For your convenience, we have divided our resource links into 5 categories: Jewish, Easy Steps, Maryland Local, Household, & Synagogue Resources.
Jewish
- Pearlstone Conference & Retreat Center
- Kayam Farm at Pearlstone- Baltimore's Jewish Educational Farm
- The Associated
- Hazon -creating a healthier, more sustainable Jewish community
- COEJL -Coalition on the Environment & Jewish Life
- UJA Federation Green Guide
- Shalom Center -Green Menorah Covenant
- Neot-Kedumim-The Biblical Landscape Reserve in Israel
- Big Green Jewish
- Canfei Nesharim
- http://www.svivaisrael.org/
- Greening Reform Judaism
- Tu B'Shevat Seder Toolkit
Local Synagogues
- Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
- Beth Am
- Beth El Congregation
- Beth Israel Congregation and Religious School
- Beth Shalom of Columbia
- Beth Tfiloh Congregation & High School
- Beit Tikvah
- Bolton Street Synagogue
- Chevrei Tzedek
- Chizuk Amuno Congregation
- Temple Emanuel
- Oheb Shalom
Seders
Bar/Bat Mitzvah suggestions
- http://jrf.org/files/Sustainability.pdf
- http://members.aol.com/mitzvah99/mypage/
- http://www.jnf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=opnrWhat
- Green Dreidle Project
Easy Steps
- Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
- http://www.jnf.org/goneutral/carbonCalc.html
- www.terrapass.com
- www.goodenergy.org.il/len
- http://www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=774
- www.environmentaldefense.org
- www.grist.org
- www.newdream.org
- Green America
Maryland Local Green Websites
- http://www.baltimorecity.gov/government/planning/sustainability/
- Maryland Energy Administration
- Paper Retriever
- Recycling in Baltimore County
- Baltimore Recycling Wiki- learn or contribute
- Appalachian Mountain Club
- Baltimore Green Works
- Chesapeake Climate Action Network
- Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park
- Friends of Maryland’s Olmsted Parks and Landscapes
- Gunpowder Valley Conservancy
- Irvine Nature Center
- Mountain Club of Maryland
- Sierra Club
- Simplicity Matters
- Baltimore County Commission on Environmental Quality
- Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management (DEPRM)
- Maryland League of Conservation Voters
- Master Gardeners of Baltimore
- baltogreenmap.org
- www.envirelation.com
- Marylanders Plant Trees
Household
- Home energy inspections
- www.greenbuilders.com
- www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html
- BGE Home Energy Check-up
- Find out where you can donate used but unwanted goods
CFL Light Bulbs
- http://www.coejl.org/climatechange/cc_cfl.php
- http://www.gwipl.org/
- http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=cal.showPledge
Native Tree Plantings
Alternative Energies
- Standard Solar, Gaithersburg, MD - Lee Bristol
- Chesapeake Solar, Columbia, MD
- Aurora Energy
- findsolar.com - for a complete listing in our area.
- Capital Sun Group - Al Nunez/ 202-270-5000
- Maryland Clean Energy Center
Synagogue Resources
- http://www.jrf.org/Sustainable_Synagogue_Resources
- http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=small_business.sb_congregations
- Biodegradable disposable dishware
- USGBC (United States Green Building Council
- http://www.fjmc.org/Activities/ShomreiHaaretz.aspx
- http://greensimchaguide.org/
- http://www.jufj.org/green_just_celebrations
