• Dancing in the night

    Festival Ecothiopia

    Last week we celebrated the second Festival Ecothiopia in the Kalisher Community Garden, in the hearth of the Gimmel neighborhood in Be'er Sheva. This unique festival, organized by Earth's Promise in cooperation with the Kalisher Absorption Center, combines urban environmentalism and the Ethiopian culture. An Ethiopian band played live music, accompanied by two dancers dressed in traditional and colorful...
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  • Wild flowers

    Wild Flower Cooking

    The sunshine came down in to our garden before Pesach with plenty dandelions all over part B of the Kalisher Community Garden. So many edible wild flowers – time for a grand feast! And so it was my friends, down came the wonderful master of wild edibles and spread his lovely stories and knowledge to the community. The kids headed out with bowls that were filled in with greens and yellows and the mamas and papas m...
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  • In Gimmel

    Survey Experiences in Gimmel

    I thought to share with you same hilarious things that happened while I conducted an environmental survey for Earth's Promise in the Gimmel neighborhood in Be'er Sheva. One of the questions in the survey was if the environmental situation in Gimmel should be improved. And if yes, how would the respondent like to see it improved. One week I interviewed several people living on the same street and almost all of them...
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About Us

Earth’s Promise/Shvuat ha-Adamah provides an educational, sustainable and sociable setting in Be’er Sheva for families and individuals of all backgrounds. We offer local residents and volunteer groups from Israel and the world an opportunity to experience a healthy and sustainable way to live in an urban jungle. With our dedicated team of experts in communal gardens and compost network we provide our local community and visitors with essential tools that allow them to become contributors to their own choice of leading a life that can be greener and can cause less harm to the environment.

Why We Do It

David Ben Gurion

David Ben Gurion

The state of Israel is at a historic crossroads. We are in the midst of embarking on what David Ben-Gurion identified as one of Israel’s greatest challenges; cultivating the Negev desert. More than 50 years ago at a speech near his home in Sde Boqer, he said, “It is in the Negev that the creativity and pioneer vigor of Israel shall be tested.” If we are to succeed, and we must succeed, we are going to need to use all our natural and human resources carefully, effectively, and sustainably.

Unfortunately, current resource allocation prevents that. The federal government is overwhelmed with security concerns and many local municipalities are struggling to make ends meet. There are major organizational and operational voids that need to be filled. Realizing this, and armed with the passion and skills necessary to tackle this complex issue, Isaac Hametz, a young agronomist from central New Jersey, made aliyah directly to Be’er Sheva and formed Earth’s Promise; a community based non-governmental organization dedicated to improving and safeguarding the quality of Israel’s environment. He enlisted the support of concerned citizens; Sabras, new and veteran immigrants, young and old to find solutions to Israel’s growing environmental and cultural crisis.

Earth’s Promise, is guided by the axiom – “think global, act local”. By developing locally sustainable solutions to pressing global problems, Earth’s Promise seeks to strengthen and improve the quality of Israel’s environment, its people, and its economy.