Category: Food waste

yesThrough the practice of a food waste ritual, we can find deep lessons in how we gather, cook, and scrap food. We visually express those...

yesWhat can return to the earth quickly and what will stick around for hundreds of years? This game will challenge participants to think critically about...

yesThis source sheet is a dive into Jewish tradition’s commentary on prohibitions against wanton waste, environmental stewardship, responsibility for community members in need, and responses...

yesThis program is designed to help kids understand the values of Hachnasat Orchim and Bal Tashchit. Kids will have the opportunity to meet worms, explore...

yesThis Tamarack Camps program is an introduction into the wide array of soil types and different life forms that exist in our soil. Participants will...

yesThis curriculum allows students from grades 5-9 to explore the question, what is the relationship between Jewish texts, traditions, and practices and the food we...

yesIncluded in this guide for synagogues are specific suggestions on how to schedule and promote a vegetarian Green Kiddush, a list of concrete ways to...

yesThrough a small discussion and watching a Curious George video, the children will learn about how everyone produces trash and ways to keep said trash...

yesThis program is an introduction to earthworms and their necessary place in decomposition and soil health as well as looking deeper into cycles that renew...

yesThis program uses worms to explore how all of G-d’s creatures work together to create a functioning garden/society/world. Participants will get the chance to explore...

yesThe Topsy Turvy Bus facilitates rethinking the current, nonrenewable, and often damaging systems of the world we live in. This summer’s theme was focused on...

yesThis program combines a group walk to compost piles, and a look at vermicomposting bins, with a conversation about the Jewish value of distinguishing between...

yesChildren planted seeds in a soil-filled wagon, which could easily be transported from classroom to classroom, and watched them grow over the course of four...