Martin David Yaffe is a professor of philosophy and religion studies at the University of North Texas in Denton. He is the editor of Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A Reader.

Moshe Sokol is dean of Lander College for Men and Beis Medrash L’ Talmud at Touro College in New York City. Sokol has participated in, taught at and delivered papers at several conferences and sessions on Judaism and the environment.

Ismar Schorsch is a professor of Jewish history at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. He worked with former Vice President Al Gore to create the National Religious Partnership for the Environment.

Rabbi Arthur Waskow is a Reconstructionist rabbi who is director of the Shalom Center, which promotes activism and education around Jewish environmentalism. He is the author of Down-to-Earth Judaism: Food, Money, Sex and the Rest of Life. Read his essay “Passover as if Earth Really Matters” in the April 2008 online edition of The Nation.

Evonne Marzouk is executive director and founder of Canfei Nesharim, an organization of Orthodox Jews committed to preserving the environment. She has spoken widely on Judaism and the environment. She lives in Maryland.

Gary Rosenblatt is editor and publisher of The (New York) Jewish Week. He and other reporters at the paper have written extensively about the effects of the recession and the Madoff scandal on Jewish philanthropies.

Naomi Levine is executive director of New York University’s Heyman Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising and is an expert on Jewish philanthropy and nonprofits.

The TorahTrek Center for Jewish Wilderness Spirituality conducts retreats, outdoor adventures and events that make a connection to Jewish life and the environment. Rabbi Mike Comins is its founder. It is based in Los Angeles. Contact through the form on their website.

The Big Green Jewish Website is the home of the climate change campaign of the Jewish community in the United Kingdom. The site works to raise awareness about environmental issues by educating and empowering people to make changes in their lives.