to tell their stories and the stories of their communities, and to motivate their communities to meaningful, shared action. Date: Thurs., ...

Best Earth Day Ever Campaign

Best Earth Day Ever Help Jewcology win the Groupon Earth Day Challenge! In the Groupon/Crowdrise Earth Day Challenge, environmental charities are competing to raise funds. The organization that raises the most by May 15 will win $25,000. There are also great cash prizes ($10,000 and $15,000) for second and third place. As you can imagine, this kind of money would make a huge difference for our work. Jewcology is the only Jewish environmental organization in the Earth Day Challenge. And we have some amazing news: we're currently in THIRD place, with almost ...

Jewcology Leadership Training Next Month!

"You have to claim authorship of your own story and learn to tell it to others so that they can understand, appreciate, and share the values that move you to act, because it may move them to act as well." (Marshall Ganz, developer of the Public Narrative training) Jewcology is partnering with the Teva Seminar on Jewish Environmental Education to bring back our engaging and effective Public Narrative Leadership Training. In 2011, nearly 50 Jewish environmental leaders were empowered to tell their stories and the stories of their communities, and to motivate their communities to meaningful, shared action. Date: Thurs., ...

Shabbat and Environmental Awareness Materials Released – Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment

The fifth topic in the Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, Shabbat and Environmental Awareness, has just been released! Today we live in a society which is constantly doing without sufficient regard to being, and at the same time, transforming the natural world without taking time to reflect on the long-term consequences. Shabbat as a spiritual practice offers great potential to reduce consumption and thereby benefit the natural world. In addition to our summary article, longer article, source sheet and podcast, we are proud to offer a video featuring Rabbi Yona Metzger, Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel, ...

New Materials Released for Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment!

The fourth topic in the Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, Sustainability in the Land of Israel, has just been released! Rabbinic teachings on Yishuv Eretz Yisrael (settling the land of Israel) highlight the common Jewish duty to live sustainably. Our Sages made short-term sacrifices in order to preserve their resources, actions we should emulate to help us find ways for today's reality on the Land. See all Sustainability in the Land of Israel Materials! Share Year of Jewish Learning Materials with your community. Contact us about becoming a sponsor!

Tell Your Story and Motivate Your Community!

"You have to claim authorship of your own story and learn to tell it to others so that they can understand, appreciate, and share the values that move you to act, because it may move them to act as well." (Marshall Ganz, developer of the Public Narrative training) Jewcology is partnering with the Teva Seminar on Jewish Environmental Education to bring back our engaging and effective Public Narrative Leadership Training. In 2011, nearly 50 Jewish environmental leaders were empowered to tell their stories and the stories of their communities, and to motivate their communities to meaningful, shared action. Date: Thurs., ...

Animal Welfare Materials for Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment Released Today!

The third topic in the Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, Animal Welfare, has just been released! Judaism mandates kindness toward animals in religious law; prohibits their abuse; and obligates their owners concerning their well-being. In this lesson, we explore Jewish teachings on our relationship and responsibilities towards animals. See all Animal Welfare Materials! ******************************************************** Help Spread the Word about the Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment! Join our growing team of Core Teachings sponsors, who are sharing Year of Jewish Learning on ...

Announcing Early Bird Registration for Teva Seminar and Jewcology Leadership Training – Save $100!

Jewcology is partnering with the Teva Seminar on Jewish Environmental Education to bring back our engaging and effective Leadership Training. In 2011, nearly 50 Jewish environmental leaders were empowered to tell their stories and the stories of their communities, and to motivate their communities to meaningful, shared action. Save now when you register for BOTH the Teva Seminar and the Jewcology Leadership Training! Attendees who register by April 1st receive $100 off! Jewcology Leadership Training Date: Thurs., June 14, 9:00 am-5:00pm (Environmental Leadership & Organizing Track Intensive) Teva ...

Celebrate Tu b’Shevat with a Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment!

