Blog & News
Trees and Humans in the Holy Land
Blog: Chelsea Revell and Rabbi Yonatan Neril - Conflict, climate change, consumer society, and quickness of travel. These are the driving forces that put human society at loggerheads with the trees...
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Transforming Jerusalem’s Kidron Valley from Sewage Stream to Thriving Ecosystem
Blog: Ricki Silber - The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development co-organized and co-guided a tour of the Kidron Valley, together with the renowned Israeli guide Avner Goren, for 40 Jordanian, Israeli, Palestinian,...
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How Can We Keep the Holy City of Jerusalem Clean?
Blog: Rabbi Yonatan Neril - am writing to encourage an expanded religious sensitivity concerning our waste—how much garbage we produce, and where our garbage and sewage go. Why, because in this...
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Will God, Technology, Politicians or Eco-Billionaires Alone Save Us From Our Ecological Crisis?
Blog: Rabbi Yonatan Neril - I want to share with you and debunk a few commonly held views about how others will save us from our ecological crisis, in the hope...
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Interfaith and Sustainability Radio Show with Live Sufi Music
News Coverage: The program Shalom Crafters is within the framework of Microphones for Peace, the interfaith radio of JLM.FM: Center of the City Radio. A David Goodman Production. We were broadcasted from...
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Drew Theological School Is Top 25 in Faith and Ecology Courses
News Coverage: The report also noted 14 courses on faith-based environmental education at Drew and the school’s concentration in ecology and religion, “which is considered a major draw for students.” Five professors...
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MTSO Identified as an Exceptional Seminary for Ecology
News Coverage: The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development has identified Methodist Theological School in Ohio as one of 25 exceptional North American seminaries for faith and ecology. ICSD, based in Jerusalem, surveyed...
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Jerusalem Climate Action Highlights Urgency of Addressing Climate Crisis
Blog: Rabbi Yonatan Neril - About 60 people of different faiths came together today in Jerusalem calling for action on climate change, as global negotiations by 200 countries to address the...
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Israeli startups presenting at UN confab on climate change
News Coverage: Prime minister heads large delegation to international meeting at which Israeli clean technology and alternative energy solutions will be showcased.
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Amidst Hottest Year on Earth, Faith Leaders Unite and Call for Climate Action
Blog: Rabbi Yonatan Neril - In light of new evidence that 2015 will be the hottest year ever recorded, Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and Jain leaders joined together at the...
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Islamic Call on Climate Appeals to 1.6 Billion Muslims
Blog: Rabbi Yonatan Neril - Muslim clergy issued a bold Declaration on climate change at the Islamic Climate Change Symposium this week. ICSD’s director, Rabbi Yonatan Neril, had the honor of...
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