[June 27, 2025] Ever since I was evacuated on a raft from my home in the pouring rain during Hurricane Harvey, I have cared about climate action. When I was 15, I learned that climate change intensified the Category Four hurricane that decimated Houston, Texas in 2017. That same year, I joined the Jewish Youth Climate Movement as a climate activist.
In the News
Save Our Swamp
[June 27, 2025] Oh, Okefenokee. Adamah, the largest Jewish environmental organization in North America, is celebrating a small victory after the announcement that Twin Pines Minerals, the company trying to mine near the Okefenokee Swamp, has agreed to sell its land in south Georgia to The Conservation Fund for $60 million.
Two Greenbelt Women Learn Art Of Building an Earthen Oven
[May 28, 2025] Greenbelters Jeannie Bellina and Melissa Ann Ehrenreich traveled on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11 to Pearlstone Retreat Center in Reisterstown to learn from former Greenbelter Joe Murray how to make an earthen, smokeless pizza oven using natural materials.
SAR Academy Embarks on Teva Trip
[May 15, 2025] Last Wednesday and Thursday, SAR Academy’s fifth grade embarked on a fantastic overnight trip to Teva. The experience was filled with bonding, learning and plenty of fun.
The adventure began with early morning tefillah at school, followed by breakfast. Afterward, the fifth graders boarded buses headed to the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, ready for two days of outdoor exploration and connection.
Los Angeles Area Synagogue Commits to $1.24M Rooftop Solar Array
[April 24, 2025] The solar energy output at Valley Beth Shalom should generate close to 615,000 kWh per year and save close to $180,000 in annual utility costs.
Reflections on the Adamah Leadership Mission to Israel
[April 23, 2025] Mission highlighted Israel’s achievements in fighting climate change. I was invited by the National Adamah group to join their staff and 30 other climate activist lay leaders from around the country, England and Canada, to learn more about our joint Israeli-Diaspora mission to help fight climate change.
I am deeply grateful to Adamah for the opportunity to experience Israel in a way unlike any of my previous visits. This was not a sightseeing tour; it was about peoplehood, planethood and problem-solving — focusing on one of the greatest challenges of our time: climate change.
From Passover to Earth Day
[April 22, 2025] Bringing the themes of Passover to Earth Day, we connected with our partners at Adamah to discuss, “How can we all be free from environmental injustices?”.
The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore at the Forefront of Environmental Efforts
[April 21, 2025] Global temperatures continue to rise, breaking records every year; fires, floods and other extreme weather events are increasing at a rapid pace.
As climate change accelerates, individuals and organizations are looking for ways to address climate concerns, invest in sustainability, protect our waters and make sure our critical resources, such as food, are used responsibly.
The 2025 Trailblazers in Clean Energy
[April 21, 2025] The transition to clean energy has entered a new phase in New York, as the state faces threats from new tariffs, economic headwinds and a pivot away from climate change policies in Washington, D.C. Yet renewable resources like solar and wind
Live Staking: How To Plant Hundreds of Trees Fast, Using Branches from Your Backyard
[April17, 2025] Trees are a great tool for restoration—they store carbon, provide habitat for wildlife, and prevent erosion with their root systems.
But some types of trees hold a trick within their biology that makes them even more effective, a kind of shortcut that allows people to quickly fill an area with new plantings.
Northwest Corner farmers aided by climate-smart grants
[April 9, 2025] …Seven farms in the Northwest Corner have been awarded a combined total of $100,000 in the second round of Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy’s climate-smart agricultural and forest grant program.
The initiative provides direct funding to farmers to enable them to adopt practices that enhance sustainability, productivity and climate resilience. In total, 15 awardees from across Litchfield County and northwestern Fairfield County received a combined $212,000 in the program’s second round.
Congratulations to Our 2025 Outstanding Jewish Communal Professional Award Winner – Rachael Walkins, Pearlstone
[April 8, 2025] This award recognizes mid-level professionals with exceptional promise and commitment to a career in Jewish communal service with at least five years of experience. The recipient, a Jewish communal professional employed in the field of Jewish communal service at least 20 hours per week at the time of nomination and whose organization serves the greater Baltimore community, will be awarded a $1,500 grant to subsidize his/her participation in a professional development opportunity.