Category: Adamah ATL

[July 26, 2024] Atlanta activist Joanna Kobylivker is the new Director of Adamah Atlanta, the Southeast chapter of North America’s largest Jewish environmental organization. By her own admission, Kobylivker is not a climate scientist, a homesteader, or someone with hard skills in environmental sustainability. She’s a mom, a pragmatist, and a proud Jewish woman who cherishes how our tradition respects the earth. …

[April 1, 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….

[March 28, 2024] Spring was on its best behavior with a gentle breeze and temps in the high 60s. The Edgewood Community Learning Garden was buzzing on March 27 with plant-loving members of Atlanta’s Jewish community. …

[December 22, 2023] “…Adamah ATL will work with {Jewish institutions across Atlanta} by offering hands-on, regionally-informed support in identifying and implementing climate solutions…

[September 26, 2023] “…The idea was generated in part by Atlanta moms who wanted to give leftover materials a second life when their kids finished a three-week, Jewish summer camp session…