Environment – Page 2 – Rabbi Micah Streiffer

Tu Bishevat. Doing Something About It.

I consider myself an environmentalist. I write about the earth, think about the earth, care about the earth. I wrote my rabbinical thesis partly on Judaism and the environment, and I helped found en environmental advocacy committee in my synagogue. I believe that rethinking our relationship to the earth is THE great challenge and THEContinueContinue reading “Tu Bishevat. Doing Something About It.”

How (Not) to Trash the Earth

This is disturbing! Did you know there is a garbage dump the size of Texas in the middle of the Pacific? According to an article this morning, Light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, Popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each the size of a grain of rice, inhabit the Pacific garbage patch, an area ofContinueContinue reading “How (Not) to Trash the Earth”