February 2012
3 posts
Bin there, done that →
a look at Israel’s garbage
there’s no such thing as waste
January 2012
16 posts
Paige from Eco2 Representing →
In collaboration with PresenTense, Masa Israel chose six extraordinary NY-area alumni to take part in the PresenTense Social Entrepreneurship Program. The six-session course will give them the tools and guidance they need to launch initiatives that will connect their peers to Israel and the Jewish community.
Below the winners explain their ventures, along with their interest in the...
“We don’t send anything to the landfill anymore; we’re completely free of any...”
– Harry Browne’s owner Rusty Romo from Annapolis Restaurant Sends Nothing to Landfill:
In 2009, the city began a free certification program for environmentally friendly businesses. This designation gives the businesses bragging rights, but also promotion through the Downtown Annapolis...
Eco7 students shares his experience: Hazon Blog →
I’ve been living the lessons of permaculture here on this farm for the last four and a half months with some of the most out there characters I’ve ever met. Yet, in spite of our differences, we’ve found common ground in what we’ve been learning (small and slow solutions; cooperation, not competition; waste is a state of mind; problems are opportunities; everything is connected; act where...
Watch“I am Jewish” by Andrew Lustig
Why I Love Paper →
David Suissa of the JewishJournal found a newspaper on New Year’s Eve when he had kosher frozen yogurt with his kids:
It turns out the paper was the December issue of The Boiling Point, a monthly publication produced by the students of the Modern Orthodox Shalhevet High School.
Well, maybe I was desperate for intellectual stimulation (sorry, kids), but I ended up taking the paper home...
Earth's Natural Internet
Well, you’re really asking me to push the envelope here. I believe that nature is intelligent. I believe that we are born of nature and if we are intelligent then, by definition, nature must be because nature gave rise to us.
The structure of the mycelium mimics that of the computer Internet. I first proposed this in the mid-1990s that mycelium is Earth’s natural...
Mushroom Consciousness
I propose to you that the mycelium is conscious. There is a consciousness there and we need to engage these intelligent organisms for our mutual benefit. Now whether you believe they are conscious or not doesn’t really matter. See what they can do.
The proof is in their activity. We have been able to break down diesel and oil spills from 20,000 ppm of polycyclic aromatic ...
“Finland’s experience shows that it is possible to achieve excellence by...”
– I was surprised to see one of the permaculture principles showed up in an article on education policy in the Atlantic | What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School System. It is amazing to see how permaculture principles can be applied across so many diverse disciplines.
December 2011
12 posts
Lessons for Life and a Sustainable World →
Jaclyn from Eco7 shares her experience from the past few months on Eco-Israel and the Hava & Adam Farm.
Kosher? Organic? Local? Oy vey! →
Our friends Shoresh from Toronto are having a Food Conference in the same spirit as the Hazon Food conference. If you’re in Toronto or nearby check it out:
Join local rabbis, farmers, foodies, activists, students and teachers for a full-day conference as we broadly and deeply explore the intersections between Jewish tradition and contemporary food issues. The rich and varied sessions...
Happy Hanukkah
One of the principles of permaculture is cooperation not competition. While this principle has far reaching implications, it begins with cooperating with nature. Competing with nature is bad idea for two reasons. First, you will lose because nature is unrelenting. Second, even if you do beat nature, you still lose because as humans we are part of nature and all that we have comes from...
“There’s a nobility to growing food and allowing people to share it. There’s a...”
– Joe Strachan wealthy American who moved to town in England that grows food in public places for anyone to enjoy.
Do you want to learn how to grow food and live more self-sufficiently? Check out Eco-Israel.
Moishe House in South Brooklyn
Paige of Eco2 is one of the founding members of a new Moishe House in South Brooklyn that will have a sustainability focus! They are looking for a couple more residents.
Hi there!
We’re Paige, Yael, and Benji, and we’ve luckily been selected to open up a Moishe House in South Brooklyn, somewhere in the general Prospect Heights, Park Slope, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene area.
Moishe ...
November 2011
5 posts
If given a chance, small-scale farms could make a... →
I’d been provoked by a flood of articles declaring that only large-scale, industrial, biotech farms can save our increasingly overpopulated planet. That small farms and gardens cannot do that has become a mantra, self-replicating its merry way to pseudo-truth.
Plenty of studies prove otherwise…
October 2011
8 posts
WatchDevin Lee, Eco6, represents - read his story here on the Jewish Federations of North America’s Annual Campaign page.
One of the best ways to help the environment is to procure your food locally. The best is to grow your own food. Either in windows, balcony gardens, rooftop gardens or in your yard. But, for those who are unwilling or unable to grow their own food or don’t grow enough of their food there is Community Supported Agriculture(CSA). This is a great way to support the land and those that take...
Watchwaste = food | cradle to cradle design
mateo from eco6:
Arguable the most important “green” documentary out there. (Solution based, not depressing) Very applicable no matter matter what industry you work in.
also check out bill mcdonough’s ted talk
September 2011
3 posts
7 tags
The Monocle Briefings: The Best Urban Farm... →
joinakibbutz:
Monocle’s favourite cities combine small-scale neighbourhoods with green spaces, but not all cities were built with the right foundations for future growth and sustainability. We champion four urban innovators who see potential in derelict spaces and find creative approaches to make some of the world’s more challenging neighbourhoods bloom into richer and more pleasant places to...
Turning Deserts Into Forests →
“The Groasis waterboxx is an instrument that supports plants and trees in order to survive in difficult circumstances without using any groundwater or electricity.”
Thanks Joe from Eco4 for sharing this.
Eco 7, we’re in heaven! Who’s ready?
August 2011
10 posts
4 tags
