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"Going Green" is a Moral Imperative at Bar-Ilan University in Israel
Publication Date: January 2008
Publisher(s): Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education
Author(s): Mark Medin
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Environment (Environmental policy)
Keywords: Study; Leadership; Environment; Higher Education
Type: Report
Coverage: Israel
Abstract:
The author discusses the ways in which Israel's Bar-Ilan University is seeking to become a leader in environmental research and education. These initiatives include an environmentally friendly campus, studies into local ecosystems, exploration of environmental issues as encountered in the Jewish religious tradition, studies into the causes of climate change, and research into nano-technology and biotechnology which may offer new environmental possibilities.
In Jewish Education News, Fall 2008.