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Green News Water is a Precious Resource In all its forms, water shapes and nourishes life on Earth. Human communities and the world's unique biodiversity both depend on clean, secure sources of fresh water. However, less than one percent of the Earth's fresh water flows freely, and burgeoning human populations are making unsustainable demands on this vital resource. Demand for fresh water is already outstripping supply in many regions around the world.

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Both biodiversity and human communities are at risk: an estimated one out of every six people on Earth has no access to clean drinking water; two out of six people lack adequate sanitation; and four out of six are afflicted by water-borne illnesses. Living in Colorado, we are

Jewish Food News by Mara Friedman 路 June 29th, 2010 This article is crossposted to Intermountain Jewish News and was written by Chris Leppek. If you listen carefully, you might hear new and curious sounds emanating from the Denver Jewish community. Such as a rake drawing its tines through freshly turned earth. Or a hoe chucking its way through clods and weeds. Or the hushed plinks of water drops falling from hoses to dirt. Or, perhaps, even the barely perceptible whisper of a young plant springing forth from a seed in search of sunlight. Gardens and small farms are appearing in the city in all sorts of unlikely places, including Jewish places - in the shadow of a synagogue, on newly-acquired land that might one day become a Jewish high school, on an empty lot amidst the hustle-bustle of downtown itself. Although part of a growing national movement that values urban farming, organic food and a philosophical return to nature and hard work, these are Jewish gardens. They are reminding modern urban Jews of their distant agricultural past. They are reconnecting them with the seasons and cycles of their own ancient religious calendar and providing precious opportunities to honor the commandments of their tradition and faith. They are, in many ways, helping 21st century Jews rediscover something elusive yet powerful, something essentially human and mystical - the timeless harmony between man and nature. In physical terms, raising crops is hard and unromantic work. Bringing forth food from the land means getting dirty and sweaty, enduring blistered hands and sore backs, as it always has. It might also mean disappointment and loss when the weather is at cross purposes with the farmer. But ask any of Denver's modern urban Jewish farmers whether they regret it when the summer begins to wane into autumn and the first crops are ready for harvest. 8/17/10 8:21 AM As they hold the fruit or vegetable they raised from a seedling in the spring, nurtured and supported during the summer and


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