Ori Einhorn

Once in a while i love reading the National Geographic magazine to my children. My kids are fascinated by the different cultures and far a way places, the customs of different people around the world and their behavior. Usually we find time on a Friday night where Orthodox Jews refrain from any mundane work and focus on the family. So there i am trying to explain to my 4 year old what is Global Warming and how people are trying to cut down on gazes by switching to ethanol produced from Corn & Sugar cane. Then my 4 year old came up with an idea, a simplistic one, but one that provokes thought. Why she said don’t the people stop putting these gazes in the air. A simple thought but yet intriguing, instead of attacking the substance the re: Gazes, Carbon In Soil, Light bulbs etc. lets attack the core problem - People.. why do people need a SUV why do they need to drive it all the time? why does the land need to produce the whole year? why do people have to travel and shop 365 days a year ? What happened to a day of rest the way God intended it to be; for people, animals and land. A day of rest from energy consumption, a day of rest from polluting the air, from using the land.
Then I remembered as an Orthodox Jew I have all that, I have Saturday - where i refrain from doing any work, drive, use the land or pollute the air. What would happen if all the people in the world 6 billion people will decide to dedicate a day like that for themselves and their families. I think that the world’s Global Warming problem will come to an end, G-d knew what he was talking about when he created this land - “6 days you shall do your labor and on the seventh you should rest”…