The Interfaith Green Sabbath Project – Jonathan Schorsch

Living Our Beliefs: Exploring Faith & Religion in Daily Life

Episode 59.
The Green Sabbath Project, founded by Jonathan Schorsch in 2019, promotes the concept and ritual of a weekly earth day. Taking a day of rest for yourself and the environment is eminently reflective of the sabbath. Although Jonathan draws from his Jewish heritage, the Green Sabbath Project intentionally avoids promoting any particular religious beliefs or language. Jonathan sees potential learning between religious and non-religious people in connecting the values of a weekly day of rest and reducing the impact on the environment. Taking on this practice is both a simple action and a very flexible practice with deep benefits.
Highlights:
· The Green Sabbath Project aims to promote sustainable living through practices inspired by the principles of Shabbat.
· The project avoids religious language to appeal to a wider audience and promote ecological consciousness.
· People need guidance, incentives to act sustainably and step off the hamster wheel.
· The project has three parts: education, gatherings, and encouraging people to observe Green Sabbaths.
· Promoting sustainable living and ecological thinking as complementary to religious and spiritual approaches.
· We need to re-think how we eat, shop, work, and relate to the environment.

Social Media links for Jonathan:
Website – https://www.greensabbathproject.net
Website – https://www.jassberlin.org
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-schorsch-a27630276
University of Potsdam – https://www.juedischetheologie-unipotsdam.de/en/chairs/jewish-religious-and-intellectual-history/prof-dr-jonathan-schorsch
Social Media links for Méli:
Talking with God Project – https://www.talkingwithgodproject.org
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/melisolomon/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066435622271
Transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1851013/episodes/14372271

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1. The Interfaith Green Sabbath Project – Jonathan Schorsch (00:00:00)

2. Introduction (00:00:05)

3. Jonathan's Jewish path and Green Sabbath Project (00:02:01)

4. Language choices and Shabbat (00:08:52)

5. Shabbat and an ecological life (00:16:25)

6. Diverse audience (00:18:45)

7. History of project's vision (00:23:08)

8. Looking forward (00:33:09)

9. Effect of project on Jonathan (00:40:27)