Urban Sustainability Series

Outside of a select few urban centers like New York City, American Jews mostly live in the suburbs. While there are certain advantages to the suburban lifestyle, the environmental implications are becoming increasingly apparent.  These communities are designed to be navigated by car, encourage the construction of absurdly large homes and extensively (and often chemically) landscaped lawns, allow for wastefully redundant luxuries such as private swimming pools and tennis courts and foster a general isolation from the community and its members.

Join us to explore the various advantages of city life, learn some practical skills for your own life and learn about the efforts underway in Philadelphia to make it a more sustainable city.

Please RSVP for these events.

Herbal Medicine Workshop

Monday, November 16th

Time: 7pm

Location: 4905 Cedar Ave. 19143

Cost: $10-$25 Sliding Scale

Please RSVP

Learn about the various healing properties of different plants from the wonderful herbalist and educator Baruch Shapiro. Prepare for winter by making your own herbal remedies with fresh and dried herbs.

What's On Your Plate? Unpacking Local, Organic, and Fair Trade

Monday, November 2nd

Time: 7pm-9:30pm

Place: Sixth Street Community Center

Address: 638 East Sixth Street (between Avenue B & C), NY, NY

Cost: Free! Bring friends!

To register: Click here.

For more information: Contact the AJWS-AVODAH NY City Team.

Discuss with Jewish activists and food lovers key questions about what these labels mean, why we should care, and how Judaism can guide us in making the right decisions for ourselves and our communities.

This event is brought to you by the AJWS-AVODAH NY City Team and is co-sponsored by Hazon, Jewish Farm School, and Uri L'Tzedek.

Fresh: Movie Screening Followed by Panel Discussion

Sunday, November 1st

Location: The Ritz Theatre, 915 Whitehorse Pike, Haddon Township, NJ 08107

Time: 7:00 PM

Cost: $12- Click here for tickets.

Join us to see this powerful and inspring documentary the highlights some of the challenges in our food system and as well as the amazing initiatives that are underway throughout the country to help repair a broken system.

Panelists Include:

• FRESH Executive Filmmaker: ana Sophia Joanes
  
• Director, South Jersey Green Dining Association: Joe Palombo
  
• Director of Sustainability for Greenfaith: Stacey Kennealy
  
• Co-Founder and Director of the Jewish Farm School: Nati Passow
  
• Moderator: Executive Director, Sustainable Cherry Hill: Lori Braunstein

Intro to Home-Scale, Urban Permaculture

Friday, October 30th

Location: 4905 Cedar Ave. 19143

Time: 9:30 AM-2:30 PM

Cost: $10-$25 Sliding Scale

Light Food Provided-Please RSVP

Learn the basics of home-scale Permaculture for the urban environment.  Join Permaculture instructor Steve Gabriel of the Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute as he teaches the fundamentals and guides participants through a hands on design exercise.