No. 26, November 2012

Repairing the World Mobilizing Jews to Protect the Environment

Repairing the World Mobilizing Jews to Protect the Environment

What’s Jewish about caring for the environment? This is a core question that we, as leaders of Jewish organizations, ask ourselves all the time. The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL) was formed at the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) in 1993 to face humanity’s looming environmental crisis and to mobilize the Jewish community to protect God’s creation. Inspired by the Jewish traditions of stewardship, respect for God’s creatures, injun...

Living in the Donut: A Safe & Just Space for Humanity

Living in the Donut: A Safe & Just Space for Humanity

Humanity’s greatest challenge in the 21st Century can be stated simply: It is to ensure that all human beings can lead lives of dignity and opportunity within the means of this one planet. Simple to say, for sure, but it would be hard to overstate the scale of this challenge. And it would certainly help people get there if they had a vision of where they want to be heading. So here’s one idea, which could help to provide that global-scale compass for the...

Immigration and Unsustainable Growth

Immigration and Unsustainable Growth

The United States is facing a future of too many people and too few resources, and its nation’s leaders fail to discern, or refuse to acknowledge, this reality. The one thing President Obama and Governor Romney both agree upon is the U.S. economy must grow as much as possible as fast as possible, and this growth is dependent upon rapidly increasing U.S. population though immigration. Where the two men disagree is how best to manage this growth – whether through the...

Women, War and Natural Resources

Islam and Democracy: A Contradiction of Terms?

USGBC’s Center for Green Schools Making Healthy, High-Performing Schools A Reality

The Critical Need to Increase U.S. Foreign Language Capabilities

Social Entrepreneurship Growing a Business while Changing Lives

Sustainability in Motion

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