World Water Day in the Jordan Valley
This post was written by Jessi Lehman, Intern at the FoEME Jordan office On Saturday, 26 March 2011, a group of children from the surrounding communities celebrated World Water Day at the Sharhabil bin Hassneh EcoPark. This event was linked to World Water Day celebrations throughout the world. Our event is included as “Water Matters […]
FoEME awarded The Aristotle Onassis International Prize for the Protection of the Environment 2010
MEDIA RELEASE The Aristotle Onassis International Prize for the Protection of the Environment 2010 awarded to EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East November 4, 2010 Tel Aviv / Amman / Bethlehem “Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME)” is the recipient of the first Onassis Prize for the Protection of the Environment. The official award […]
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 […]
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 […]
FoEME Voices Environmental Concerns at ‘Red-Dead’ Conduit World Bank Study Hearings
FoEME attended two of the recent Public Consultation hearings held by the World Bank about their recently released Initial Assessment Report of their ongoing study of a Red-Dead Conduit project. The objectives of the water conveyance project are to replenish water in the shrinking Dead Sea back to a level of 420m below sea level, […]
Climate Change in Palestine
Citing concerns over food and water security, President Obama recently drew the link between climate change and security in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. In an area where tensions over scarce resources are already high, the impacts of climate change could exacerbate existing political strife. So it’s no surprise that Israel, Palestine, and Jordan […]