1. Don Henry, CEO
of Australian Conservation Foundation, cutting BBEG's
10th birthday cake
2. We visit CERES 3. Clean Up Australia
volunteers 4. Our Tree Planters
5. Our visit to VISY recycling
Formed
in 1997, BBEG seeks to provide a Jewish perspective on environmental issues and
a Jewish voice in the wider environment-concerned community. We are a committed group who work actively in
the environment preservation sphere. We have regularly participated in annual events such as Clean Up Australia and Plant Trees for Parks Victoria.
We have:
·
organised Eco tours of sites
such as CERES, French Island Permaculture Farm, the “Green Building”, household
waste recycling facilities & water treatment plants and have speakers
active in the field address us at our meetings.
·
supported the Port Phillip Ecocentre,
both financially and with workers.
·
set up recycling bins for
corks, batteries, spectacles, hearing aids, mobile phones, compact fluorescent
light globes and hotel give-aways (soap, shampoo etc.)
· had calico bags specially made to our own design, and sold
2000 of them to encourage people to use fewer plastic bags
As foundation
members of the Jewish Ecological Coalition inc. (JECO) we have played a leading
role in organising Jewish Eco-Festivals in 2004 & 2005.
We meet monthly in private homes. Our “thought for the month” stimulates us to
notice articles on environmental issues and report them to the group, and we
have also sought to educate ourselves on the Halachic perspective on the
environment.
To
Contact us
We would love to
have new ideas and new input from YOU or come join us and add your voice to
ours.
For details of
meetings and membership,
Contact: Dennis
Nassau: dennisnassau@gmail.com (03 98856070)
or contact the
Victorian B'nai B'rith office: Tel: 03 9527 8249,
Fax: 03 9527 8259,
Email: council@bbvic.org