Jewcology » Aviva Werner https://beta.jewcology.com Home of the Jewish Environmental Movement Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:39:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Veguary for the Environment https://beta.jewcology.com/2012/02/veguary-for-the-environment/ https://beta.jewcology.com/2012/02/veguary-for-the-environment/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:31:29 +0000 http://jewcology.org/2012/02/veguary-for-the-environment/ The month of February has become “Veguary” for hundreds of people around the world. A combination of the words vegetarian and February, Veguary describes a new trend to “pledge to be a veg,” or to commit to eliminating or reducing meat eating habits for one month each year. Initiated by three students at Manhattan’s Abraham Joshua Heschel School, Veguary is gaining popularity around the world as it encourages awareness of the environmental and health problems that can be caused by overconsumption of meat. Read more about Veguary and find a lesson plan, complete with Jewish texts, at http://babaganewz.com/articles/vegetarian-for-a-month.

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For BEST PRINT ENTRY (with 4,345 votes):
Adi Gloger
Myrtle Beach, SC
6th grade
Chabad Academy


For BEST MULTIMEDIA ENTRY (with 664 votes):
Allison Schachtel
Essex Fells, NJ
4th grade
Congregation Agudath Israel Religious School


All finalists will receive a water-powered alarm clock. Grand-prize winners Adi and Allison will receive, in addition, a backpack with a solar panel to recharge electronic devices. We hope that these prizes will serve as constant reminders to our students to think about the environment and the world around them through a Jewish lens.

]]> https://beta.jewcology.com/2011/05/announcing-the-winners/feed/ 0 Help us choose a winner! https://beta.jewcology.com/2011/04/help-us-choose-a-winner/ https://beta.jewcology.com/2011/04/help-us-choose-a-winner/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:03:52 +0000 http://jewcology.org/2011/04/help-us-choose-a-winner/ Announcing the finalists in the Environment Art Contest sponsored by BabagaNewz and Jewcology!

BabagaNewz.com teamed up with Jewcology.com to spread the word about Jewish environmentalism. We asked students in grades 3-8 to create print or multimedia artwork based on a relevant Jewish text about preserving the environment.

See the finalists in each category–print and multimedia–at http://babaganewz.com/envirocontest. Vote for your favorite in each category by May 23, 2011 and help us determine the grand-prize winners.

Finalists will each receive a water-powered alarm clock. Two grand prize winners, chosen by community voting from among the finalists, will receive a solar backpack, featuring a solar panel to charge handheld electronics like iPods, cell phones, cameras, and much more.

]]> https://beta.jewcology.com/2011/04/help-us-choose-a-winner/feed/ 0 Consumerism lesson plan https://beta.jewcology.com/resources/consumerism-lesson-plan/ https://beta.jewcology.com/resources/consumerism-lesson-plan/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:04:01 +0000 http://jewcology.org/resource/consumerism-lesson-plan/ In this lesson, students will reflect on their personal material consumption and how it affects the environment. They will then study three Jewish values which conflict with consumerism—not destroying, not coveting, and being happy with what you have.


http://babaganewz.com/teachers/consumerism

]]> https://beta.jewcology.com/resources/consumerism-lesson-plan/feed/ 0 Environment Art Contest https://beta.jewcology.com/2011/01/environment-art-contest/ https://beta.jewcology.com/2011/01/environment-art-contest/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:44:53 +0000 http://jewcology.org/2011/01/environment-art-contest/ BabagaNewz.com is teaming up with Jewcology.com to spread the word about Jewish environmentalism.

Teach your students what Judaism has to say about preserving our environment using the lesson plan provided, then have students create artwork—print or multimedia—based on a relevant Jewish text of their choice. (See www.babaganewz.com/envirocontest for a list of appropriate Jewish texts.)

Your students could:

· See their artwork featured on BabagaNewz.com

· Receive a water-powered alarm clock if they’re one of ten finalists

· Receive a solar backpack if they’re one of two top winners

Print artwork may include a comic, two-dimensional art, a poster, an advertisement, and more. Multimedia artwork may include a video, cartoon, slideshow, slideshow with music, recorded skit, and so on.

Five finalists will be selected in each category—print and multimedia. Community voting on BabagaNewz.com will determine the grand-prize winners—one print and one multimedia. Ten finalists and two top winners will receive prizes!

Deadline: Friday, February 25, 2011

Must be in 3rd through 8th grade to enter.

Visit www.babaganewz.com/envirocontest for Jewish texts, complete contest rules, and entry information.

BabagaNewz.com is an innovative, educational web site for Jewish middle school students and teachers. Our perspectives are novel, hip, fun & thought-provoking!

Jewcology.com is the new web portal for the global Jewish environmental community – featuring a wide range of curriculum ideas, Torah teachings, and program suggestions on Jewish-environmental topics for your classroom and community.

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