Happy Tu b'Shevat! Today, in honor of Tu b'Shevat, Jewcology launched a major new program: a Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, in partnership with Canfei Nesharim. Between Tu b'Shevat 5772 and Tu b'Shevat 5773, we are rolling out our "Core Teachings" series, 18 sets of resources exploring the connection between Jewish texts and our response to today's environmental challenges. The first set of materials, on the topic of trees, was released today. Our comprehensive set of materials includes a summary article, a longer article, a study guide (source sheet with discussion questions), a ...

Jewcology Launches Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment!

This Tu b'Shevat, Jewcology will launch a major new program: a Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, in partnership with Canfei Nesharim. Between Tu b'Shevat 5772 and Tu b'Shevat 5773, we will roll out our "Core Teachings" series, 18 sets of resources exploring the connection between Jewish texts and our response to today's environmental challenges. Topics range from Trees, Food and Energy to Shabbat, Sustainable Use and Consumerism. For each topic, we will be providing a long article (2000 words), short article (800 words), study guide (source sheet with discussion questions for chavruta study), a short ...

Congratulations to Rachael Copp Cohen!

Thanks so much to all of you for your wonderful postings on why you celebrate trees - as part of our raffle for the Isabella Freedman Tu b'Earthday event on February 3-5, 2012. We have chosen the raffle winner, and the free pass goes to Rachael Copp Cohen! Jewcology is proud to be a sponsor of the Tree b'Earthday retreat, and we really encourage as many of you to register as possible. You can get more information and register at http://isabellafreedman.org/tubshevat. Planning to attend the retreat anyway? Wish you could go and wanting to connect to the Isabella Freedman community! Join the Isabella Freedman community on ...

Jewcology Announces Its Next Leadership Training (in conjunction with Teva Seminar)

Are you educating the Jewish community about protecting the environment? Have you faced challenges with: motivating people into action? inspiring people who don’t share your values? moving a community to activism and shared commitment? Jewcology is partnering with the Teva Seminar on Jewish Environmental Education to bring back our engaging and effective Leadership Training, in partnership with educators from Harvard University and Jewish environmental leaders. In 2011, this leadership training was conducted at the Kayam Beit Midrash on March 14 and the Teva Seminar on Jewish Environmental Education on June 2, and the Hazon Food ...

Exciting Tu b’Shevat Raffle – Win a Great Prize!

Exciting Tu b’Shevat Raffle - Win a Great Prize! Jewcology and Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center are pleased to announce an exciting new raffle opportunity. You can win an all-inclusive free pass to the Isabella Freedman Tree b’Earthday Tu b’Shevat Retreat (a $200 value!). It’s easy to enter! Just post your favorite reason for celebrating trees in the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center community on Jewcology (www.jewcology.org). Raffle Rules: Entries must be posted in the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center community on Jewcology between January 5 - 17. You must have a profile ...

We Made It!

Jewcology community, Over the past few weeks, we've been updating you about Jewcology's Meet Our Match Campaign. We are so excited to share with you that we were successful in raising the $20,000 to meet our match! Thank you so much to everyone for your partnership and support! You can see the results on our project page at Razoo: http://www.razoo.com/story/Support-Jewcology Happy New Year!

Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment

Core teachings on 18 topics linking Torah and the environment were released between Tu b'Shevat 5772 and Tu b'Shevat 5773 as part of Jewcology's Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment, in partnership with Canfei Nesharim and a host of other organizations who shared materials across the Jewish community. The materials were shared at least 145 times on the web, in at least 99 social media postings, and reached over 51,000 people during the course of the year, as part of a Year of Jewish Learning on the Environment. The materials comprise the most comprehensive set of learning materials on Torah and the environment ever created, and are intended ...

We’re Almost There!

Over the past few weeks, we've been updating you about Jewcology's Meet Our Match Campaign. Now, with just 4 days left, Jewcology has raised over $19,000 toward our match goal. With your help and generosity, I know that we can raise the remaining funds. Jewcology community, we have an extraordinary opportunity to unite the Jewish environmental movement and empower the Jewish community to lead environmental change and address the global sustainability challenge. Can you help us get the rest of the way to our $20,000 goal? You can help by: 1) Donating on our project page at Razoo: http://www.razoo.com/story/Support-Jewcology 2) Posting this ...