Making Water Conservation a Way of Life, Part 2: Agricultural Water Demand Management in Jordan
This is the second of a series of blogs that explore issues of water demand management in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, looking at water saving options in the domestic and agricultural sector. This entry about agricultural water demand management in Jordan was written by Emily Hylton, FoEME intern at the Amman office. As […]
First Eco Youth Camp at the Sharhabil ben Hassneh EcoPark
Between the cold, rain, and mud, FoEME’s Youth Water Trustees still found time to learn about green building methods last weekend at the Sharhabil ben Hassneh EcoPark. 24 students from six of our Good Water Neighbors communities travelled to the EcoPark to gain valuable ecobuilding skills and interact with their neighbors. This was the first […]
Reemergence of Earth Construction
Changing the way we think about mud You can make adobe bricks, use it as a plaster, ram it, or dig into it. For centuries, all around the world, people have been building structures with earth. It is estimated today that about half of the world’s population, on six continents, either lives in or works […]
What is more important than bringing a smile to a child’s face? FoEME opens new playground at the Auja Environmental Center
Life hasn’t always been easy for the children of Auja, a small village located in the Palestinian Jordan Valley. Certainly a complicated subject underlined by unemployment, limited resources and few opportunities for leisure and play. When FoEME established our Auja Environmental Center(AEC) we aimed to advance environmental education and awareness on the Jordan Valley’s geology, […]
Al Auja as a Palestinian model for an economically beneficial domestic water campaign
Al Auja village is a particularly tragic example of economic problems caused by severe water shortages in the Palestinian territories as a whole. In order for Al Auja to begin rehabilitation toward the prosperity of its “green” age, there needs to be other initiatives and opportunities for employment that are both economically and environmentally beneficial. […]
From Scarcity to Abundance: Greywater in Palestine
Last week I went with FoEME’s Palestine Director, Nader Khatib, to see the greywater system in his house. When we arrived, nothing about his house seemed out of the ordinary. Like almost all Palestinian homes, there were several large black water storage tanks on top of his roof. This is because in Palestine the water […]
Jordan River Exhibition Opens in Cologne, Germany on September 17th
FoEME is pleased to invite the public to attend our International Jordan River Photography Exhibition opening at St. Michael’s Church in Cologne, Germany on September 17.
Al Auja’s residents up close: Discovering the abundant wildlife in the Jordan valley
I’m taking the taxi from Jericho to Al Auja along the highway cutting through the Jordan Valley. The sun is blazing, small wind tornadoes are raising dust from the sandy soil and, due to the lack of water and vegetation, shades of brown are dominating the landscape. On first sight, this place does not seem […]
Social Protests in the Middle East and Global Biodiversity Loss
You might be wondering “What do the social protests in the Middle East and global biodiversity loss share in common?” First, thanks for asking. Second, this article intends to explain this unusual connection.
Exploring Energy in Jordan, Israel and Palestine: Part 3
This is the third blog in a series of three, which explore issues of energy in Jordan, Israel and Palestine. This entry was written by Chelsea McDaniel, FoEME intern at the Bethlehem Office. Part way through writing this blog, the power suddenly went out in our office—for the second time this week. Power outages haven’t […]