An extended blackout taught our family an important lesson about conservation.

by Mrs. Lori Palatnik
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Published: Saturday, August 7, 2010

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Visitor Comments: 7

(7) SusanE, August 12, 2010 6:23 PM

Stop Consuming in Excess. Earth Has Limits

I agree with both of Tova Saul's posts. Thank you.

(6) Dvirah, August 12, 2010 2:23 PM

Reversing Waste

Recycling - especially of "one-use" products - would also be a way of reducing waste. The used products are returned to the status of raw material and reused. Incidentally, this concept should be applied in industry. Often one industry's waste product is another's raw material. Rather than keep pulling such materials out of the earth, each company could exhange or sell (at minimum price, since they produce the stuff anyway) their waste to the others. This would solve the problem of disposing of the waste and also ensure a supply of cheap raw material for each company.

(5) Tova Saul, August 11, 2010 8:48 AM

PS

PS Not letting water run unnecessarily, tearing off a leaf, and dismantling a styrofoam cup are all small fry. The real problem facing non-human life on earth is rapidly exploding populations crowding out habitats/ecosystems. There is no such thing as sustainable development. What is needed is sustainable retreat. Whoever has grandchildren, or who plans to have them--------ask yourself if they have the right to live on a living planet that Hashem created, or if they will prefer to live in a world that consists only of people, cities, farms, domesticated animals, urban wildlife (sparrows, pigeons, rats, mice, roaches, lice, fleas.....).. And why should a person be using a styrofoam cup anyway?

(4) Anonymous, August 10, 2010 9:55 PM

thank you so much for this much needed message. ive always been a big believer in not wasting water, electricity and food, but i never realized that pulling a leaf off a tree or similar actions are just as wasteful. thank you for helping me become aware of this.

(3) Tova Saul, August 10, 2010 5:39 PM

Nice start

Nice start to the need for much more attention to conservation. Jewish environmentalism is falling very short of recognizing that we have actually reached the tipping point for our planet-----we are standing on the precipice of a human-caused mass extinction of most species of wildlife------and no one cares.

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Mrs. Lori Palatnik

Lori Palatnik is an author and Jewish educator who has appeared on television and radio and has lectured on five continents, illuminating traditional practices and life-styles for our contemporary world. She and her husband, Rabbi Yaakov Palatnik, live in Washington, DC, where she is Executive Director of the Jewish Women's Renaissance Project. Lori is the author of "Friday Night and Beyond—The Shabbat Experience Step-by-Step"; "Remember My Soul", which explains the Jewish concepts of soul and the afterlife and a guide to anyone who has ever lost a loved one; and "Gossip—Ten Pathways to Eliminate It From Your Life and Transform Your Soul", featured on "Dr. Laura" and FoxNews.com.

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