Tag: Good Water Neighbors

FoEME Inspires Environmental Cooperation in Countries in Conflict

The week of July 3rd, a representative of FoEME was invited to attend and present at the Young Global Leaders Initiative on India Pakistan Cooperation Conference held on July 8-9 in Lahore, Pakistan.  This year’s theme was Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction: Managing Risks, Creating Benefits. The conference brought together leaders from Pakistan and […]

Dancing for the Lower Jordan River

The weekend of June 24th, FoEME hosted an exciting youth camp with over 40 Jordanian, Israeli, and Palestinian youth in the Jordan River Valley in Israel as part of our “Good Water Neighbors” project.  The youth participated in the Global Water Dance, learned about their shared water resources, witnessed pollution that contaminates their watershed and had […]

FoEME’s Youth Water Trustees Celebrate Google Earth Launch of Community GIS

On June 13th and 14th 2011, FoEME’s Tel Aviv office hosted an event at the Science Museum in Jerusalem while FoEME’s Bethlehem office hosted an event at our Auja Environmental Center to celebrate the hard work of FoEME’s Youth Water Trustees! For the last year FoEME’s Youth Water Trustees of the “Good Water Neighbors” project […]

Shared water problems bring Emek Hefer youth and adults together with their Palestinian and Jordanian neighbors

Uri Salem, Israeli citizen, explains about the water and air pollution that threaten the environment in the area of FoEME’s partner communities Emek Hefer (Isr) and Tulkarem (Pal).  In February he participated in FoEME’s regional advocacy meeting with Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian residents. Israeli students from Emek Hefer describe their meeting with Palestinian students living […]

NIF/Shatil Fellows visit FoEME and tour Tsur Hadassah

This blog post was contributed by Tamar Ariel, NIF/Shatil Fellow at FoEME’s Tel Aviv office. On Tuesday February 15th, the six New Israel Fund/Shatil Fellows in Israel and our coordinator Anat Yona had a “site visit” at Friends of the Earth Middle East. Each Fellow works for an Israeli NGO, so this group is already […]

Jordanians, Palestinians and Israelis gather for a regional advocacy meeting

From February 4th to 6th Friends of the Earth Middle East held the largest event so far within the framework of the TAP project (Transboundary Advocacy of Parliamentarians). 47 residents of 24 communities in Jordan, Palestine and Israel came together at the Dead Sea Spa Hotel in Jordan for lectures and discussions regarding regional water […]

What is FoEME doing in 2011?

This blog post was contributed by Efrath Silver, intern at FoEME’s Tel Aviv office The year 2011 has well begun. At Friends of the Earth Middle East we are anticipating an important and exciting year, during which we will continue and expand current projects, as well as develop new activities. A lot of work lies […]

Choral Music Festival Calls for Rehabilitation of the Jordan River

This blog post was contributed by Jessica Marx, intern at FoEME’s Tel Aviv office. From January 14 through 15, EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) partnered with the “Mi-la” Organization (the Israeli Center for Choirs and Singing Groups) in holding its annual “Around the Kinneret” Choral Music Festival, this year calling for the rehabilitation […]

A Model Water Agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority

This blog post was contributed by Jessica Marx, intern at FoEME’s Tel Aviv office. On November 30, 2010, a regional conference took place in Jerusalem to introduce a new model water agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.  Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) presented a water accord to replace the Joint Water Commission […]