Environment

Complete our Climate Change Survey

The TBE Green Team is looking for feedback from congregants regarding their perceptions of global warming and energy conservation. Our objectives are twofold. First, we would like to know if our members would like to learn more about these subjects so that we might be able to plan for some informational sessions. Second, we would like your opinions on what, if anything, you would like the temple to do along these lines to reduce its carbon footprint and conserve energy.
The survey is brief and should not take more than a few minutes. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Click here to complete the survey!

TBE's Green Team

TBE's Green Team helps ensure our new building is environmentally sound and sustainable. For more information or to join this group contact Karen McKoy at thrlmcky@gmail.com.

TBE Green Team Mission

We believe it is ethically imperative for Jews to work toward lessening our environmental impact and thus uphold the Jewish ideals of tikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedek (justice), and bal tashchit (prohibition against wanton destruction).

The TBE Green Committee will seek to:

Encourage integrating these values into the operations of our new building
Educate our community about ways to integrate these values into their daily lives
Encourage working with broader outside communities in both education and advocacy for sustainability

Members:

Karen McKoy, Robert Cooper, Judith Morton, Sheryl Goodridge, Vic Dietz, Phyliss Yawitt, Arlene Winkleman, Jonathan Faigel, Ralph Adler, Ed Jaros, Jeff Riklin

Sustainably Creating and a Maintaining Our New Building:

Our new Beit Elohim was designed to be environmentally friendly.

Our green team is working on making sure we maintain the building as efficiently as possible with our staff in terms of energy use, supplies purchased, recycling, and grounds maintenance.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

Some resources below:

Living Sustainably in Our Homes and Workplaces:

The way we live our lives has an impact on the world around us. This website has recommendations for living in a healthy and low-impact way:

http://www.coejl.org/~coejlor/action/ft_ecphome.php

How to Recycle your Stuff:

There are many local resources for recycling your unwanted books, furniture, office supplies and even building materials.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

Other Communities of Faith Living Sustainably:

Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life

http://www.coejl.org/index.php

National Religious Partnership for the Environment is an association of independent faith groups across a broad spectrum: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches U.S.A., the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, and the Evangelical Environmental Network.

http://www.nrpe.org/

Oregon Interfaith Power and Light: empowers congregations and their members to conserve energy and invest in clean renewable energy.

http://www.emoregon.org/power_light.php

National Council of Churches, Web of Creation green building manuals

http://www.webofcreation.org/

Green Education Resources and Project Ideas:

Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life

http://www.coejl.org/~coejlor/resources/

http://www.coejl.org/~coejlor/programbank/viewprog.php

Broader Community Sustainability Advocacy:

Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life

http://www.coejl.org/~coejlor/action/