Ambitious Goals for Israel 2050 – A Possible Turning Point
Thoughts Inspired By the 3rd Israel Climate Convention 29 November 2018 by Dr. David Dunetz “What I hope we achieve at this conference is that we realize that we are facing an existential threat. This is the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced. First we have to realize this and then as fast as possible […]
Think Globally Run for Office Locally
By Meira Hanson, with the assistance of Dr. Irit Rotem. In municipalities across Israel election day looked like Heschel Alumni day. 13 Heschel Alumni ran in the elections on October 30: their agendas were diverse but all of them were driven by, unsurprisingly, from the will to lead change. The local arena is no stranger […]
Israeli Businesses Talk Climate Change
At the recent national conference on Environment and Sustainability 2050, the Heschel Center, in collaboration with the the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Environment, hosted a four-hour, invitation-only session, discussing how to best engage the business sector to address climate change. The fully-packed room of attendees consisted of CEOs and vice-presidents of major […]
Eating a Burger and Israel’s National Security
By Victor Weis What is the connection between eating a hamburger and the national security of the State of Israel? You’ll be surprised to learn. The meat industry currently accounts for 18% of all greenhouse gas emissions and is on the rise, researched and reported by Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on […]
The Heschel Center Israeli Scouts Training Inspires Leaders
May saw the completion of the year-long training program for leadership of the Israeli Scouting movement. The goal of the training was for the movement to adopt a stronger stance on sustainability, integrated into all their activities, that goes beyond the usual, narrow “environmental” elements such as recycling. That is also why they turned to […]
Ramat Gan’s Sustainability Training Program Ends, Marking A New Beginning for Sustainable Practices
By Ran Raviv, Heschel Staff Do city clerks and managers need to be able to dream? Do directors of the various municipal departments even know what it means to dream? It seems that at least these two questions were answered in the affirmative in the Ramat Gan Municipality managers training program, that the Heschel Center […]
The SDG: The Sustainable Development Goals of the U.N. in Israel
We are living in a global world which is changing dramatically, and at a positively dizzying pace. The solution to many problems will be found in a network of mutual relationships based on shared interests, as well as social, political cultural and environmental factors. Today, differences in language, approach, and knowledge, as well as disagreements […]
Health and Sustainability: A Heschel Center Course in Haifa and the Krayot
By Dr. Jeremy Benstein In an innovative partnership, the Heschel Center has joined forces with the Center for Health Leadership, under the leadership of Uri Meir Cizik, to teach a course in sustainability and leadership in Haifa and the Krayot (the towns around Haifa), which began this week in the Beit Nagler community center in […]
Circular Economy in Israel
What is a circular economy? Circular economy is an economic model designed to increase the efficiency with which we use resources and raw materials in the production and consumption of products and systems throughout the entire supply chain. It is based on the assumption that the linear economic model – which relies on production, consumption, […]
A Heschel Fellows Program Alumna’s Start-up Develops Sustainable Innovation
In the beginning of January, the Heschel Center’s alumni came together for an evening with Professor Dani Rabinowitz from Tel Aviv university and discuss concerning trends with regards social dimensions of climate change. The evening also included presentations of four prominent alumni from 2017-2018 cohort (18). The impressive presentations were conducted by several alumni who […]
Galilee Fellow Educates the Next Generation
An interview with Malaka Canaan, Galiee Fellow. [Pictured above: left photo: Malaka is on the left demonstrating the hydroponically grown greens; and on right photo: Malaka is in the middle, sharing a laugh with her program cohort peers] Malaka Canaan is an Arab-Israeli woman from the Galilee town of Tamra. A mother of 4, she […]
The IPCC’s Latest Report on Climate Change – and What We’re Doing About it
The most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns of the devastating implications for civilization if we don’t take dramatic steps in the coming years. In particular, the Middle East will be hard hit with extreme temperatures, droughts and more, impacting life in Israel severely. The Heschel Center stands at the […]