Green Committee

Environmental Responsibility:
Caring for Our Planet
The Green Committee welcomes all who are interested in improving how we take care of the earth and each other.  As part of tikkun olam we focus on activities that change how we treat our planet--acts that connect us more with the places we inhabit, the plants and animals that we share these spaces with and each other.

Have questions or want to get involved? Contact Green Committee Chairperson Carla Ellern.

Green Committee Activities

• Sponsored a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program
• Changed to an entirely compostable system for synagogue events
• Created a rain garden and installed permeable paving in the TI parking lot
• Created conservation landscape on our 16th Street entrance.
• Added native plants and trees that attract pollinators and slow down runoff into our waterways, With the help of DDOEE and Casey Trees,

What's next?

• Becoming a National Wildlife Federation Sacred Grounds synagogue 
• Supporting the TI solar roof project 

Photo: These beautiful figs are part of a bumper crop on the TI grounds.  (August 2019)