Do you have ideas, expertise, or just a desire to do the right
thing? Join the team! We will make a difference. Contact Misha Askren at green@tbala.org.
VIEW THE GREEN TEAM MISSION STATEMENT!
VIEW THE GREEN TEAM RESOURCE GUIDE!
TBA GREEN TEAM ALUMINUM WATER BOTTLES
FOR SALE at $12/each
Water bottles will be on next year's school supply list and TBA's Green Team is encouraging you to choose a safer, healthier and more environmentally friendly water bottle for your family.
As we all know, the chemicals in plastic are harmful to our health. Also, purchasing bottled water not only creates more plastic waste but is also more costly for you and your family.
We have 50 aluminum water bottles for sale at $12 each.
Purchase your water bottle by calling Alicia at (310) 652-7354 x 215 or by coming to the synagogue office during regular business hours.
Supplies are limited - purchase now!
For
information on Organic Produce Delivery, click
here.
TBA BEING GREEN
Rabbi Rembaum and the Green Team planted five trees for Tu Bi-Shvat 2008 at Balboa Park.
TBA GOES GREEN (and blue).
Recently seen on the TBA Parking lot - three fuel-efficient blue Priuses all in a row!
For Tu Bi-Shvat 2009, Rabbi Rembaum, TBA Green Team and the TBA Social Action Committee joined with Treepeople to teach about Tu Bi-Shvat and plant fruit trees at the Marlton School for the Deaf (and Hearing). 
For Tu Bi-Shvat 2010, Rabbi Kligfeld, the TBA Green Team and the TBA
Social Action Committee joined with Treepeople and Saturn Elementary School for a community fruit tree fair with planting, distribution, Tu Bi-Shvat seder foods, and more!
ACTION ALERT: Help build momentum for federal climate policy
by urging President Obama and senior administration officials to play an
active role in ensuring that Congress passes a strong, comprehensive
climate and energy policy this year.
The Top Ten
Ways To Save Water, according to Mono Lake Committee:
1. Water your lawn only when it needs it. Step on your
grass. If it springs back, when you lift your foot, it doesn't need
water. So set your sprinklers for more days in between watering. Saves
750-1,500 gallons per month. Better yet, especially in times of drought,
water with a hose. And best of all, convert your lawn to native plants.
2.
Fix leaky faucets and plumbing joints. Saves 20 gallons per day for
every leak stopped.
3. Don't run the hose while washing your car.
Use a bucket of water and a quick hose rinse at the end. Saves 150
gallons each time. For a two-car family that's up to 1,200 gallons a
month.
4. Install water-saving shower heads or flow restrictors.
Saves 500 to 800 gallons per month.
5. Run only full loads in the
washing machine and dishwasher. Saves 300 to 800 gallons per month.
6.
Shorten your showers. Even a one or two minute reduction can save up to
700 gallons per month.
7. Use a broom instead of a hose to clean
driveways and sidewalks. Saves 150 gallons or more each time. At once a
week, that's more than 600 gallons a month.
8. Don't use your
toilet as an ashtray or wastebasket. Saves 400 to 600 gallons per month.
9.
Capture tap water. While you wait for hot water to come down the pipes,
catch the flow in a watering can to use later on house plants or your
garden. Saves 200 to 300 gallons per month.
10. Don't water the
sidewalks, driveway or gutter. Adjust your sprinklers so that water
lands on your lawn or garden where it belongs--and only there. Saves 500
gallons per month.
Click here to learn
more ways to conserve water.
PARENTS OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
Click here
to learn more about our own Pressman Academy's waste
free lunch program. The information will help your family help the
environment, no matter where your children go to school! Teach your
children well...
GREEN TEAM NEWS FLASH!
RECYCLE
YOUR "TECHNOTRASH" at TBA
What should you do with all the
digital waste you've been accumulating over the years?
The Green
Team is partnering with GreenDisk (hyperlink this to www.greendisk.com)
to provide you a means to responsibly and securely dispose of your
"technotrash." Everything from old laptops to cell phones to cables can
be dropped off (neatly bundled, please) at the temple office, or at
security after hours.
Click
here for a complete list of what we are able to accept.
We
also need people to donate the actual techno trash bins. If you'd be
able to generously to donate a bin, please contact Larry at green@tbala.org.
To learn how to responsibly dispose of other household
hazardous and other electronic waste, click here
.
Click HERE for a free
secure resource for recycling CDs, DVDs, and hard drives.
GREEN NEWS
Crisis
Bodes Ill for Climate Change Talks
Your
empty cartridges= funds for TBA/ Pressman!
TBA is excited to
announce our partnership with RECYCLE4KIDS.ORG, a unique fundraising
program that conserves scarce and finite natural resources by collecting
inkjet and toner cartridges for recycling. The proceeds of this
ongoing fundraiser will benefit TBA and Pressman Academy. Click
here for more information.
PAST EVENTS
January 24, 2010 - Tu Bi-Shvat Fruit Tree planting, distribution and education at Saturn Elementary School.
May 14, 2009 -
Are We Running Dry? A Symposium on the Regional Drought moderated by
Fritz Coleman, NBC4 Weathercaster.
March 19, 2009 - Judaism and a
Sustainable Future with Dr. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Ph.D.
February
9, 2009 - Tu Bi-Shvat Fruit Tree planting, distribution and education at
the Marlton School.
September 20, 2008 - Green Shabbat featuring
David Nahai, Chairman and CEO of LADWP. If you would like to download a
copy of the Kavannah given by Rabbi Arielle Hanien on Green Shabbat,
please click
here.
GREEN PARTNERS
