March 2013
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February 2013
5 posts
A Permaculture Love Story →
nytimes.com
Valentine’s Day take on the Permaculture Ethics:
Love for the Earth
Love for People
Love to Share
Happy Valentine’s Day!
What's New in the World of Emergency Food? 3 Answers in 3 Weeks
Another great post from Karin Fleisch, Eco-Israel alumnus from the very first eco. Looking forward to the final one!
Blog post by Karin Fleisch, an independent food security consultant and Dean’s Scholar at NYU Wagner. She is a Kol Tzedek Fellow at AJWS and serves on the board of Uri L’Tzedek.
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After five years at the Food Bank for NYC, during which time I monitored over 400 food pantries and 200 soup kitchens, I thought I knew everything there was to know about local responses to hunger. Happily, It turns out I was wrong.
So what’s new in the world of emergency food? Over the next three weeks I will profile three projects in this column. Together, they were showcased in a panel entitled Reversing Hunger: Local Responses at last month’s Hazon Food Conference. They represent some of the exciting local anti-hunger initiatives happening right now.
And just in time too, because this Saturday is Tu B’Shvat! One of the most enigmatic holidays in the Jewish calendar, Tu B’Shvat is New Year’s Day for the Trees, according to the Talmud. Historically, it demarcated the calendar; if a tree began to flower prior to Tu B’Shvat (the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shvat), it was included in a tithe for the previous year. If a tree began to flower after Shvat it was counted in the following year. In this way, our ancestors determined, in accordance with the laws of shmitta (1), when the land would rest from work, its bounty ownerless and available for anyone in need.
“I want to explore natural rhythms: to examine and embody the cyclical passing of the days. To no longer wake by alarm but by sun; to grow the food I consume; to hope for rain because of it’s nourishment for the soil, rather than detest it for its inconvenience; to rest because the sun no longer greets us with it’s presence.”
—Getting Grounded by Zach Friedman - first blog post of his Adventures in Israel -Eco10 participant arriving in Israel before the program
January 2013
3 posts
What's New in the World of Emergency Food? 3 Answers in 3 Weeks
Great post from Karin Fleisch, Eco-Israel alumnus from the very first eco. Can’t wait for the next post!
Blog post by Karin Fleisch, an independent food security consultant and Dean’s Scholar at NYU Wagner. She is a Kol Tzedek Fellow at AJWS and serves on the board of Uri L’Tzedek.
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After five years at the Food Bank for NYC, during which time I monitored over 400 food pantries and 200 soup kitchens, I thought I knew everything there was to know about local responses to hunger. Happily, It turns out I was wrong.
So what’s new in the world of emergency food? Over the next three weeks I will profile three projects in this column. Together, they were showcased in a panel entitled Reversing Hunger: Local Responses at last month’s Hazon Food Conference. They represent some of the exciting local anti-hunger initiatives happening right now.
And just in time too, because this Saturday is Tu B’Shvat! One of the most enigmatic holidays in the Jewish calendar, Tu B’Shvat is, according to the Talmud, New Year’s Day for the Trees. Historically, it demarcated the calendar - if a tree began to flower prior to Tu B’Shvat (the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shvat), it was included in a tithe for the previous year. If a tree began to flower after Shvat it was counted in the following year. In this way, our ancestors determined, in accordance with the laws of shmitta (1), when the land would rest from work, its bounty ownerless and available for anyone in need.
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October 2012
3 posts
September 2012
3 posts
Swimming the Ocean of Night: Welcoming the Fall Season →
tikkun.org
Eco-Israel founder Yigal Deutscher:
Celebrating the storyline of the seasons we all get to dance with. Welcoming Fall. Welcoming the Night of the Year. Welcoming the Womb of the Year. And blessing the abundant harvests, the gifts from the season of the Sun. With gratitude…
check out Yigal’s 7Seeds Project
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August 2012
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Less than a month to the start of Eco-Israel 9! We’re getting ready for the next batch of Eco’s.
We still have a couple of spots left and it’s not too late to apply and enroll.
So what are you waiting for? Download an application and apply today - 5 amazing months with amazing people in an amazing place!
