https://beta.jewcology.com/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/ Home of the Jewish Environmental Movement Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:55:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 https://beta.jewcology.com/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:56:06 +0000 http://jewcology.org/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/#comment-426 At Adamah Adventures, we love teaching our campers “With your gear you shall have a spike, and when you have squatted you shall dig a hole with it and cover up your poop.” (Deut. 23.14) Jews have been practicing LNT for thousands of years!

]]> https://beta.jewcology.com/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:23:46 +0000 http://jewcology.org/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/#comment-424 Shabbat!

]]> https://beta.jewcology.com/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:44:22 +0000 http://jewcology.org/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/#comment-420 Lo tachmod, “do not covet” (Ex. 20 / Dt. 5, to answer my own question!) — the world can sustain infinite spiritual & communal & personal growth, but not so growth in GNP and in ‘stuff’ — being happy with what we already have is a key eco-mitzvah.

]]> https://beta.jewcology.com/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:32:10 +0000 http://jewcology.org/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/#comment-418 Lifnei iyver lo titeyn mikshol-before a blind person don’t put a stumbling block. i.e., if someone is obese don’t put chocolate cake in front of them; if someone has poor sexual boundaries don’t wear a revealing outfit; if someone has no eyesight don’t put things down in their home where they wouldn’t expect them, etc.

]]> https://beta.jewcology.com/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:20:46 +0000 http://jewcology.org/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/#comment-417 תדיר ושאינו תדיר, תדיר קודם “tadir v’she’ayno tadir, tadir kodem”
My take: Everyday habits matter more than things we do once in a while.

]]> https://beta.jewcology.com/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:03:54 +0000 http://jewcology.org/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/#comment-416 nishmartem v’nafshotechem – guarding your health.

]]> https://beta.jewcology.com/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:35:16 +0000 http://jewcology.org/2011/02/question-of-the-week-9/#comment-415 My favorite “environmental” Mitzvah is: Love Your Friend as You Love Yourself. What greater way to be nice to my friends than to do what I can to make sure they live in a clean, pristine, healthy, uplifting world?

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