Climate change affects everyone on Earth. Here in the U.S., everyone feels the effects, from more frequent and catastrophic storms in the South due to rising sea levels and rising temperatures, to more devastating wildfires in the West; no one is left untouched. Climate change is a significant problem that is not discussed enough today. Slowing down climate change is essential for preserving our Earth’s future, making the Planet a safer place, and leaving our children and future generations with a beautiful Earth.

According to NASA, “climate change is the long-term, large-scale shift in average global weather patterns and temperatures, primarily driven by human activities like burning fossil fuels that release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.” As of now, climate change is an overshadowed topic, and if we don’t start taking action soon, then even more destructive change will happen to our planet.

The science is clear: greenhouse gas emissions are heating our planet and worsening the climate crisis. Climate change poses a significant threat to our planet and future generations. Two’s AZA supports policies that reduce emissions, leading to cleaner air, water, and land, and helping to slow the devastating impacts of climate change.

We believe that protecting our environment is a moral obligation, rooted in the core Jewish value of pikuach nefesh — the sacred duty to save lives. This principle calls on us to protect the environment, ensuring that our actions today do not compromise the health and well-being of future generations.

By taking meaningful steps toward sustainability, we honor this tradition and uphold our obligation to ensure a healthy, just world for those who come after us.

Help Two’s AZA create a better tomorrow!

Write your members of Congress. Tell them to enact comprehensive clean energy permitting reform. Research shows that customized messages have the greatest impact, so be sure to personalize the example message before you send it to your members of Congress.

Two’s is continuing its volunteer efforts at Mitzvah Garden KC, a volunteer-supported, nonprofit garden with 100% of its harvests going to local food pantries. Last year, as part of our “Stand UP to Child Hunger” campaign, Two’s helped harvest peppers, tomatoes, lettuce and okra, and helped with general maintenance in the garden. Community gardens like Mitzvah Garden KC help combat climate change by reducing “food miles” and transport emissions, increasing carbon sequestration through more vegetation, mitigating the urban heat island effect, improving air and soil quality, promoting biodiversity, and fostering local food security.

The 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar — celebrated this year on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026 — is the day that marks the beginning of a “new year” for trees. Commonly known as Tu B’Shevat, this day marks the season in which the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle. On Feb. 2, Two’s AZA held a “Two B’Shevat Seder” in celebration of the Jewish holiday. Alephs participated in a Tu B’Shevat-related trivia contest. The loser of each question had to eat a “mystery” food. After the seder, each Aleph was gifted a plant to take home and nurture.

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