By Yannai Kranzler
I just finished offsetting 20,000 miles of airplane carbon emissions. I also just started. Because the whole thing took about five minutes.
I decided to offset, to counter the emissions from mine and my wife, Chana’s recent visit to my family in New York. We chose to buy carbon credits from the Heschel Center’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘carbon offsetting’
Carbon Offsetting: It Really is That Easy
Posted in Climate Change, Taking Action, carbon offsetting, tagged carbon calculator, carbon credits, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, carbon neutral, carbon offsetting, children's power, Climate Change, CO2, Global Warming, good energy initiative, Heschel Center on November 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
New Year’s Carbon Offsetting Guide, from Jewish Climate Initiative
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Policy, tagged carbon offsetting, Climate Change, credits, ecology, Environment, Global Warming, go neutral, good energy initiative on October 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today more and more synagogues, JCC’s, families and individuals are going green. Carbon offsetting is a way of counteracting some of our carbon footprint; it can also be incredibly confusing. How does it work? Is it ethical? Is it Jewish? How can I know if an offsetting program is really helping save the world or [...]
Cheat Neutral and Rosh Hashanah
Posted in Climate Change, Policy, Rabbi Julian Sinclair, tagged carbon offsetting, cheat neutral, guide, Jewish Environment, New Year, Rav Kook, report, Rosh Hashanah, tshuvah on September 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
By Rabbi Julian Sinclair
What does this amusing video clip have to do with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year? Read on…
Teshuvah, the innate ability we have to change our lives for the better is one of Judaism’s most central beliefs. We are not slaves to our pasts but can shake ourselves [...]
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