TEMPLE ISAIAH GREEN TEAM LINKS

Below are valuable links to help us leave a lighter footprint on this earth.

GREEN TEAM ORIGINALS

350 Talking Points: Why is 350 such an important number in our lives?
Top 10 Actions: 10 low hanging fruit and ten larger impact actions you can take to leave more of the planet for those who come after us.
Temple Isaiah Green Team Activities: A synopsis of what the Green Team has done and what it hopes to do.

Greening Reform Judaism: The resource rich Union of Reform Judaism (URJ) website with information about greening the home and synagogue, advocacy, Judaism and the environment, articles and books, etc.
COEJL: National organization of Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life.
Faith2Green: A local COEJL affiliate. Advocacy and resource group for our community.

Recycling: What goes in the blue barrel.
Household Hazardous /Electronic Waste Program: Schedule of collection events for HAZMAT (Hazardous Material) and electronic material.
Hazardous Waste Permanent Collection Centers.

Sign up for LADWP Green Power: Go to the bottom of the page and click on Sign up for the Green Power Program.
Fuel Economy: Gas mileage (MPG), greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution ratings, and safety information for new and used cars and trucks
ENERGY STAR: Energy efficiency of appliances.

California Interfaith Power & Light: Interfaith group "galvanizing a religious response to global warming as the moral issue of our time."
350: Initiates planet wide campaigns to reduce our C0₂ - equivalent atmospheric molecular concentration to 350 parts/million to avoid reaching an irreversible global warming tipping point.

Earthjustice: Earthjustice, a public interest law-firm protecting the earth and our right to a healthy environment.
Recent Action Alerts-Environmental Defense Fund: EDF works to protect the environment and provide equitable and cost effective solutions to its problems.
League of Conservation Voters: Provides environmental voting records of legislators and aids environmentally supportive candidates.
Union of Concerned Scientists: UCS, "working for a healthy environment and a safer world...secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices and consumer choices."
NRDC's Action Center: National Resources Defense Council's mission is to "safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends."
Sierra Club Action Center: A 1.3 million member group that explores, enjoys and protects our planet.
La Green Machine: "A coalition of Angelenos committed to actively initiating and supporting green, sustainable and environmental justice education and advocacy in Los Angeles and California." A blog initiated by Andy Shrader, whose day job is Environmental and Sustainability Deputy to Councilman Paul Koretz.

The Nature Conservancy: "dedicated to preserve...the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive."
Californians for GE-Free Agriculture: Group campaigning for genetic engineering free agriculture.
Wilderness Society: Devoted to preserving America's wilderness- its biological diversity, clean air and water, towering forests, rushing rivers and...silent deserts.
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition: "...an educational non-profit committed to empowering people to save the environment, animals and our own health through our daily food choices."
Heal the Bay: Dedicated to preserving our rivers, beaches and oceans.
Food & Water Watch: "...works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume are safe, accessible and sustainably produced."
The Center for Biological Diversity: Works "to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction."
The Environmental Working Group: "Mission...is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment."
Center for Environmental Health: "...protects people from toxic chemicals and promotes business products and practices that are safe for public health and the environment."

YouTube- Patagonia Oceans As Wilderness- Synthetic Seas: 7 minute film about plastics contamination in the ocean.
YouTube- Matt Simmons (Bloomberg): Peak Oil Now, Oil Perhaps to $300: 6 minute interview with former President Bush's energy adviser on the need to face this problem now.

News I Grist: News, articles, audio downloads, on almost anything environmental that you can think of. To quote them, "It's gloom and doom with a sense of humor."
Environmental News- MSNBC: "Latest global warming and conservation headlines from across the globe."
NPR: Climate Connections: Articles and broadcasts about global warming.
Green Energy News: News about clean, efficient and renewable energy: technology, issues, policy and business.

Alternative Household Product Recipes: LA County "recipes" for environmentally friendly household products.

Federal and State Legislators: Find your elected federal and state officials.
LA City Councilpersons and Supervisors: Enter address information to retrieve who your representative is.