Event Description

3rd Jewish Climate Action Conference:
​Everything Is Connected

Join JCAN-MA for the 3rd Jewish Climate Action Conference: Everything is Connected, April 25, 2021. Free & online. Sessions focus on carbon reduction, advocacy, spiritual resilience, soil and agriculture, raise up the voices of youth, and address environmental justice. The day-long event is geared toward action solutions and strengthening the national Jewish climate action network. Opportunities are available for connecting with other climate activists in your geographic region or with similar interests.

​This online event will engage Jewish climate activists from across the country with specific objectives, important information, and community connections.  

AT THE CONFERENCE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Learn key actions for decarbonizing your home and synagogue. Get the latest in technology. Hear what others are doing to reduce their carbon footprint
• Integrate Jewish values with gardening and soil; hear about cooperatives; learn about regenerative change, native habits, carbon sequestration, and building a resilient food system
• Join in conversations about the climate justice movement, about a collaboration with Jewish climate organization and a BIPOC community development corporation, and about the legacy of redlining. Hear about climate advocacy in Jewish communities and how to build an organizing toolbox.
• Listen to stories from youth advocates fighting against climate change from a Jewish perspective. Learn what you can do to help!
• Delve into sessions that will enhance your spiritual resilience through meditating, journaling, storytelling, music, mindfulness, and yoga and movement.

CONFERENCE THEMES:

Our goal is to build a strong national Jewish climate coalition that reaches across siloed enclaves. Our conference themes and subject areas are:

• Action Solutions
• Advocacy at all levels
• Anti-racism/Environmental Justice
• Building a National Jewish Climate Coalition
• Carbon Reduction (Includes Transportation & Divestment)
• Spiritual Resilience
• Communal Adaptation
• Soil and Agriculture
• ​Youth