FoEME invites community to celebrate ‘Clean up the World’ at Sharbabil Bin Hassneh EcoPark
This post was contributed by Amany Mansour, FoEME’s GIS and youth coordinator at the Amman office. Friends of the Earth Middle East’s Amman office, together with the Australian Embassy and the Marriott Hotel, celebrated the ‘Clean up the World’ campaign at the Sharbabil Bin Hassneh EcoPark in Jordan. The idea of Clean up the World […]
Youth delegate represents FoEME at UN World Youth Conference in Mexico
This post was contributed by Hussam Hussein, FoEME’s youth representative from Jordan and former intern at our organization. “Youth should be given a change to take an active part in the decision-making at local, national and global level” United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon From August 23rd to 27th, Friends of the Earth Middle East was […]
European Parliament passes historic resolution in support of regional rehabilitation of the Lower Jordan River
MEDIA RELEASE European Parliament passes historic resolution in support of regional rehabilitation of the Lower Jordan River September 13, 2010 Amman, Tel Aviv, Bethlehem The European Parliament passed an historic resolution on September 9th, bringing attention to the critical state of the Lower Jordan River and calling upon the governments of Israel, Jordan and Palestine […]
FoEME wins EURO-MED DIALOGUE AWARD
MEDIA RELEASE FoEME wins EURO-MED DIALOGUE AWARD ‘Ambassadors of Intercultural Dialogue for Ecological Sustainability’ Tel Aviv / Bethlehem / Amman September 1, 2010 ‘ECOPEACE Friends of the Earth Middle East’ (FoEME), a civil society advocacy organization jointly established by environmentalists from Palestine, Jordan and Israel, has been officially announced as the 2010 winner of the […]
Jordanian girls on summer camp at FoEME’s EcoPark
This post was contributed by Amany Mansour, FoEME’s GIS and youth coordinator at the Amman office On the 1st of August 2010 a large group of Jordanian girls arrive to the Sharbabil Bin Hassneh EcoPark. They come from eight different Good Water Neighbors communities across the Jordan Valley, to participate in the first of a […]
A Big Jump into the Lower Jordan River to raise awareness to the plight of a shared resource
This post was contributed by Jessica Marx, intern at FoEME’s Tel Aviv office On Sunday, August 15, 2010, Friends of the Earth Middle East hosted a “Big Jump” into the Lower Jordan River to bring awareness to the plight of this shared resource in the Middle East. The three co-directors and staff from FoEME, mayors […]
Palestinian and Israeli residents call for immediate action at Hebron-Besor river basin
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaJMZTaoYvo] On August 9, 2010 Friends of the Earth Middle East co-organized a study tour with the Hebron-Be’er Sheva-HaBesor river coalition, a resident’s coalition that FoEME helped create. The river basin covers the area between Hebron in the West Bank, the western Negev and continues into the Gaza Strip, ending at the Mediterranean Sea. The […]
FoEME’s Response to Statement of Israeli Civil Administration as Regards Baptism at the Qasr el Yehud Site on the Lower Jordan River
MEDIA RELEASE Tel Aviv / July 27, 2010 Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) is saddened to maintain its call that baptism be banned from taking place on both sides of the Jordan River at the Qasr el Yehud / Bethany Beyond the Jordan site. Baptism should take place in clean healthy water which […]
Laying the groundwork for the Jordan Valley Environmental Education Center in Auja
FoEME is working on an exciting new initiative to establish an environmental education center in the Palestinian village of Auja focusing on water resource education, grey water irrigation and a wide range of environmental conservation measures. The center will run education activities for youth and adults from all across the West Bank, providing tools to […]
Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli youth elaborate environmental campaign during joint camp
On June 30th in the afternoon groups from Tulkarem (Palestinian Authorities), Muaz bin Jabal (Jordan), Emek Hefer and Eshkol (Israel) arrive to FoEME’s Sharbabil Bin Hassneh EcoPark, located in the northen part of the Jordan Valley. This is the location where the camp will take place that is part of FoEME’s Community-GIS project. The park […]