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"WHEN LESS IS MORE"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160304395315599620.post-61480500373197126852011-08-21T13:00:00.000-07:002011-08-21T13:03:58.425-07:00Green Ramadan Pledge<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: #0078ff; Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 60.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 16020000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: #000718; mso-effects-shadow-colortransforms: "satm=200000 shade=1000"; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.575pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 1.969pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 5.7%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0078FF; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "satm=280000 tint=100000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #92AEF7; mso-style-textoutline-fill-colortransforms: "satm=200000 tint=72000"; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .709pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid; mso-themefont-family:";font-size:18.0pt;color:accent1;" ><span style="font-size:78%;">In the Name of Beneficent & Merciful God
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<br /></span>GREEN RAMADAN PLEDGE
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<br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";font-family:";" ><b><span style="color:#274e13;">(Please sign your name in the comment section below along with action items)</span></b></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";font-family:";" >"<b><span style="color:#274e13;">I _______________________ <span class="il">pledge</span> this Ramadan to MAKE A DIFFERENCE to be environmentally conscious, socially responsible and compassionate to those around me in following the example of Prophet Muhammad – the mercy to the worlds. In order to fulfill this, I <span class="il">pledge</span> to do the following action items :</span></b> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; mso-effects-shadow-align: none; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 65.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow- mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.4pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 5.5pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shade-linearshade-angle: 5400000; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shade-linearshade-fscaled: no; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shadetype: linear; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-stoplist: "0 \#A54200 9 100000 shade=20000 satm=200000\,78000 \#FF8C19 9 100000 tint=90000 shade=89000 satm=220000\,100000 \#FFF1E9 9 100000 tint=12000 satm=255000"; mso-style-textfill-type: gradient; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .075pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;font-family:";color:black;" ><span style="background-color: white; color:cyan;" >WATER</span><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor:accent1;" ></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">ð<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" >1. Adopt a Sunnah Wudu:</span></b><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" > It is reported that the Prophet Muhammad would perform the entire wudu from a bowl two-hands full together (approximately 0.5 liter) and he warned against excess in performing ablution (israf).</span><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";font-family:";" ></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">ð<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" >2. Quick Showers:</span></b><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" > Reduce shower time by 20%. On average, a ten minute shower results in twenty-five gallons of water down the drain.</span><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";font-family:";" ></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" color="purple">
<br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: purple;"><b><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";font-family:";" >WASTE</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">ð<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style=" Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;color:black;" >3. Eliminate Plastic Water Bottles: </span></b><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" >Plastic should be minimized because of harm related to global warming and health.</span><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";font-family:";" ></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">ð<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" >4. Eliminate Styrofoam.</span></b><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" > Styrofoam is unrecyclable and non-biodegradable, which means that it will persist as garbage even a thousand year after its use. </span><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";font-family:";" ></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">ð<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style=" Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;color:black;" >5. Adopt a Reusable water bottle/</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" >mug</span></b><span style=" Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;color:black;" > whether you are at the mosque, work, or home. Avoid bringing plastic disposable bottles to the mosque during iftars and for tarawih.</span><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";font-family:";" ></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">ð<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span class="il"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" >6. R</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" >educe Disposable Party items:</span></b><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" > Remove or reduce all of disposable items from your parties and save money while doing so.</span><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";font-family:";" ></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" color="orange">
