By Vivian Lehrer, Micro Grant recipient
Warm autumn sky, a mega-stage, bicycle-powered ice cream and over 450 people celebrating sustainable Jewish living....

On September 25, 2011, Eden Village Camp held our first annual Festival of Eden. The event was a tangible way for the community to experientially connect with principles of sustainability, environmentalism, and Jewish tradition.

By David Krantz (recipient of an ROI Micro Grant)

SEFWI WIAWSO, Ghana — When I told my friends and colleagues that I was coming here to learn lessons for Israel, many were puzzled. Surely, they thought, Israel should be teaching Ghana, not the other way around. But this remote corner of southwestern Ghana, near the country’s border with Ivory Coast, provided me with many lessons that will affect the policies promoted by the organization that I run, the Green Zionist Alliance. Thanks to fiscal support from ROI and NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, I was able to travel here to study international food policy and learn ways that Israel could become more environmentally sustainable by emulating this small country in sub-Saharan Africa.

By Evonne Marzouk

One way that Jews today are claiming and using their Jewish identity is by joining together, inspired by Jewish values, to focus outward in building a healthier, more just and more sustainable world.  The Jewcology project is supporting Jews who are connecting to the Jewish community and building their Jewish identity by working together on shared Jewish environmental projects.  By empowering these leaders, we can strengthen Jewish peoplehood and also make a difference in protecting the environment – one of the most significant challenges we face today.

Become inspired and involved. Read this blurb and preview a snippet that showcases an incredible educational program that currently affects and empowers tens of thousands of children and help bring the program to your country.