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...

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...

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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To improve and safeguard the quality of Israel’s environment by creating replicable grassroots models of sustainable urban development.

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