Marks Jewish Community House (JCH) is located in Brooklyn, NY, with a woodland campus on Staten Island. The Gendler Grapevine Project helped Marks JCH initiate environmental programming through their project “Green and Me.” Through “Green and Me,” over day and overnight campers were taught about the connection between Judaism and the environment via engaging activities [...]

Many of us know that simple changes, such as using energy efficient light bulbs and adding weather stripping to doors can improve a building’s energy efficiency. Camp Young Judaea at Sprout Lake focused on their water consumption and how they could, with a one-time investment, dramatically reduce their resource use. Sprout Lake's toilets were old [...]