Category: Nature and Outdoors

yesThere are four New Years festivals recorded in the Mishnah. You’ve probably heard of Tu B’Shvat, the new year of the trees, and Rosh HaShanah,...

yesThe Hazon Tu B’Shvat Haggadah offer thoughts and ideas to help you celebrate Tu B’Shvat in your home or community. The texts, questions, activities, and...

yesThe Hazon Shmita Sourcebook presents a guided exploration of the history, concepts, and practices of Shmita, from debt forgiveness to agricultural rest, economic adjustment to...

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...

yesA Sukkot resource packet with everything you need to shake sustainable, local lulavim. Filled with relevant educational materials, practical shaking and assembly instructions, and accessible...

yesThe smell test game is a way to open yourself up to the world of scents. Do you remember a time when you smelled something...

yesGreen the world through guerilla gardening! As partners in creation we can bring more beauty and life into the world by seeding areas with more...

yesLife has the vitality to continue on and on – even with just a cotton ball, a plastic bag, and a seed – the plant...

yesNature provides beautiful materials which we can create art with. Together we will create lasting art by making leaf rubbings and leaf art. Know that...

yesIn the Garden of Eden, Adam named all the creatures in the garden and looked into their souls, basing their names on their essence. Here...

yesIn Judaism, treating animals with respect and kindness is very important. Some of our most important biblical heroes, like Jacob and Moses, were shepherds who...

yesDeveloping ritual objects can bring a depth of meaning into our lives. Create your own blended Havdalah spices to bring home in its own sachet....

yesThe connection between industrial animal agriculture and climate change is significant. But why and how is that so? This two-page source sheet presents a string of...

yesThis program introduces participants to natural tie dyes, introduces the concept of tchelet, and is meant to help participants enhance their observation skills by considering...

yesThere are anecdotal stories about food throughout the Torah. These food-cameos are, perhaps, even more instructive in the origins of Jewish food culture than the...

yesThis program leads a discussion through text of the significance of joy to Sukkot and how Jewish tradition teaches us to inhabit that joy through...