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Food & Climate

Faith is Green

Jewish Life & Planet Earth Hazon partnered with EarthX to produce episodes on Jewish environmentalism for the Faith is Green series on EarthxTV. This brand new original series details how we can all strive to create…
Categories: Environmental Justice, Food & Climate, Sustainability
Age: Adults, High School, Young Adults

Ice Block on the Seder Table

From the Jewish Climate Network: We are asking our community to place an ice block beside the Seder plate and open up a conversation about climate change this year (2022), while linking it to the…
Categories: Food & Climate, Food Systems & Food Justice, Hebrew Calendar & Jewish Ritual, Passover
Age: Adults, B'nai Mitzvah, Families, Teens

The Egg on the Seder Plate

Use this as a tool for making conscious food choices and to start a discussion about animal welfare at your seder. We discuss many items on the seder plate – but the egg is often…
Categories: Food & Climate, Jewish Food Traditions, Passover, Shabbat and Holidays, Sustainability

Pickling 101

There are many options to preserve each season’s harvest, including canning, vinegar pickling, drying, blanching and freezing. This particular activity teaches lacto-fermentation pickling – an easy, fun and extremely health-friendly method of food preservation. Participants…
Categories: Food & Climate, Sustainability
Tags: canning, food preservation, Pickling, Teva
Age: Adults, Elementary, Teens

Microgreens

Microgreens are mini versions of regular vegetables. The shoots are harvested at a young age, before they grow into fully matured plants. They have a wonderful flavor and are richer in nutrition than their larger…
Categories: Food & Climate, Sustainability
Tags: microgreens, Teva, vegetables
Age: Adults, Elementary, Teens

Setting a Conscious Table

Four questions to help you prepare a Passover Seder As you prepare for the Passover seder this year, consider using these four questions to help inform your own conscious food choices, and to enhance your…
Categories: Food & Climate, Jewish Food Traditions, Passover, Shabbat and Holidays, Sustainability

Breaking Bread Together

Categories: Cooking and Nutrition, Food & Climate
Tags: baking, bread, community, farm, grain, health
Age: Adults

Tu B’shvat Outdoor Adventure

Categories: Food & Climate, Jewish Agricultural Traditions, Spiritual Nature Experience, Sustainability
Tags: earth-care, environment, hands on, scavenger hunt
Age: Youth

Topsy Turvy Bus

Categories: Food & Climate, Sustainability
Tags: renewable and alternative energy, science, solar, topsy turvy bus
Age: Early Childhood, Middle School

The First Cheese

Categories: Food & Climate, Jewish Agricultural Traditions, Jewish Food Traditions, Shabbat and Holidays
Tags: Cheese, food choices, Shavuot
Age: Adults

Sweet as Honey

Categories: Food & Climate, Jewish Food Traditions
Tags: bees, honey, jewish food, pollinators, science, tasting
Age: Adults, Youth