Help Pick Corn and Vegetables for People in Need Sunday, September 18th 9:30 AM – Noon Meet at Food Share, 6363 Horizon Lane in Longmont, CO Gleaning is going over a field or area that has just been harvested and gathering by hand any usable parts of the crop that remain. There are several Biblical references for gleaning. (more…)
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 Ever wonder what happens to those aluminum cans of soda you love or the copper wire that delivers electricity to your home? For this event, EcoJews of the Bay will tour a local recycling company. We’ll learn how Judaism inspires us to reduce, reuse and recycle. Take home “new to you” books, CDs or DVDs! (more…)
Press A Responsibility to Defend a Fragile & Glorious World: Judaism & the Environment on Treehugger (Also on Cool Green Mag) Of Food, Justice and the Environment in The Jewish Week Incorporating Social Justice into Jewish Education on JESNA [Video] Relationships: Israel and American Jewry in YnetNews Interns Develop Their Working Chops in Kohn Program on JWeekly.com Teen Outdoor Adventures Biking Series with Hazon on Boulder Jewish News Hazon Event Celebrates Community and Ecology in Jewish Exponent Hazon Awards Grants to Local Organizations on Boulder Jewish News Blogs Nu? This Week in Jews and Social Justice on Pursue Pursue Discount for the Hazon NY Ride on Pursue UpStart’s Innovation Center a Full-Fledged Jewish Social Hub on UpStart Food Conference Coverage On the Road with Fair Food – Hazon Food Conference on Fair Food Network The Flores Family Declaration of Food Values on Balance, Variety and Moderation RD A Tradition of Sustainability – The 2011 Hazon Food Conference on Real Food Digest So What’s “The New Jewish Food Movement?” A Movement for Justice on AJWS Home from Hazon on Ducks and Books Hazon Food Conference Opens Today on eJewishPhilanthropy Hazon Speaker Trying to Push ‘Kosher’ to the Next Level on JWeekly.com Jewish Food Movement Conference Set for U.C. Davis on JWeekly.com Hazon Food Confab Shifts into High Gear […]
Join Congregation Kol Ami in Elkins Park, PA for a book talk with Oran Hesterman, author of Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainble Food System For all. Click image for larger view. Event sponsored by Hazon CSA Elkins Park, Creekside Coop, Transition Cheltenham Food Action Group and Congregation Kol Ami
Sunday, September 18th WHO: Hazon Ride Alumni, Friends & Family WHAT: An opportunity to celebrate and build the Hazon community. We will gather to reminisce, reconnect and welcome new people! Urban Adamah farm fellows will serve up some farm fresh cob-oven pizza, followed by incredible video footage from last year’s Ride & exciting details about the 2012 California Ride. WHEN: Sunday, September 18th WHERE: Urban Adamah Farm, 1050 Parker St. Berkeley, CA 94710 SCHEDULE: 2-6 pm – Work party at Urban Adamah 4-6 pm – Hazon Fun Ride – Enjoy a carefree bike ride along the Bay Trail, starting and finishing at Urban Adamah 6-8 pm – Farm Tour, Reunion and Launch of 2012 the California Ride at Urban Adamah
Announcing the Hazon Colorado Teen Biking Program Calling all High-Schoolers! Join us on one-day, 30 mile bike trips around Denver and Boulder from late August to November. Find out what Judaism has to say about the environment, enjoy a great challenge, and have fun with your friends! Our experienced cycling counselors will lead you on your journey through beautiful, sunny Colorado while pushing you both physically and mentally. Best of all… it’s FREE! Sign up for one ride, or many. Bring your friends and we’ll see you on the road! Find out more and sign up today! The Colorado Teen Bike Ride series is funded by a grant from Rose Youth Foundation, an initiative of Rose Community Foundation.
