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Shomrei Adamah

Shomrei Adamah means "Guardians of the Earth." The Shomrei Adamah at Temple Beth Shalom is about the obligations of Jews to take care of our natural environment, identifying ways for the Temple as an organization and as a facility to improve its use of energy and natural resources.

Future Events:

• September 11, 2008 - 7:45pm
  Committee Meeting
  
• September 18, 2008 - 7:30pm
  "Judaism and the Environment" - workshop taught by Rabbi Todd
  
• October 15, 2008 - 7:00pm
  Presentation by Michael Greis and Jim Glickman of the Green Needham Coalition
  
• October 19, 2008 - 9:00 to 10:30am
  Carbon Reduction Campaign Workshop
  
• October 30, 2008 - 7:30 to 9:00pm
  Carbon Reduction Campaign Workshop
  
• November 3, 2008 - 7:30 to 9:00pm
  Carbon Reduction Campaign Workshop
  
• November 5, 2008 - 7:30 to 9:00pm
  Carbon Reduction Campaign Workshop
  
• November 12, 2008 - 7:30 to 9:00pm
  Carbon Reduction Campaign Workshop
  
• November 16, 2008 - 9:00 to 10:30am
  Carbon Reduction Campaign Workshop
  
• May 17, 2009 - afternoon (time TBA)
  Carbon Reduction Campaign Celebration
  

Information Resources:

• The text of Rabbi Todd's inspirational 2007 Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon on the environment
• Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
• Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life

To join or for more information contact Michael Bailit at mbailit@bailit-health.com or Nancy Berger at smallfries3@comcast.net.

More information is also available here.

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