Two years ago, I realized that my high school, Gann Academy, a Jewish day school in Waltham, Mass., was missing something. I was a sophomore at the time and became aware that my school had no environment club.

In honor of Jewish Social Action Month, there are plenty of ways to make your day even greener. It’s easy to get involved, so here are some great places to help you get started:

Blackle.com

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Ecogeek.org

The newspaper has been my essential reading material since childhood. As I simultaneously flip through its pages and munch on cereal every morning, I am provided with windows into the world, ranging from the latest war to this evening’s weather. As a journalist, though, I have learned that all my years of newspaper reading did not spoon-feed me what is important. Rather, they have made me question and explore the world through my own eyes.

I was in English class when I found out I was going to New Hampshire for the Student Conservation Association program for the summer. I was so excited that I asked my teacher if I could go call my mom, and safe to say, he was not as thrilled as I was. The news that I would be spending a month camping outdoors with five other Jewish teenagers and two counselors and learning about environmental conservation did not merit an excuse to get out of class, but it did make the day go by a lot quicker.