{"id":233,"date":"2020-09-30T17:38:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T14:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/?page_id=233"},"modified":"2024-09-18T12:41:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T09:41:00","slug":"developing-and-shaping-the-discourse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/impact\/developing-and-shaping-the-discourse\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing and Shaping the Discourse"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"233\" class=\"elementor elementor-233\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8bb63b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8bb63b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f58e3f7\" data-id=\"f58e3f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8cc8a1 elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d8cc8a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Creating concepts, raising issues and developing fields, \n<br>\npublications and broadcasts, and influencing academia<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f84a96 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f84a96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Creating concepts, raising issues and developing fields,\npublications and broadcasts, and influencing academia<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-39a0964 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39a0964\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d84978\" data-id=\"3d84978\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c20873b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c20873b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The development of thought and influence on public discourse are important, but difficult to measure. When, several years ago, a sports channel ad explained that access to sports should be free because it is a &#8220;public domain,\u201d or as we call it, \u201cthe Commons,&#8221; it was because the Heschel Center had imported and developed the concept of &#8220;the Commons&#8221; through its publications, programs and training.<\/p><p>The same can be said of the important index of the ecological footprint, which quantifies environmental impact on a scale ranging from the national to the production and consumption of individual households (though this latter has not yet starred in an advertisement for the sports<br \/>channel\u2026).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-642b7ca elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"642b7ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-431de07\" data-id=\"431de07\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e2542 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"95e2542\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Aklim_151.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-496\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Aklim_151.jpg 450w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Aklim_151-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac43d58\" data-id=\"ac43d58\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6ba003 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6ba003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first major contribution that the Heschel Center made to environmental activity in Israel was a theoretical framework for action that we call the &#8220;third paradigm&#8221; (or &#8220;broad sustainability&#8221;).\u00a0<\/p><p>The historical and conceptual roots of environmental activism began with the first paradigm of &#8220;nature preservation,&#8221; focusing on wild nature, on biodiversity, from a biocentric perspective.<\/p><p>The second paradigm that developed from that is more anthropocentric, focusing on the adverse health and other effects of pollution and resource depletion on people, and concerning itself with &#8220;environmental quality.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c952dc6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c952dc6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-01c602e\" data-id=\"01c602e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0c46ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0c46ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Heschel Center promotes a third, broad societal approach, that subsumes nature protection and public health, but integrates cultural, economic and social perspectives under the rubric of &#8220;sustainability.&#8221;<\/p><p>Over the years, this idea has become part of a larger, national discourse and action, in organizations and government authorities, with the Heschel Center continuing to lead in thinking and connecting people and ideas through its activity.<\/p><p>We have also developed and disseminated other topics that have contributed to the shaping of discourse and action over the past two decades. Local sustainable economy (a project with a site of its own], which is an approach that invites us to think differently about economics and prosperity by considering that each locale is unique and that its development must rely on those unique qualities, and local forces, and should invest in supporting and empowering them.<\/p><p>This approach is also reflected in the field of education, in a field known as local education. These two are part of a broader area of local sustainability, which has crystallized as a concept, a field and a strategic goal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1c63be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1c63be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-59d9918\" data-id=\"59d9918\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-948ec7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"948ec7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Finally, we have worked to promote awareness and thinking about major social issues, such as criticism of consumer culture and sustainable consumption, and more. We have worked to promote specific areas of activity, each on a number of levels and types of initiative:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c78a78 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c78a78\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f25aeb5\" data-id=\"f25aeb5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d33f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d33f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Architecture and Planning<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53c803a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53c803a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first professions designated by the Heschel Center as shapers of our environment that have great potential for promoting sustainability are the architects and planners.