Erev Shabbat Service and Shabbat Zemirah with guest speaker Liz Christy and music by Walt Beier

Featuring fabulous saxophone music by Walt Beier.

"Tikkun Olam and Turtles: creating sustainable environments in Gandoca, Costa Rica"
Liz Christy is a senior Environmental Studies Major and Spanish Minor at Temple University. Over the summer she joined a program called International Student Volunteers. Her project was to work with WIDECAST, an international organization based mostly in Central and South America, focused on preserving the populations and habitats of all sea turtles native to the Carribean and Pacific oceans. Working with local Costa Rican families and volunteers from all over the globe our goal was create a safe nesting site for leatherback seaturtles to increase their populations. Various aspects of the program include studying the habits of the turtles, working with local community to keep their environment clean, helping locals find ways to supplement their income without killing the turtles and working with surrounding nations to understand why the turtles are dwindling in numbers. Environmental protection and Tikkun Olam go hand in hand. Come hear about her experience and learn how you can take similar action to see and save our planet.