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 […]
Exploring Energy in Jordan, Israel and Palestine: Part 2
This is the second blog in a series of three, which explore issues of energy in Jordan, Israel and Palestine. This entry was written by Shannon McGowan, FoEME intern at the Amman Office and studies International Environmental Policy at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Jordan faces multiple challenges within the energy sector, including […]
Exploring Energy in Jordan, Israel and Palestine: Part 1
This is the first blog in a series of three, which explore issues of energy in Jordan, Israel and Palestine. This entry was written by Daniel Olson, FoEME intern at the Tel Aviv Office and a senior Environmental Studies major at Yale University. When it comes to renewable energy use, some may see Israel as […]
Welcome to Auja Environmental Center
Recently I had the pleasure of spending several days at the Auja Environmental Center in Al Auja, Palestine. FoEME has developed two pilot environmental centers in the Lower Jordan River Basin. Both centers, the Auja Environmental Center and the Sharhabil Bin Hassneh EcoPark provide wonderful opportunities to escape urbanity, learn about the local ecology, breathe in fresh air, […]
Do They Think We Are Idiots? We All Know Dead Sea Works is Destroying the Dead Sea
Over the past few weeks, Dead Sea Works (DSW) has saturated Israeli media outlets with a misinformation campaign in ads, on the Internet, television, newspapers, and billboards all over the country claiming that the “Dead Sea Works brings life to the Dead Sea” when in fact they are directly responsible for its destruction.
It’s Hard to Hear the Truth about Water
On July 5th and 6th, FoEME participated in the annual CleanTech exhibition in Tel Aviv. Representatives from all three offices were at the exhibition, including FoEME staff and adult Good Water Neighbor residents. It was exciting for us to learn about all of the clean products and services available in Israel. Though our booth was […]
TAP Visit to the Jordan Valley
As a newcomer to this area, the list of water problems in the Jordan Valley seems both long and daunting. Just a few of these include untreated wastewater, frequent water shortages in many of the towns, and the condition of the Jordan River, which has all but run dry.
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 Brings Largest Delegation of Jordanian and Palestinian Residents to the Israeli Parliament in History Calling on Water Issues to Cease being held Hostage to the Conflict.
On June 21, 2011, Friends of the Earth Middle East arrived to the Knesset early in the morning excited and ready to engage with members of the Knesset and to urge action to be taken to rehabilitate, protect and secure our shared water future. On Knesset Environment Day, FoEME arrived with 42 participants and […]
World Environment Day 2011 Reminds Us of the Need for Cooperation to Solve the Planets Environmental Dilemmas
Today, June 5, 2011 is World Environment Day (WED) and all over the planet people and organizations are taking action and spreading awareness about environmental related issues. On this WED, FoEME will reflect on a year of activism and highlight the need for trans boundary cooperation, based on a fair share of water resources to […]