Community, Ecology, Prosperity
Community Gardens
Apr 22nd
Earth’s Promise utilizes community gardens as a tool to develop communal, agricultural and ecological systems. They produce fresh and available produce while providing opportunities for local residents. By working the earth close to their homes, local residents attain satisfaction and meaning while improving our local environment, and enjoying fresh produce.
Volunteers
Apr 22nd
Earth’s Promise is a home to groups of volunteers and individuals from Israel and around the world who are interested to contribute their time and talents to work cooperatively in the Kalisher Community Garden. Come work with the Ethiopian immigrants in a variety of activities that contribute to the general More >
Ecothiopia
Ecothiopia is a yearly festival that gives a stage to the tradition and culture of Ethiopia and ecological subjects. The Festival takes place in partnership with the Kalisher Absorption Center. The festival celebrates hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants. The festival includes performances by Ethiopian performers, ecology and art booths, activities for More >
Survey Experiences in Gimmel
Jun 22nd
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 More >
Festival Ecothiopia
Jun 2nd
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 More >
Wild Flower Cooking
May 19th
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 More >
The Environmental Street Party
Apr 20th
Celebrating life without consuming it
Purim is a time of joy and craziness and a lot of this energy has been channeled in the past years into big merchandised Purim parades that leave behind stringlets of festivities, junk chunks of jubilation and empty pockets…
Here in Be’er-Sheva it’s the second year that More >
Experiencing the Community Garden
Apr 13th
I thought to share with you some of my experiences at the Kalisher Community Garden. I’ve been surprised and amazed to see how much potential there is in the community garden and how important it is for the Ethiopian community. It is a significant place both for the adults and More >
New JNF groups
Mar 30th
In March we hosted new groups of the JNF Alternative Spring Break program. In this program American college students take the time of their spring holiday to volunteer all over the south. We have been hosting these groups during the past three years. The work that these amazing students have been doing More >
Blossoming and challenges in the Kalisher Community Garden
Mar 23rd
March isn’t over yet and already so much has happened in the garden: happy things as well as things that aren’t simple at all. This morning Be’er Sheva woke up to the sound of a striking alarm and the landing of Grad rockets. Add to that the terrorist attack in More >
