The Charlotte Jewish News - February 2016 - Page 21
Greening Shalom Park: Small Steps Can Make A Big Difference
When it comes to protecting
the planet, every little step helps.
Across Shalom Park, agencies are
doing their part to promote sus
tainability. Did you know that...
Temple Beth El offers textile
recycling and will also take your
old cell phones to donate to an or
ganization that helps domestic vi
olence victims. Temple member
Ted Hessberg accepts donations of
old computers, which he refur
bishes and donates to low-income
families at Sterling Elementary.
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Recycling books at the Levine-Sklut Judaic
Library and Resource Center.
Recycling clothes, shoes, and more at
Temple Beth El.
energy usage with occupancy sen
sors on restroom lights and solar
powered lighting on the back
steps near the tennis courts.
What should our community do
next? Install solar panels on Camp
Mindy and solar lighting in park
ing lots? Use rain barrels to cap
ture water for irrigation? Start
composting food waste? Join
Shalom Green and help plan the
next steps toward a more sustain
able Shalom Park. For more infor
mation, email environmental@
shalomcharlotte.org. ^
Recycling bins are available in various locations across
Shalom Park.
Filling a reusable water bottle saves
energy and landfill .space by avoiding
use of pla.stic bottles.
You can ditch the disposable
plastic water bottle, and refill your
reusable water bottle outside the
workout room at the LJCC.
Paper, aluminum, plastic and
glass can be recycled at locations
across the main campus of
Shalom Park. (Hint: Blue recep
tacles are for recyclables; black
receptacles are for trash - even if
they’re not labeled that way. And
meeting rooms often have silver
cans with the recycling symbol on
them.)
The Levine-Sklut Judaic Li
brary and Resource center offers
the opportunity to recycle books
you no longer need, which are
sold to raise money for the library
or given to children attending the
Shalom Park Freedom School
during the summer.
At Temple Israel’s January
Yom Gemilut Chasadim (Acts of
Loving Kindness) program, con
gregants learned about and made
eco-friendly household cleaners.
This year, Hebrew High stu
dents have been learning about
Jewish environmental values and
environmentalism in Israel in an
elective course taught, appropri
ately, by Mr. Green. The class is
working on plans for a program to
teach other Hebrew High students
about Eco-Judaism.
The Charlotte Jewish
Preschool’s PTO Green Team pro
vided parents tips for reducing
lunch time waste and the spon
sored a Waste-Free Lunchbox
Challenge on November 23. Trash
and recycling were weighed and
tabulated by classroom, and the
class with the least waste received
a green Popsicle party and a book
on recycling for the classroom li
brary.
The Foundation of Shalom
Park installed an energy efficient
water heater for the old gym at the
LJCC, which has reduced gas con
sumption by 60%. The Founda
tion has also taken steps to reduce
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