Category: Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition

[April 16, 2024] Since the Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition’s launch, 12 Michigan-based institutions have signed the founding statement….

[April 6, 2024] As the climate emergency becomes ever harder to ignore, American Jewish organizations rooted in social and environmental justice are moving beyond localized efforts to reduce their carbon footprints to advocate for rapid system change—including an end to fossil fuel era….

[January 26, 2024] The kabbalistic Tu B’Shvat Seder is such a special Jewish ritual, a mid-winter invitation to slow down, to cultivate mindfulness and connection. Together we open four doorways into four worlds, we meditatively drink wine and eat tree fruits as we journey through these worlds of action, emotion, mind, and spirit.  We do all this to bring ourselves into resonance and connection with trees—and not just the earthly trees, but the greater tree, the Tree of Life—Etz Chayim.  And never have we needed this spiritual technology more than now, as we face such an overwhelming climate crisis on every level—physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual. …

[January, 25, 2024] …Jewish community organizations in the coalition are setting ambitious but attainable climate action goals, both to reduce institutional greenhouse gas emissions and to expand our collective impact…

[January 25, 2024] In 2022, Adamah, along with nineteen other major national and international umbrella Jewish organizations, collectively launched the Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition.  

Last year, we and our other founding partners released our first Climate Action Plan, articulating our goals to both reduce/eliminate our own institutional greenhouse gas emissions and to expand our impact by engaging our networks to undertake climate action alongside us….

[August 5, 2023] There’s a myth that taking action to combat climate change is expensive…

[July 2, 2023] Organizations that are part of the Coalition gain access to a wealth of resources, including webinars, one-on-one consultations, office hours with Adamah experts, and peer connections…

[June 16, 2023 PRESS RELEASE] The first round of grants were awarded on June 9, with more awards to be announced. Award recipients include…

[May 8, 2023] “…to mobilize the Jewish community to respond to climate change at the pace and at the scale that this crisis demands. This new project advances these goals, reducing our energy footprint and increasing our community impact……

[MAY 3, 2023] Scientists say that decisions regarding carbon emissions made in the next few years will affect life on Earth for thousands of years to come. The most recent warning came in March, when leading global experts…

[April 17, 2023] “…Adamah is coordinating a collective Jewish response to the climate crisis, and the launch of the Climate Action Fund aims to…

[ April 17, 2023 PRESS RELEASE] In time for Earth Day, Adamah is thrilled to announce the launch of its $1,000,000+ Climate Action Fund… to support Jewish community organizations in undertaking climate solutions…

[VIDEO] …a network of Jewish community organizations who recognize the existential threat and moral urgency of climate change, and commit to take action…

…this moment represents a significant milestone: it is the beginning of an unprecedented climate mobilization across the Jewish world, and a powerful statement regarding the impact of climate on Jewish life…

[March 14, 2023] This is an unprecedented public demonstration from the Jewish community not only recognizing the existential threat of climate change but committing to taking meaningful climate action…

[November 8, 2023] …examples abound of religious leaders who are effectively bringing their communities together to address the climate crisis. All of these could be adopted widely as part of larger philanthropic climate efforts….