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 […]
FoEME Media Tour to the Jordan Valley Raises Public Awareness
This blog post was contributed by Jessica Lehman, intern at FoEME’s Amman office On a beautiful Saturday in early March, a group of media reporters, representatives from the House of Parliament, Rotarians, and FoEME staff and interns traveled to the Jordan Valley to learn about water issues and the work of FoEME. The media can […]
FoEME participates in youth meeting in Greece: Biodiversity Interactive
From February 18th to February 27th, youth delegates from six Mediterranean countries met in the mountainous areas of Greece to talk about biodiversity. Jordan, Israel, France, Italy, Turkey and Greece, all at or close to the Mediterranean Sea, shared their problems and concerns related to biodiversity and discussed solutions. The Greek non-profit organization Mediterranean SOS […]
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 […]
The Journey Across the Jordan: Natalie and Ron in a Neighboring Land
Two of FoEME’s youth Water Trustees from Israel share their experience about visiting Jordan, where they were invited to present at the 7th annual Good Water Neighbors conference. The Water Trustees take part in FoEME’s community-GIS project, a joint Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian educational initiative. This was our first time in Jordan. As was to […]
FoEME Hosts Conference in Jordan: One Basin, Conflicting Visions
This blog post was contributed by Jessica Marx and Yedida Wolfe from FoEME’s Tel Aviv office. From November 2, 2010 through November 3, 2010, FoEME hosted the “7th Annual Good Water Neighbors Conference: One Basin, Conflicting Visions” in Amman, Jordan. Over 150 people attended the conference, including representatives of government from Jordan, Israel, and Palestine, […]
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 […]
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 […]