Making menorahs with children is also a lot of fun!! When I was younger my parents and I would make menorahs from blocks of wood and nuts and bolts to glue on top for the candles.  This can be a very fun project to do for all you Jews with little ones!

I just went on the Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network's website, but couldn't seem to find the link for Bar/Bat Mitzvah suggestions.  Could you please let me know if you have to click on another link first.  I did try many of the links listed.

Thanks so much as I am very interested.

My husband and I love to make our own hanukiot(menorahs)! My favorite one has a recycled mirror as the base, so pretty when the candles are lit! I'm making my first vegan challah for Shabbat tonight, yum!  

If you want to save money by driving, how about getting together with some friends and spending Shabbat (Saturday, Jewish Sabbath) together, from Friday evening to Saturday evening.  No driving.  No cooking.  No TV.  No Internet.  Cook in advance.  Play games together.  Go on walks.  Play (non-electric) musical instruments.  Study some Torah with some cool commentary.  Do it once a month and save the planet a heap of resources!

The vast majority of things that we put into a recycling bin can be effectively and easily converted (reused) in the construction of other things (mostly decorative, some functional). 

The INTERNET is full of DIY guides for which the materials called for can be sourced from recyclables that we would otherwise responsibly place in oru recycling bins. 

If only recycling was pervasive: millions of Americans still lack convenient access to mixed stream recycling at home or work. For these people, trash output can become art/ materials for other projects.

Reusing something uses a lot less energy than the recycling process. Throwing almost anything in a trash dump is ethically reprehensible. Reusing containers is probably the easiest thing to do. I watched/ learned this principle from my grandparents who were naturally resource conserving/frugal despite their wealth because they lived through the depression (rest their souls).

Saving a jar or box can really come in handy if you want to buy something organic in bulk with your reused container, or if you ebay regularly that box can become a new shipping container :) The possibilities are endless if we apply creativity and critical thinking to any project or problem. I admittedly recycle far more often than I reuse products in my output stream- we all always have room for improvement, growth and learning!