Alumni Seminar – Personal Reflections
Sandra from Palestine “Be the change you wish to see in the world” This quote has always inspired me to be the best leader, so with this quote in my mind I have chosen to be with Ecopeace to let them see my hard work, passion, ambitions and dreams to be a good leader in […]
Session with a group of American students on the rehabilitation of the Jordan River
A session with a group of high school students from The National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) took place on 4 July 2017 at Ecopeace Middle East’s Office in Amman. The aim of the session was to raise awareness in relation to environmental degradation and to inform the students about EcoPeace’s efforts to rehabilitate […]
The Best Day of My Life
I’m Malak Bkierat and have been involved with EcoPeace for the last six years. I’m 18 years old from Jerusalem and I’m currently studying English literature at Bethlehem University. Thursday, 6th April, was one of the best days of my life. I was invited to participate in a three-day camp in Ein Karem with Palestinian, […]
EcoPeace at the Alliance for Middle East Peace 2017 Regional Conference
Two weeks ago, I had the privilege to represent EcoPeace at the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP) 2017 Regional Conference in Jerusalem. The conference brought together a variety of organizations all with the same goal: to promote peace in the Middle East. There were a diverse range of organizations present, both Israeli and Palestinian, […]
Regional Youth camp at SHE
A three-day youth camp has been held at SHE between 30 March and 1 April as an activity related to the MEDFORVAL project. The camp’s participants were from Jordan, Palestine and Israel and it included a workshop on biodiversity and its impact on the environment. After a brief explanation of the camp rules, participants […]
EcoPeace’s Center for Water Security at Al Gore’s Climate Reality project
Al Gore’s Climate Reality project invited people representing more than 30 countries to a conference in Colorado to advance projects addressing climate change. Marina Djernaes, the director for EcoPeace’s Center for Water Security represented EcoPeace and our 23 years of best practices experience in practical implementation of environmental peacebuilding. The center engages across the globe […]
Workshop on Empowering Young Women at SHE
A workshop has been held on 17-18th Feb 2017 as an activity related to the Good Water Neighbours project. The main theme was “Women empowerment and the role of women in local communities and in preserving water resources. A group of 20 girls from all over the Jordan Valley attended this workshop at SHE Park. […]
Women in Regional Environmental Leadership
Happy International Women’s Day! We strongly believe that progress cannot be made without the input and leadership of women and girls in their communities. It seems fitting that this week we welcome three new female interns to each of our offices. Through these interns we hope to build a new generation of female leaders in […]
International Women’s Day
Environmental progress and peacekeeping cannot, and will not, happen without the involvement of women and girls in their communities. International Women’s Day, March 8th 2017, is a day to highlight women’s accomplishments around the world, and to kickstart EcoPeace’s updates of our work on Women’s empowerment across the region. In October 2016 EcoPeace staff joined […]
Popping the Bubble
This weekend I had the privilege of going to EcoPeace’s EcoPark in Ein Gedi along with a group of 22 Israeli teenage youth water trustees. Working in the office in Tel Aviv, I was becoming worried about getting stuck in a bubble where I’d see the issues that EcoPeace deals with, the talk of a […]