Greening Shuls

So way awesome cool!!!

Look at this COEJL link. Notice the third paragraph about selecting shuls to green in New Jersey. See how it says, "We will select an Orthodox congregation soon."

That's going to be my shul!!!

I was invited to an "environmental committee" meeting at my shul tonight. I knew about it awhile ago, but I thought we were just going to be sitting around talking about using vinegar instead of bleach to clean. (Which is a very good idea, by the way.) Little did I know... instead there were representatives from COEJL there to get us into this program. I'm totally psyched about it. You can read more about it on that link, of course.

I didn't realize until the end of the meeting that we were the first Orthodox shul to sign up (or consider signing up) for it. I said,

"That's so cool!" followed by "That's kind of sad."

More than just greening the shul, I'm hoping we can set an example for other Orthodox shuls as well.

On top of that, many of the people at the meeting are people I know and really like already. And furthermore, I said smart things at the meeting, and even funny ones! People laughed at my jokes!

Who would have thought I could make a place for myself here. I guess everyone did but me.

It's awesome.