The sky is the limit during Sukkot, as far as creative ideas for a Sukkah, including green/recycling or environmentally friendly ideas.

Here are some Sukkot Environmentally Friendly tips.

When attending a sukkah at a synagogue or loved one’s home, use non-disposable place settings from home, so as not to involve huge disposals of paper plates, plastic ware, etc., being added to a landfill. Include cloth napkins to rewash at home and reuse.

Make chains by decorating and stringing together toilet tissue rolls.

String together empty and rinsed soda cans or bottles.

Soda bottle tops can make a great looking entrance when stringed together…the beaded effect can look quite neat, almost like something from the 1960s.

Egg cartons tied together can make great walls, and so can the sides of broken down cardboard boxes. You can decorate the egg cartons and the cardboard boxes.

Cardboard boxes make good tables, and can be recycled for future use as packing boxes. Any handmade items that you have created can be packed away inside the boxes.

Branches from palm, myrtle or willow trees that you might have growing in your yard make wonderful roofs.

Bottles or glass jars make good candle holders. You can decorate the outside of them, too.

Magazine cutout collages make excellent interior decorations.

Make a chain out of strips of paper glued together, and vary the colors. Add sparkles to them so they catch some light. Small paper plates are also a good substance to decorate and chain together, or hang individually on the walls of the succah.

The roof must be made of organic materials, and if you have an old sheet made of 100% cotton, use it, instead of worrying about the tree branches. Mesh is also a good organic material, as is canvas.

Print small photographs of relatives and or ancestors on environmentally friendly paper, and then string them together across the interior of your Sukkah. Stringing ancestral photos in genealogical order inside the Sukkah is especially fun, and brings a new meaning to your family tree.

Chag Sameach!

Shabbat Shalom!
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Friday October 2, 2009 – 14th Tishrei, 5770