It’s like returning to the seventies of our pre-EarthQuaking youth. Survivalism is back in the air. Here’s an exemplary interview with Matthew Stein, author of When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability and Surviving the Long Emergency.
- the return of survivalism
February 3, 2009 by Simon
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Hi, Simon & EarthQuaker readers,
I wanted to bring to your attention Greening Reform Judaism, the Reform Jewish Movement’s newly launched Web portal at http://www.urj.org/green, which encourages congregants, synagogues and anyone else who might happen upon the site to go green! The press release on the launch is here: http://rac.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=3200&pge_prg_id=10987
The Web portal includes educational curricula, tools for an energy audit, best practices from “green synagogues,” environmental holiday guides, and resources on Israel and the environment. The site also connects visitors to the environmental advocacy work of the Religious Action Center, the Reform Jewish Movement’s policy arm, and to resources from other environmental organizations that are working to pass comprehensive energy and climate legislation in Congress.
We feel strongly that environmentalism is an issue that speaks to people of every religion and of no religion alike, so I wanted to send it along just the same. The resources provided on our site are applicable to individuals and congregations of all denominations, and we hope our greening initiative will serve as an example and an inspiration to other denominations to embrace green living, as well.
-Kate
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