Sign up to connect with others interested in carpooling!
During Days of Awe, many members found a new community to share rides with.
Even if you’re already taking transit or alternate modes of transportation, please sign up so we can count you in!
Contact Peter Driftmier at carpoolingattemple@gmail.com for more information.
Temple B’nai Tikvah celebrates the first year of our solar panels.
We are proud to be the second synagogue in Canada with a solar array, and the first host in Calgary of a community-owned cooperative renewable energy system.
View Temple’s solar-powered menorah lighting celebration
Skip the Depot Project
Tired of waiting in line at the bottle depot to get your cash? We can do the work for you! Just donate your bottles and cans to Skip the Depot using the referral link above and Temple B’nai Tikvah will receive the proceeds. It’s a win-win: you schedule a pick-up when it is convenient for you and no more standing in line, Temple B’nai Tikvah reaps the rewards.
Temple’s Climate Action
Did you know that Temple has a Climate Action Plan?
As part of our participation in the Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition, Temple has committed to making annual action plans.
Read the Plan for 5785 here. You can also check the first Climate Action Plan for 5784 here.
Have ideas for making climate action at Temple? Contact the Environment Committee care of Peter Driftmier.
Join the Climate Action Challenge
Katie Baker’s Climate Action Pledge
My pledge is to include climate and environmental implications in my decisions, even when they aren’t the sole deciding factor, and to mitigate my impact however possible.
For example: my kids don’t drink kefir when I send it to school in a thermos, it comes home and goes down the side k. They do drink it from the little yoghurt drink bottles. I haven’t found a robust reusable replacement at that size (90-100ml), so we buy yoghurt drinks, drink them, reuse the bottles 1-3 times (refilling from a 2l bottle) until the lids lose their seal, and then recycle them through the temple bottle depot program. It is far from perfect, but it is the best way we can manage it at the moment.
We try to approach all of our decisions this way, and find the best option that we can manage right now, and also be aware of where we have room for improvement.
Samantha Shulman’s Climate Action Pledge
Minimize household items I buy that come in disposable plastic. Use reusable containers at re-fill stores for cleaners, soaps etc.
Betsy Jameson’s Climate Pledge
To cut down on my purchasing of single-use plastics and household products that are toxic and non-biodegradable. Items like dishwasher soap, laundry detergent, household cleaners. I’ve become a big fan of a particular online company, Tru Earth, for things like this. So far, I’ve used their laundry detergent, household cleaner, and toilet cleaner. They are affordable, and they work. I’ve started donating these environmentally friendly cleaning products to some charities I support. If you’re interested, check out their website.
