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Social Action Activities
1. Mark your calendars! The 1st Annual Joint GLBT Pride Shabbat
2. Tips for Survivors of Sexual Violence/Finding a Rabbi
3. Recycle your electronics - by zip code
4. Summer Service Experiences 2008 for Teens
6. Seafood Watch! Make Choices for Healthy Oceans
7. 21 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD RECYCLE
9. Why use reusable shopping, grocery & produce bags?
Mark your calendars! The 1st Annual Joint GLBT Pride Shabbat
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Har Sinai Congregation, Temple Emanuel of Baltimore & Temple Oheb Shalom
Invites YOU (friends & family) to join us (GLBT folks)
for our first joint congregational...GLBT PRIDE SHABBAT
Hosted by:
Rabbi Steven Fink (Temple Oheb Shalom)
Join us for an oneg (dessert reception) after the service...
www.bhcong.org
www.harsinai-md.org
www.templeemanuelofbaltimore.org
www.templeohebshalom.org
GLBT = Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, Transgendered
Location of Event: Har Sinai Congregation 2905 Walnut Avenue Owings Mills, MD 21117
Start Date and Time: Friday, July 11th @ 7:30pm
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Last updated: 04/29/08
Tips for Survivors of Sexual Violence/Finding a Rabbi
Visit www.theawarenesscenter.org or call 443-857-5560
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Last updated: 05/24/08
Recycle your electronics - by zip code
Need to recycle your electronics?
Find options by zip code @
http://mygreenelectronics.org/home.aspx
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Last updated: 03/26/08
Summer Service Experiences 2008 for Teens
Are you looking to make a difference and earn community service hours for school while having fun with friends? Jewish Volunteer Connection is offering Summer Service Experience programs made just for you!
PROGRAMS:
" Down and Dirty: A Habitat for Humanity Experience
Dates: August 18-22, 2008; 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Mandatory orientation for parents and teens:
Sunday, August 17, 2008, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Volunteering with Habitat for Humanity will give you the chance to use your hands and hearts in meaningful work. Volunteers will rehab houses for lower-income residents in the greater Baltimore area. Open to high school students 16-18 years old.
" Gettin Green: An Environmental Experience
Dates: August 18-22, 2008; 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Mandatory orientation for parents and teens:
Sunday, August 17, 2008, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
End your summer on a green note. Spend the last days of summer outside with your friends working on a real organic farm and beautifying the Baltimore community. Open to students 12-17 years old.
To register for these exciting and meaningful summer service experiences, visit www.associated.org/jvcservice.
Fee(s) if any: $220/week
Location of Event: www.associated.org/jvcservice.
Start Date and Time: August 17
End Date and Time: August 22
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Last updated: 06/07/08
Green Energy?
For a complete list of green energy utilities across the country, visit the US Department of Energy's Web site and use the clickable map to find options in your state.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/buying/buying_power.shtml
If your area doesn't offer green power, you can offset your the carbon dioxide emissions of your conventional power by purchasing green tags, or compensatory energy credits that add renewable power to the grid equal to the power you use at home.
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Last updated: 03/26/08
Seafood Watch! Make Choices for Healthy Oceans
Your seafood choices make a difference...
Get a FREE pocket guide!
http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/seafoodwatch.asp
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Last updated: 03/26/08
21 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD RECYCLE
http://www.coopamerica.org/pubs/caq/articles/21Things.cfm
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Last updated: 06/07/08
Mitzvah Mobility Drivers
Drive JFS clients to medical appointments.
Weekly & monthly & we'll work with your schedule!
Contact: JFS Volunteer Services, 410-843-7324, rrice@jfs.org
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Last updated: 06/07/08
Why use reusable shopping, grocery & produce bags?
My grocery store accepts plastic bags for recycling. Can they really be recycled, or is the store greenwashing?
A: Some may be sold to actual recyclersSafeway, in particular, has an arrangement with a domestic recycler to downcycle these plastic bags into compressed lumber for decks, fencing, and picnic tables. But the majority of the plastic bags collected by these receptacles are baled and shipped to Asia. What is done with them there? Even the man responsible for overseeing Californias mandatory plastic bag recycling law for supermarkets hasnt been able to find out: Id love to know what happens to [baled plastic bags] overseas, says Neal Johnson, a research analyst for the California Environmental Protection Agency. There are a lot of anecdotal comments about whether it gets burned as boiler fuel [a toxic use of plastic thats illegal in the US], or reprocessed as some sort of filler. We dont quite know what happens there. Your best bet: bring your own reusable shopping bags and produce bags with you to the supermarket.
Choose to shop with REUSABLE shopping bags - keep them in the trunk of your car!
www.coopamerica.org
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