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Excerpts from "Torah of the Earth": A Guide to Outreach Through Environmental Awareness "There are many sources stressing the importance of taking care of the Earth and connecting with nature in Tanach, Midrash and Halacha. Perhaps, because the Jewish people have lived for so long in exile and detached from the land, these sources have not been cultivated to their fullest for many years. Now that we are returning to our own Land, the time has come to reevaluate our relationship with the Earth, and start keeping the Torah laws that relate to the importance of environmental awareness." "Composting can be understood as the highest way of glorifying the mitzvah of the prohibition against destruction and waste. Recycling is part of the basic Jewish way of Tikkun Olam- (Betterment of the World). By recycling, we can elevate even the "lowest" aspects of the physical world by reconnecting the sparks of holiness and purpose in each element that we work with to its higher capacity." "...Rambam's Hilchot Deot moreover connects healthy living with the Torah explaining that "keeping oneself healthy is a mitzvah, since it is impossible to understand and learn the knowledge of G-d when one is sick. Therefore a person must distance himself from things that destroy the body and he should develop healthy habits." "
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