Introduction 4
How To Use This Book 6
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8 Seeing
Introduction
Learning to See
Text Study: Opening Your Eyes
Bringing It Home
Readings
18 Purpose and Place
Opening
Useless Creatures
No Waste in Nature-The Apple
Text Study: A Purpose & A Place
Defending Creation
Bringing It Home
Readings & Worksheets
32 The Human Place
Opening
Text Study: The Creation Story
Getting Involved: Shomrei Adamah Role Models
Text Study: The Covenantal Relationship
Bringing It Home
Readings & Worksheets
54 Blessings and Praise
Opening
Text Study: The Brachot
Your Own Brachot and Praises
Brachot sheets
Bringing It Home
Readings & Worksheets
66 Web of Life
Interconnections & Interdependence
Threads in the Web
Text Study: Interconnectedness
Bringing It Home
Readings & Worksheets
82 Bal Tashchit
Opening
Text Study: The Law of Bal Tashchit
Garbage Art
What Do You Know About Waste?
Detective Work
Bringing It Home
Readings & Worksheets
94 Ecology, Judaism and Tikkun Olam
Opening
Broken Vessels
Text Study: Environment & Social Justice
A Program of Tikkun Olam
Getting Involved: A Follow-Up
Bringing It Home
Readings & Worksheets
110 Design A Community
Opening
Today's Urban Blight
Text Study: Jewish Land Use
Design A Community
Bringing It Home
Readings & Worksheets
116 Time
Opening
Connections In Jewish Time
Renewing Creation Daily
Create A Page of Talmud
A Jewish Calendar
Bringing It Home
Readings & Worksheets
130 Shabbat: A Pause in the Cycles
Opening
Last In Creation; First in Intention
Text Study: Shabbat and the Sabbatical Year
Bringing It Home
Readings & Worksheets
140 A Rainforest Roleplay
Opening
The Symposium
Group Organization
Character Preparation
Committee Meetings & Reports
Conclusion
Readings & Worksheets
156 Supplementary Activities
Tu B'Shvat, the Jewish New Year of the Trees
The Garden Project
Compassion for Animals
170 Glossary of Hebrew and Jewish Terms
171 Resource Section
Environmental Organizations
Annotated Film & Reading List
183 Bibliography
Works Cited
Further Reading
