The park surrounding the Ein Zahav spring is the only park and green area in the city. "When the spring had water, there was an abundance of vegetation and wildlife", says Harel Weiss, Green Course chapter director in Tel Hai, “it was like being in the Banyas in the middle of the ...
On Sunday November 22, 2009, a group of mothers and children from one of Israel's 13 shelters for battered women, took part in a nature outing in the north of Israel. The outing was under the auspices of LOTEM Integrated ...
Today, more than 60% of the employees in Israel travel to work in private cars. This phenomenon is the result of government incentives given to those using private vehicles, and the lack of quality alternative transportation. Private car usage leads to planning ...
Leading businesses in Israel have internalized that in this day and age everyone has to be environmentally responsible. Employees traveling to work in their private vehicles are a major cause in Israel for the crowded roads. Millions of work hours are lost ...
Green Course, Israel's largest volunteer organizaiton for the environment, received the President's Award Wednesday evening (June 24th) at a reception at the President's Residence in Jerusalem. Among the reasons Green Course received the award were "...activities promoting social- environmental issues, its concern for ...
Youth at risk is a national problem relating to 330,000 teens (as of 2005) who live in risk inducing conditions (brought about by a death of a parent, abandonment, non functioning parents etc.) and are exposed to various risk levels. Shanti House, established in ...
The Desert Shanti project is currently being built in the south and due to open in July 2009. It comprises a multi-disciplinary village for youth at risk that will be operated according to the successful model of Shanti House in Tel Aviv, with the ...
More than 1,000 residents of the Dan region (Tel Aviv metropolitan area), filled Meir Park in Tel Aviv, on Friday May 15. The huge street party, initiated by Green Course activists, was designed to signal to Tel Aviv Mayor, Ron Huldai and Minister ...
More than 1000 people each year die from air pollution related diseases in central Israel alone. This is only the tip of the melting iceberg of Israel’s environmental challenges. Environmental issues need to be addressed at all levels of society, but one ...
During the month of April, Ziv Neurim participants collected from the Netanya and Poleg beaches 50 bags of garbage weighing 250 kilograms over a 4 hour period. The 50 participants, are members of 3 Ziv Neurim groups and attend the Eldad, Reigler, and ...
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