\u00a0<\/p><p>In 1999, we established a forum of &#8220;green&#8221; architects, who met, conducted \u201cCharrettes\u201d and published a periodical journal entitled &#8220;Amud&#8221; (in Hebrew: \u201cpage\u201d and also \u201cpillar\u201d) on the connections between sustainability and architecture\/planning.\u00a0<\/p><p>Later, an alumnus of the first class of the Heschel Fellows&#8217; program, Ram Eisenberg. (later winner of prizes for his groundbreaking planning on Haskalah Boulevard and Kiryat Sefer Park) taught two courses for sustainable design that were implemented, with the input and cooperation of the local community, in Yerucham and in Sakhnin.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-057b57f\" data-id=\"057b57f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-123b6ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"123b6ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img-alumini-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-110\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img-alumini-1.png 504w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img-alumini-1-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba25c67 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba25c67\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5858ac\" data-id=\"e5858ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36978f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"36978f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7477-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-717\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7477-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7477-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7477-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7477-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7477-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d46043f\" data-id=\"d46043f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff9c652 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff9c652\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Communication\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b9d70a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b9d70a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Heschel Center certainly did not invent environmental coverage, or the importance of the media in raising public awareness and influencing decision makers.\u00a0<\/p><p>Nevertheless, for a decade (2002\u20132012), through seminars for opinion leaders in the media and annual awards in various media categories (specifically, the Pratt Prize, funded by the Australian Pratt Foundation), the Heschel Center placed the role of media in promoting sustainability in Israel on the social and political map.\u00a0<\/p><p>One of the winners, for example, Nitzan Horowitz, a Heschel Fellow Alumnus and a media star on many issues, has been a leader for sustainability as a journalist and in his political career when he served. Knesset member for the Meretz Party.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc3535c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc3535c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a644b3\" data-id=\"7a644b3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5149959 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5149959\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Sustainable food and agriculture\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59013ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59013ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We began our interest in this area with the publication of \u201cSustainable Agriculture in Israel\u201d (Anders Ami Ettinger, 2002), which outlined innovative directions for agriculture in Israel. We then expanded the scope of our discussion in the position paper, &#8220;Towards a Sustainable Food System,&#8221; and held a large conference, the first of its kind in Israel (2009), which convened many activists from various fields (organic agriculture, food security, community gardens, etc.) under the title Sustainable Food.<\/p><p>In addition, we have conducted annual tours for foreign groups with the focus on sustainable food in Israel, and promoted the subject through the Ma&#8217;of conference (Part 6) and educational programs of the Green Network (detailed below in Part 4).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4d92ac\" data-id=\"d4d92ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd9ebf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd9ebf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Depositphotos_186118258_xl-2015-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-718\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Depositphotos_186118258_xl-2015-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Depositphotos_186118258_xl-2015-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Depositphotos_186118258_xl-2015-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Depositphotos_186118258_xl-2015-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Depositphotos_186118258_xl-2015-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e4d9d91 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e4d9d91\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e04588\" data-id=\"9e04588\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b56dee6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b56dee6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Depositphotos_244189732_xl-2015-Medium.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-720\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Depositphotos_244189732_xl-2015-Medium.jpg 807w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Depositphotos_244189732_xl-2015-Medium-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Depositphotos_244189732_xl-2015-Medium-768x731.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-229167a\" data-id=\"229167a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c399380 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c399380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Environment and public health\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a82dbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a82dbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Another area with which the Heschel Center has been very involved in promoting the connection between environment and public health. One of the first political documents issued by the Heschel Center was &#8220;Air Pollution and Public Health in Israel&#8221; (Miran Epstein, 2001).<\/p><p>This was followed by a general newsletter entitled &#8220;Risks and Prospects,&#8221; a summit conference on genetic engineering and the precautionary principle, and another on EHA &#8211; environmental health impact assessments. These initiatives, and others, were spearheaded by Prof.