SPEAKERS GUIDE

Nathan Martin

Student Rabbi
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Nathan is completing his rabbinical studies at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (2006) after working for 7 years as an energy efficiency policy analyst at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). At the end of his LBNL work, Nathan took 6 months off to hike the 2,650 mile Pacific Crest Trail. A co-chair of the College’s Green Committee Nathan has sought to merge his environmental passion with Jewish tradition by co-leading workshop sessions on Green synagogues at two Jewish Reconstructionist Federation conventions, teaching and participating in three Hazon NJ Jewish Environmental Bikerides, and teaching various adult education classes on Judaism and the environment.

Topics on which qualified to speak:

• Theological / Philosophical Perspectives
• Ethical / Halakhic Perspective
• The Jewish Festival Cycle and Ecology
• Jewish Environmental Action
• Green Building / Sustainability

Types of Presentations available for:

• Scholar-in-residence for campus
• Jewish outdoor education programs for youth
• Jewish outdoor education programs for adults
• Synagogue speaker / sermon
• Campus speaker
• Day school / religious school speaker