We are excited to announce the creation of the Isaac Mayer Wise Academy Eco-Village at Greene Family Camp. The Eco-Village will be open for use next summer and will be occupied by our incoming 10th grade students, revolutionizing our current Kibbutz program. The new Eco-Village will focus on living sustainably and through Jewish practice.
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Earth Night
By Brian Hertz (Sustainability Coordinator) April 22nd is the official Earth Day, but here at GFC, Earth Night was last Saturday. After eating outside at our normal Saturday evening cookouts, all of our Niviim, Kohanim and Melachim campers spent their evening traveling through our Environmental Funhouse. At each stop along the way, the campers participated [...]
Building community through vegetables
Today we are lucky to have not one, but two guest bloggers! Jessi Swann and Brian Hertz are the Sustainability team here at GFC. They work to ‘green’ Greene and make sure we are living a sustainable lifestyle. A big part of their day is tending to our garden. Here, they share with us how [...]
Jessi’s Journey
In just a few short days Jessi Swann will be joining us at camp as the Assistant Sustainability Coordinator. Jessi is so passionate about sustainability and green living that in the short break between school and camp she decided to hop a plane to Israel and spend time living and learning on Kibbutz Lotan.
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- RT @srozen: checking out the new solar lights set up on the path to the Eco-Village from main camp @URJGFC - so cool! #summerisaroundthe ...
- presenting GFC's mishlachat 2012... http://t.co/wbNomVrF, proud to say almost half are returning from last summer!