Category Archives: Blog on Faith and Ecology

Aryeh Ronay & Sydney Cohen – Energy conversion is the process of changing energy from one form to another. The term is also used more specifically to refer to the transformation of natural energy into energy usable by humans.

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Harry Cooper – During the end of the 20th century, it became clear that climate change was becoming a more and more pressing issue. As a result, in Rio De Janeiro in June 1992, 153 countries signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC, committing to work together to combat climate change.

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Aryeh Ronay – In this chapter, Moses and Aaron are given a variety of rules to tell the Israelites what makes different animals kosher or not kosher, i.e. good to eat or not good to eat for the Israelite people. A kosher animal needs to “chew the cud” and have “split hooves.”

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Sydney Cohen – Air pollution is one of the most pressing global crises that we are currently facing. Air pollution has been linked to many different diseases, including asthma and cancer, in addition to the environmental and ecosystem harm that it causes.

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Sydney Cohen – The effects of oil pollution are felt worldwide, and the United States is no exception. From Alaska to Florida, there are many animals that have been affected by oil spills.

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Ilana Stein – In Genesis 3:19 God pronounces Adam’s punishment for eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. While this verse is short, like all of the Bible, it contains deeper worlds in every letter and word.

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Sydney Cohen – One of the most alarming things happening in our oceans is coral bleaching. Although this phenomenon has been observed for decades, recent studies have shown that it’s becoming more frequent.

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Harry Cooper – After creating the entire Universe, God creates humans and tells humanity about their special diet. There are many translations for what their diet was: “every herb bearing seed,” “every plant yielding seed,” “every fruit yielding seed,” “every tree that has fruit” or “the fruit of a tree yielding seed.”

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Harry Cooper – Sewage, or wastewater, is water that has been used in factories, homes, or other buildings and contains pollutants because of it. The pollutants found in wastewater have detrimental impacts on human health and the environment.

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