Camp JCA Shalom used their Gendler Grapevine grant to fund a staff fellowship position called the Gendler Grapevine Fellow. The fellow’s primary focus was to infuse Jewish environmental education into all aspects of the summer program. Working with all the specialty areas (e.g., bunk programming, dining hall practices, evening Judaic programs, farm/garden programs, camp culture, health [...]

Ramah in the Rockies is a Colorado-based camp that is deeply committed to reducing their carbon footprint. In 2012, they designed and installed an innovative solar hot water system. Using commercial grade 500-gallon drinking-water bladders and a solar hot box, the 2012 system already successfully increased the water temperature of 45 degrees to upwards of [...]