Welcome to the online home of the Baltimore Green & Just Celebrations guide! Thank you for helping us make 5772 the year we bring this remarkable resource to Baltimore.

About the Guide: A little book with a BIG mission

Mazel Tov! Congratulations on your upcoming simcha/celebration. Make your special day a treasured memory, shared with loved ones, and exemplifying Jewish values. Learn more about making conscientious spending decisions while balancing cost against impact on the world.

Green & Just Celebrations is a booklet that offers specific suggestions for how families can make purchasing choices that are mindful of workers’ rights and environmental impact. The book is illustrated throughout with Jewish teachings, and with the real-life stories of more than forty DC-area families who made creative green and just choices for their own celebrations.

Washingon-based Jews United for Justice created the Green & Just Celebrations guide, which is in use by thousands of D.C.-area families. A California edition has been produced and other local and regional editions are in the works. Bringing this project to Baltimore will make greener and more just choices available to the tens of thousands of Jewish families in our area. The Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network, the American Jewish Congress, and local congregations have joined together to bring this terrific resource to our communities!

1: Take the Pledge
Want to use the Baltimore Green & Just Celebrations Guide once it's published? Take the pledge here! Your interest shows how many people in our community want this resource.
Pledge to use the Baltimore G&JC guide here.

2: Share Your Story
The book is illustrated throughout with Jewish teachings, and with the real-life stories of more than forty DC-area families who made creative green and just choices for their own celebrations. We want more stories from local Baltimore families!
Tell us your story here.

3: Nominate a Vendor, Service Provider, or Organization
Who sells awesome green and just products or services in our region? Suggest great places to hold your event, rent supplies, or buy things to the Baltimore Green & Just Celebrations Guide so other families can make decisions reflecting Jewish values.
Nominate a vendor here.

4: Become a Co-Sponsor!
Support the Green and Just Celebrations Guide and become a co-sponsor today. All donors will be honored in the printed guide when it is published.
Send checks payable to American Jewish Council (Memo Line: Baltimore Green and Just Guide) to the address listed below.

• Jews United for Justice
• Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network
• THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Sustainability Initiative
• Chizuk Amuno Congregation
• Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
• Har Sinai Congregation
• Temple Emanuel of Baltimore
• Congregation Beit Tikvah
• Beth Am Synagogue
• Kayam Farm
• East Bank Havurah
• Beth El Congregation
• Kol HaLev Synagogue Community

Resources for Co-sponsors

American Jewish Congress