Climate change prizes have recognized the innovation of a group of Quebec researchers—with the support of Jewish National Fund
Five projects based in Quebec were awarded a total of $300,000 in the inaugural edition of JNF’s Climate Solutions Prizes, described as the largest incentive program of its kind in the province for non-profits and start-ups. The goal is to spur new ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving energy efficiency, and developing carbon capture […]
Synagogues are ditching the paper plates and installing solar panels as they make environmentally conscious choices
Canadian synagogues are instituting ethical menu choices, and retrofitting their old buildings to save the planet.
These two Montrealers are spearheading a million-dollar contest for the best Israeli solution to the climate crisis
Two Montreal businessmen have a vision that Israel can become a global leader in the fight against climate change. Friends Jeff Hart and Jonathan Goodman are the initiators of an annual US$1-million prize to be awarded to a not-for-profit Israeli researcher or organization with the most promising idea for reversing what the two men believe […]
The view from the climate disaster in B.C.: ‘We have departed from the shores of the safe and predictable world we imagined for ourselves and our children’
It’s been a year of natural disasters for B.C.—but the situation is only getting worse.
Veteran singer returns with ‘toxic’ single
As a response to the clean-air movement and the U.S. government’s denial of climate change, Peter Foldy, a Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker based in Los Angeles, wrote the pop song “Toxic World.”
Addressing climate change through music
Ruth Schweitzer chats with Elizabeth Leslie, a dark-wave synth-pop artist whose new music is about climate change and her breakup with an ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman.
500 rabbis and Jewish leaders call for action against climate change
Five hundred rabbis and other Jewish leaders from around the world are calling for climate change action.
