Women from Gilboa and Jenin Meet to Discuss the Condition of the Kishon River
This blog post was submitted by Noa Imbar, FoEME Gilboa Field Coordinator. On June 6, 2011 28 women’s groups from Gilboa and Jenin met to discuss the condition of the Kishon River. The women met as part of Friends of the Earth Middle East’s “Good Water Neighbors” project in which local communities work together to […]
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 […]
‘Food Grows Where Water Flows’
This blog post was submitted by Chelsea McDaniel, intern at the FoEME – Bethlehem office Permaculture On May 4th, about 15 people including local farmers, community members, a university student and FoEME staff, gathered in the Auja Center for Environmental Education and Ecotourism Development, located north of Jericho. We were all there to learn about […]
Eco-tourism workshop promotes cross-border cooperation for creative initiatives
As water becomes increasingly scarce, communities that once depended on agriculture for their income are finding it increasingly difficult to support themselves. Water scarcity in the region, and especially in the occupied Palestinian territories and Jordan, has already had a significant negative impact on communities and individuals, and will only increase with time. In an […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘World Water Day reminds us of the precious nature of every drop of water’
The UN declared this day World Water Day to remind each and everyone of us of the precious nature of every drop of water. Particularly in Israel and the Middle East we have a strong sense of water scarcity as the region suffers most likely yet another drought year.
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 […]
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 […]
Between the Med, Dead, and Red: Reflections on “Youth and the Mediterranean Sea” Conference in France
Amy Lipman-Avizohar, FoEME’s CGIS & Education Coordinator in the Tel Aviv office, reflects on her experiences at the 11th meeting about Youth and the Mediterranean Sea in France. At the beginning of October I was proud to represent FoEME as the Israeli education coordinator at the “11th meeting about Youth and the Mediterranean Sea”, organized […]