17th November 2024 Bulletin Eco-Corner

With no building of our own, 3CLJC has limited opportunities to put into practice our eco-principles around our services.  One way in which we can express our commitment to sustainable practices is to make kiddush as eco-friendly as possible.  This is something we hope to model at the upcoming Eco-Shabbat, which is once again kindly being hosted by our good friends at the Springhill Cohousing Community in Stroud, on Saturday 30th November.  
 
Fortunately the Eco-Judaism website has a page dedicated precisely to this end – here – and it details three main categories of sustainable practice to follow at Eco-Shabbat and the associated kiddush: sustainable set-up and clean-up; the four Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle and refuse); and “use your “LOAF”.  Regular readers will recall that this stands for Local, Organic, Animal-friendly and Fairtrade, and refers to the nature and provenance of the goodies we bring along and consume at kiddush.  Check out the webpage for more detail but, please remember, if you are kind enough to bring something for the kiddush, to make it vegetarian and, if possible, LOAF!