<br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: orange;"><b><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";font-family:";" >FOOD </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">ð<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" >7. Reduce food waste</span></b><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" > and over consumption<span style="color:black;"> by eating moderately, keeping in mind the hadith (fill ⅓ of stomach with food, ⅓ water, and ⅓ empty). Take only what you can comfortably finish.</span></span><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";font-family:";" ></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">ð<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" >8. Sunnah Iftars: Eat More Fruits & Vegetables, Less Meat:</span></b><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" > The Prophet’s diet consisted mostly of grains, dates, water, milk, honey, vegetables and fruits. Meat was not daily part of his diet. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color:lime;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; mso-effects-shadow-align: none; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 65.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow- mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.4pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 5.5pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shade-linearshade-angle: 5400000; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shade-linearshade-fscaled: no; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shadetype: linear; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-stoplist: "0 \#A54200 9 100000 shade=20000 satm=200000\,78000 \#FF8C19 9 100000 tint=90000 shade=89000 satm=220000\,100000 \#FFF1E9 9 100000 tint=12000 satm=255000"; mso-style-textfill-type: gradient; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .075pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;font-family:";color:black;" >ENERGY</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">ð<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style=" Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;color:black;" >9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make an effort to carpool. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";font-family:";" ></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;font-size:11.0pt;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">ð<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" >10. Plant or expand a garden</span></b><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" > this year (less grass, more trees and plants) at home or the mosque and remember that planting a tree is a charity</span><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;" >May God help me accomplish this pledge to the best of my ability seeking His pleasure, amen.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160304395315599620.post-75709628637888057342011-08-21T12:10:00.000-07:002011-08-21T12:12:18.459-07:00Imam Zaid Shakir on Green Ramadan<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="Times New Roman",serif; font-weight: normal;font-family:Georgia,";"><span style="font-size:small;"><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_4e4e834c12f714669301471">Salam Alaikum Friends,
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<br />Imam Zaid invites all of you to Work for a Better Future - better environment. We are making a concerted effort to partner up with individuals like yourself to make a grassroots level green effort. <a href="http://www.thinkasgreen.com/2011/07/tag-green-ramadan-pledge.html"> Please take a Green Ramadan online Pledge (No cost) and encourage your friends to do so. </a><span class="text_exposed_show">
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<br />p.s. How green is YOUR HOME? & MASJID</span></div></span></span></h6>
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<br /><div class="mts uiAttachmentDesc" style="color:#38761d;"><span style="font-size:large;"><i>Imam Zaid gives a shout-out to all of the brothers and sisters working on the Green Ramadan project. </i></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160304395315599620.post-67240994105464762532011-08-09T07:49:00.001-07:002011-08-09T07:56:11.322-07:00The Green Shaykh<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83PH7-HfNNmLUQel77T8oU_x1pUyKcNkX7ELTo26DFPLjOM1JSUy9HzmQKhH2I1re876Z6UFQk4DqI7gwAtHCuuJxwKvkXXNrmEmyIwsCMXVTRpkEWG7I4PyahFOXEtvgPFuCrpdsfk4/s1600/green-flower-300x212.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83PH7-HfNNmLUQel77T8oU_x1pUyKcNkX7ELTo26DFPLjOM1JSUy9HzmQKhH2I1re876Z6UFQk4DqI7gwAtHCuuJxwKvkXXNrmEmyIwsCMXVTRpkEWG7I4PyahFOXEtvgPFuCrpdsfk4/s400/green-flower-300x212.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638869433009446146" border="0" /></a>
<br />A wonderful article from Imam Suhaib Webb's website on Five Ways to Green your Ramadan.
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<br /><a href="http://www.suhaibwebb.com/personaldvlpt/worship/fasting-ramadan/five-ways-to-green-your-ramadan/">Click here to Read the Article</a>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160304395315599620.post-18789550510718395132011-07-31T16:30:00.001-07:002011-07-31T16:34:31.035-07:00GREEN RAMADAN INITIATIVE IN THE PAPERS!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://southbrunswick.patch.com/articles/iscj-begins-green-ramadan-initiative#photo-7178879"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-1ZAQzt48hf8wnXMwWHegwbUruqofTrZTLwvyjKREHmY9Ung1bwI00hrPueG8WmS_DFi9cRAK8FKv-hqQ6S3wvUciZk3SnwfGZARPlqWluYpOvuOkLcV01NxGFXROVYybRrpoaSaw_0/s400/GRIMain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635663816648355650" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://southbrunswick.patch.com/articles/iscj-begins-green-ramadan-initiative">http://southbrunswick.patch.com/articles/iscj-begins-green-ramadan-initiative</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160304395315599620.post-53250623856990040102011-07-31T16:06:00.000-07:002011-07-31T16:16:27.082-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nRYqENuhANxhpFDbVoWGFOowwj752SSaBaNnoY1OyduvXCANojd_QOa5jKo2eBx9CrGW6s5_GGt0E2CirVbNm_ozSsY36jTGWHGnzUtuTO-PaV4gxHCGWnLilK89j_jJThGTZ6Kpg4Y/s1600/SunnahWudhu.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nRYqENuhANxhpFDbVoWGFOowwj752SSaBaNnoY1OyduvXCANojd_QOa5jKo2eBx9CrGW6s5_GGt0E2CirVbNm_ozSsY36jTGWHGnzUtuTO-PaV4gxHCGWnLilK89j_jJThGTZ6Kpg4Y/s400/SunnahWudhu.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635658051536304082" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hold up a 16oz bottle of water. The Prophet (AS) used to use about 80% of the water in that bottle. How often do we open the faucet at full blast when making wudhu? This is a remarkably easy Sunnah to implement and very easy to call others to it. So go for it...get yourself some rewards this Ramadan by conserving water and teach others to do the same!</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160304395315599620.post-41488299553831511632011-07-24T11:21:00.000-07:002011-07-24T11:24:18.351-07:00Green Ramadan Initiative<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ql8ewakryT65UNDuDsnKoYyCgyFXKg22NbVIsrfOydu2wvLNtpN0gccA3h8bLaHjAW1nlgcyT-jbW1zFqgKbreMubcVgG-pGcjE_Ld79Jbl3H0MKwxu2CCki_gx9Y5Wwvwse655xrz8/s1600/When+Less+is+More.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 447px; height: 376px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632985886502552402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ql8ewakryT65UNDuDsnKoYyCgyFXKg22NbVIsrfOydu2wvLNtpN0gccA3h8bLaHjAW1nlgcyT-jbW1zFqgKbreMubcVgG-pGcjE_Ld79Jbl3H0MKwxu2CCki_gx9Y5Wwvwse655xrz8/s320/When+Less+is+More.jpg" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0