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0Nadav Davidovitch (a former member of the Heschel Center board of directors) and Prof. Itamar Grotto (alumnus of the Heschel Fellows Program), who is currently the Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Health.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1070c0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1070c0f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-228d8bc\" data-id=\"228d8bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-747ddb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"747ddb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Part of establishing the climate movement in Israel\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e8f605 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e8f605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Heschel Center was an instrumental part of establishing the climate movement in Israel following the Paris Agreement in 2016.<\/p><p>Together with several other national partners, the Heschel Center hosted a three-day seminar for multi-sector stakeholders in our sustainability community, with an incredible turnout that effectively marked the formation of the climate movement in Israel.<\/p><p>The creation of the Israeli Climate Principles was one of the outcomes of the seminar, as were several environmental organizations that focused on climate change as their theme (such as \u201cGreen Course\u201d), and a yearly nationwide Climate Convention.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cad099\" data-id=\"0cad099\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfc581a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cfc581a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-18-at-15.41.45-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-716\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-18-at-15.41.45-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-18-at-15.41.45-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-18-at-15.41.45-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-18-at-15.41.45-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-18-at-15.41.45.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5375b8b elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5375b8b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4edf701\" data-id=\"4edf701\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5667cfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5667cfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/\u05e4\u05e8\u05e1-\u05e9\u05e8-\u05d4\u05d2\u05e0\u05ea-\u05d4\u05e1\u05d1\u05d9\u05d1\u05d41.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-494\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/\u05e4\u05e8\u05e1-\u05e9\u05e8-\u05d4\u05d2\u05e0\u05ea-\u05d4\u05e1\u05d1\u05d9\u05d1\u05d41.jpg 450w, https:\/\/heschel.org.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/\u05e4\u05e8\u05e1-\u05e9\u05e8-\u05d4\u05d2\u05e0\u05ea-\u05d4\u05e1\u05d1\u05d9\u05d1\u05d41-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-13a639a\" data-id=\"13a639a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abe6cbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abe6cbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6. Environmental education\/ sustainability education\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec9f14a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec9f14a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For many years the Heschel Center has been a leader in environmental education\/sustainability education, which will be presented more fully in its own section of this paper.\u00a0<\/p><p>One position paper faithful to the &#8220;roots&#8221; of the Heschel Center, that is, inspired by Heschel and his thought, sought to address the institution of Shabbat in Israeli society.<\/p><p>\u201cSustainability in Israel: Shabbat As A Resource\u201d offered a different perspective on the institution of Shabbat in Israeli society, not as a problem between religious and secular, between tradition and individual freedom, but as a new way of looking at transportation and commerce that would promote and strengthen local economy, community life and social justice.<\/p><p>In the growing field of urban sustainability, the Heschel Center was instrumental in developing \u201clocal sustainability\u201d as a concept and a strategy for municipalities.\u00a0<\/p><p>It also helped introduce additional concepts in this field, like Local Sustainable Economy, which presents a new approach to measuring local economic prosperity, the 10 principles for sustainable living, and multi-sectoral partnerships.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c06b90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c06b90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>The Heschel Center has published three more extensive, \u2018major\u2019 publications:<\/b><\/p><p>The first, &#8220;Makom Lemachshava: One Earth, Many Worlds&#8221;\u00a0(2001) , which dealt with environmental philosophy, was groundbreaking at the time.<br \/>The second, \u201cSustainability: Vision, Values, Implementation\u201d (2011), provided a comprehensive overview of the subject of sustainability, in theory and in practice. The third, &#8220;New economic story&#8221; (2023), is a digital collection of articles dealing with criticism and alternatives to the existing socio-economic system. The texts were designed to consolidate key materials and offer an up-to-date picture of the field, for use by us and by other educational institutions in environmental education.<\/p><p>The differences between them point to far-reaching changes in the decade between the anthologies. In the first, the content, which was almost entirely translated from English, focused on general environmental thought, including philosophical reflections on the human nature relationship.\u00a0<\/p><p>The second, in contrast, was composed primarily of original Israeli materials, many written by members of the Heschel Center staff, and its contents emphasized on sustainability more specifically, as a distinct field and an applied program.\u00a0<\/p><p>The third, is a digital collection of articles that critically analyze the current socio-economic system and propose alternatives rooted in environmental and social justice.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating concepts, raising issues and developing fields, publications and broadcasts, and influencing academia Creating concepts, raising issues and developing fields, publications and broadcasts, and influencing academia The development of thought and influence on public discourse are important, but difficult to measure. 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