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 children and tours in the garden.

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Volunteers
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 appearance and productivity of the garden. Volunteer!

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Community Gardens
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. Read more About Us!

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Programs

By engaging individuals and communities on their terms and in ways that speak personally to them, Earth’s Promise/Shvuat ha-Adamah is succeeding in implementing programming that improves the environment and helps restore the social fabric of Beer Sheva.

Ongoing

The Kalisher Community Garden

Earth’s Promise established the Kalisher community garden together with the Ethiopian community in the Kalisher Absorption Center, in 2008. What used to be a neglected and dirty plot of open space…

The Green Synagogue
At the heart of every Jewish community since the destruction of the second temple is the synagogue. It represents the community’s shared spiritual and ideological values, and plays host to a wide variety of…

Composting

The Beer Sheva Compost network was created by Earth’s Promise and the Center for Urban Sustainability in the spring 2010. At the moment there are 15 communal composters…

Future

The city of Ashkelon is establishing a new community garden. Since Earth’s Promise has lots of experience in community gardening, we are guiding them in the process.

Past

The Community Sewing Project

One of the projects of the first years of Earth’s Promise in Be’er Sheva’s Gimmel neighborhood was the community sewing project. Within the project…