Name: Waste Not Book Launch
Start: 2020-02-10T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-02-10T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Jackman Humanities Institute

Waste Not Book Launch

Our goal at the School of the Environment is to create and interpret knowledge on environmental issues through outstanding academic programs, and to provide students with the skills, knowledge, and experience necessary to make a substantive difference in the world. We are focused on creating new knowledge, training future leaders, engaging and forging partnerships with the wider community, and contributing to positive environmental and social change from the local to the global scale.The School acts as a hub for researchers and students from many different disciplines spanning the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities, bringing together many different perspectives to bear on today’s pressing environmental challenges. Our faculty and instructors are a diverse community collaborating across departments, schools, and faculties at the University of Toronto and beyond.

School of the Environment

Please join us to celebrate the book launch of Waste Not: A Jewish Environmental Ethic.

Jackman Humanities Institute

Professor Tanhum Yoreh traces the development of bal tashḥit, the Jewish prohibition against wastefulness and destruction, from its biblical origins to the contemporary environmental movement. Waste Not provides a comprehensive intellectual history of this concept, charting its evolution from the Bible through classical rabbinic literature, commentaries, codes of law, responsa, and the works of modern environmentalists. This book supports conversations about faith, consumption and waste, and provides a foundation for understanding the prohibition as an environmental ethic for today and tomorrow.Copies of the book will be available to purchase at the event for the significantly reduced price of $65. Cash only. Books are also available at a variety of different online sellers.

University co-sponsors:<a href="http:// https://shoresh.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://nmc.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations </a><a href="https://humanities.utoronto.ca/building-environmental-humanities-university-toronto" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jackman Humanities Institute, Environmental Humanities Network</a> <a href="http:// https://jesuitforum.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="http://cjs.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies </a><a href="https://noorculturalcentre.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="http://www.studentlife.utoronto.ca/mf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Multi-Faith Centre </a>Community co-sponsors:<a href="http:// https://shoresh.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Shoresh</a><a href="http:// https://jesuitforum.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice</a><a href="https://noorculturalcentre.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Noor Cultural Centre </a><a href="http:// http://www.marywardcentre.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Mary Ward Centre</a> <a href="http:// https://www.faithcommongood.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Faith and the Common Good</a>If you require accommodation please contact our Event Coordinator at jessica.dasilveira@utoronto.ca.

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