A program from our friends Eco-Israel allows people aged 18-30 the opportunity to embrace permaculture and sustainable living. Participants spend 5 months on an organic farm in central Israel getting hands-on experience in sustainability, farming, gardening, medicinal herbs, composting, natural building and more. The Eco-Israel curriculum is designed to help participants develop a deep, personal land-based relationship with the Land of Israel, its diverse cultures, and inspiring landscapes. Working the land is done in tune with the seasonal flow and holiday celebrations of the agricultural Hebrew calendar. Students experience and engage with the Bible and Jewish agricultural precepts in relevant, hands-on ways. Upon completion of the program, participants receive an internationally recognized certificate in permaculture design. There are still a couple of spots available for the Fall semester which begins September 5th. More information and applications are available on their website. Eco Israel from Eco 5 on Vimeo.
The 6th annual Food Conference begins this Thursday in sunny Davis, California. We wanted to take a moment to pull together all the wonderful things going on in the world in preparation. Daniel Infeld notes the momentum around the food movement and highlights Hazon’s Food Values taken into consideration when planning an event, program, or meeting on The Jew and the Carrot. Nadia Schreiber highlights how trendy DIY shechting has become and where it’s happening. Can the Food Conference take credit for starting this one? (more…)
Four chances throughout the Bay Area to learn more about the Ride Each presentation will feature alumni of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. Hear about their experiences at the Arava Institute, where Israelis, Jordanians and Palestinians come together to study environmental issues in the region. (more…)
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 for Wilderness Torah’s B’nai Mitzvah Mentorship Program Free Introductory evening – Meet the Mentors – Learn about B’naiture (begins this fall)! Monday, September 12th – 7-9 pm at the JCC of the East Bay Make your child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah the adventure of a lifetime with Wilderness Torah’s B’nai Mitzvah Nature Mentorship! B’naiture takes your child on a journey through nature to experience the transition from childhood into adolescence. 

Through immersion camping trips and bi-monthly gatherings, B’naiture weaves nature skills, personal challenge, and non-parental mentorship together with Jewish teachings and story to craft an empowering coming-of-age process. Separate male and female cohorts honor their unique journeys. A parallel parent group explores how to best support your children at this critical time. B’naiture supplements traditional B’nai Mitzvah education or serves the independent family journey. To learn much more, please visit www.WildernessTorah.org
Thursday, October 13th, 5 PM to Sunday, October 16th, 12 PM Early Bird Registration closes August 22nd! Register at wildernesstorah.org For those observing chag, please join us on Wednesday before sunset. (more…)
September 25, 2011, 12-7 pm www.festivalofeden.org Eden Village Camp will be hosting the inaugural Festival of Eden, a day full of farming and greening workshops, local organic food from our own and neighboring farms, live music, art, and nature adventures on our gorgeous 248-acre site in the Hudson Valley. All of the proceeds from the day will go to the Eden Village Camp Scholarship Fund which received over $80,000 in requests this past year. Ticketing and other festival details at www.festivalofeden.org (more…)
Tuesday, September 13, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm 332 Pine St. Suite 600 on the 6th floor San Francisco, CA 94104 co-sponsored by The Israel Center of the Jewish Community Federation Topic: Tzedek and the City, Urban Issues and Jewish Values, Sustainability from Tanach to Tel Aviv (more…)
When someone comes on a Hazon ride for the first time, it usually turns out that it’s just the first of many rides they will join us for, and often returning with friends and family. Maddy Yasner and Yossi Hoffman are a perfect example of how this happens. Maddy’s family loves Hazon – her father, Michael Yasner, did the Hazon Arava Institute Israel Ride in 2008, and her mother, Val, is Co-Chair of the Hazon CSA is South Jersey. In 2010, Maddy, her sister, and both their parents decided to do the New York Ride together. As part of their training over the summer, they rode Bike to the Beach, and convinced Yossi Hoffman, Maddy’s boyfriend, to come along. Yossi hadn’t been on a bike in quite some time, and even though they did the shortest 15 mile route, he found it to be difficult and challenging. After Bike to the Beach, he began to train with Maddy almost every weekend (renting a bike each time) and found that riding quickly got easier, and a lot more fun. After Maddy experienced her first New York Ride, which she found to be very rewarding, she and Yossi were both set on training […]
