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Environmental Ethics

My Kiddush Cup And Deeds Of Lovingkindness To The Earth

Rabbi Lawrence Troster | Posted 04.03.2013 | Religion
Read More: Environmental Ethics, Psalm 104, Eco-Theology, Judaism, Deeds of Lovingkindness, Talmud, Gemilut Hasadim, Passover, Passover Seder, Green Faith, Chesed, Religion News
Rabbi Lawrence Troster

We have made great idols of our ability to harness the resources of the earth, damming rivers, moving mountains and creating great structures that reach to the sky. While we have gained great benefits from our labor, it is time to now think of how to treat the earth with kindness.

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Tu Bishvat: Moving From Light To Dark Green Environmentalism

Rabbi Lawrence Troster | Posted 03.17.2013 | Religion
Read More: Precautionary Principle, Environmental Ethics, Religious Environmentalism, Jewish Environmentalism, Tu Bishvat, Hans Jonas, Dark Green Environmentalism, Eco-Theology, Tree of Life, Green Faith, Judaism, Eco-Torah, Eco-Judaism, Religion News
Rabbi Lawrence Troster

While the present Jewish environment movement has been doing a very good job on educating and activating the Jewish community on the issues of food sustainability and energy conservation, there is still a great deal of work that needs to be done.

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A Call for New Ethics in an Overpopulated Planet

Sangita Iyer | Posted 01.26.2013 | Green
Read More: Chlorofluorocarbons, Population, Population Growth, Human Rights, Technology, Ozone, Environmental-Ethics, Green News
Sangita Iyer

On a misty autumn morning the sun's soothing rays dance through the canopies of barren trees, as I walk through the woods. A beam of light brings to f...

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Religious Rhapsody: The National Council of Churches

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Environmental Ethics, Religion, Environmentalism, Green News, Clean Air Act, Biodiversity, Christianity, National Council of Churches, Constitution, Evangelical Christians, Church and State, Green News
Edward Flattau

The National Council of Churches is right that we are ethically bound to be stewards of the Earth. If the exercise of that religious-driven principle permeates the operation of government, so be it.

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