Greener Every Day

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Great Tips for Going Green

Download the Greening Guide for great tips on how to implement greening practices at your organization.

Get Involved

Earth Day is April 22! Make a difference by finding a volunteer opportunity that will improve the environment in a local community, and celebrate all month long.

Since launching our Network Greening Initiative in 2009, UJA-Federation of New York has helped our more than 100 beneficiary agencies lighten their carbon footprint while significantly cutting energy costs.

By promoting green practices at our beneficiary agencies and our own headquarters, this initiative honors a basic Jewish value — sh'mirat ha-adamah — to protect the world.

And going green has definitely paid off.

In Our Network

  • The original 19 Jewish Greening Fellows, professionals from throughout our network, have raised $1.6 million to implement energy audits and reduce consumption at their agencies.
  • Energy efficiency upgrades implemented by the first 18-month group of Jewish Greening Fellows will lead to an estimated $1.25 million in energy savings in the next decade.
  • The second group of 19 Jewish Greening Fellows represents beneficiary agencies, local synagogues, and one Jewish day school. They've helped their institutions complete 17 energy audits since March 2011 — and conducted more than 65 greening meetings.
  • Fourteen beneficiary agencies have saved $975,000 in electrical costs since our greening initiative’s inception in 2009.
  • Eden Village Camp, supported by UJA-Federation, is the only Jewish environmental summer camp in the country.

At Our Headquarters

  • UJA-Federation reduced electrical consumption throughout its building by 14.8% during the past three years, even while adding two more floors of tenant occupancy. This figure represents an annual savings of more than $93,574.
  • In 2011, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) awarded UJA-Federation more than $8,227 in refunds for its performance in the NYISO Power Reduction Program.

Special Resources

  • Our online Greening Guide offers beneficiary agencies practical tips for putting greening ideas into action.
  • Our Wiener Educational Center conducts greening workshops for agency professionals and volunteers.