SPEAKERS GUIDE

Barbara Lerman-Golomb

Director, Community Relations, Hazon Former Executive Director, COEJL

babsink@aol.com

Barbara Lerman-Golomb was involved with COEJL both as a volunteer and as a professional since it began in 1993 as a Regional Affiliate, Board member, Communications Director, and Executive Director. She trained as a Teva Learning Center experiential, environmental educator in 2000 which inspired her to create WOW (Wonders of the World) eco-focused workshops for children, earning her the name Barbara WOW. For the past ten years, Barbara has been addressing groups on the connection between Judaism and the environment. Specifically, she has been working to bring about awareness of global climate change and helping to “green” communities as a way to address this issue. Barbara originated the 2006 nationwide climate change campaign, “How Many Jews Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb?” and was featured in Lilith Magazine as an “Eco-Revolutionary” in their Fall, 2007 issue. She is an author, scriptwriter, and designer of a wide variety of educational materials for the leading publishing and edutainment companies.  Barbara received a degree in Film/Television/Theatre from New York University and at 19 years old, made a public service film on the dangers of nuclear power. She began in the for-profit sector working for Nickelodeon, MTV, and the Movie Channel, but early on made the choice to focus her efforts on education, community service, and social justice. Barbara was a coordinator for the Million Mom March advocating for gun safety legislation and a former board member of the inter-religious environmental organization GreenFaith. She serves on the Hazon Board, the Union for Reform Judaism’s Commission on Social Action and Northeast Camp Commission.

Topics on which qualified to speak:

• The Jewish Festival Cycle and Ecology
• Experiential Jewish Environmental Education
• Jewish Environmental Action
• Green Building / Sustainability

Types of Presentations available for:

• Synagogue speaker / sermon
• Campus speaker
• Conference speaker
• Day school / religious school speaker