JCC Association Greening Initiative

What is a “greening” initiative for JCCs?  We have been using this term as shorthand for a lot of big ideas.  “Greening” means different things to different people, including conserving energy to avert climate change, eating organic food to protect land and health, promoting public transportation to protect air quality and protecting biodiversity, and exploring how Jewish texts and traditions relate to today’s environmental challenges, among many other things.

We have distilled the importance of sustainability into five pledges that constitue our "Greening Initiative" -   

1. JCC Association will support JCCs in engaging members in social action and Jewish learning that will promote caring for each other and the earth.

2. JCC Association will provide JCCs with the tools to provide healthy environments and support quality of life in their facilities and in their communities. 

3. JCC Association will help JCCs to take a leadership role in inspiring and mobilizing Jewish and general community organizations to work together to build sustainable communities.

4. JCC Association will help JCCs to reduce such environmental impacts resulting from their physical facilities.

5. JCC Association will support JCCs in implementing environmentally responsible actions that have business benefits, such as enhancing brand value and employee loyalty, reducing expenditures, and engaging donors.