Teaneck School To Implement Israeli Rainwater Harvest System
Image by Courtesy
Through collaboration with the Teaneck Creek Conservancy and Amir Yechieli, founder of Israel-based “Yevul Mayim,” the Jack Flamholz Water Sustainability Project has successfully introduced water conservation curriculum and rainwater harvesting to Hawthorne Elementary School in Teaneck. This is the first project of its kind in New Jersey and will allow students to explore ideas on water conservation in public and private spaces, utilizing Yecheili’s unique rain barrel design for hands-on learning. Rain barrels have also been installed at Teaneck Creek Conservancy and the Flamholz household for public demonstrations.
“It’s wonderful to be able to bring expertise from Israel and weave it into my home and into local organizations. I hope there’s room for growth and that we can eventually see day-schools with similar programs,” says Jack’s wife, Beverly Luchfeld.
Alexa Marques, Executive Director of the Teaneck Creek Conservancy added her excitement about the project’s local focus. “We look forward to further collaborations with our neighbors at Hawthorne Elementary in promoting water conservation and making Teaneck a greener place,” she said, “And we thank the Jack Flamholz Water Sustainability Project for their support, commitment, and guidance.”
On Tuesday May 23, 2017 at 9 am, the inauguration of the rain water system will take place at Hawthorne Elementary School; you can RSVP here.
A message from our CEO & publisher Rachel Fishman Feddersen
I hope you appreciated this article. Before you move on, I wanted to ask you to support the Forward’s award-winning journalism during our High Holiday Monthly Donor Drive.
If you’ve turned to the Forward in the past 12 months to better understand the world around you, we hope you will support us with a gift now. Your support has a direct impact, giving us the resources we need to report from Israel and around the U.S., across college campuses, and wherever there is news of importance to American Jews.
Make a monthly or one-time gift and support Jewish journalism throughout 5785. The first six months of your monthly gift will be matched for twice the investment in independent Jewish journalism.
— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO
