By: Hannah Taylor Serve the Moment Corps Member Just three days after Earth Day, the Jewish Climate Action Network-Massachusetts convened for their third annual climate conference. The conference, held entirely virtually, ran tracks on Decarbonizing, Advocacy, Soil Carbon, Resilience, and Youth Advocacy, and was attended by over 500 people from across the United States. I was […]
By: Jeanie Gruber BJG Board Member & JVGB Garden Mentor Just about 4 years ago in New Orleans, I was awakened daily by the crowing of a rooster. I don’t know why, but I fell in love. Before day break I anticipated its melodious alarm clock. Simultaneously “Dawn” introduced herself to me. She varied her morning wardrobe […]
The garden is clearly a source of Jewish inspiration for her, “It’s beyond miraculous and feels very divine to me” she said, “and it puts me in touch with beauty, it elevates my spirits, and it opens my heart. That all seems to me like Jewish values.”