Switching to Cycling

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Israel and the Environment
Moshe CohenLouisiana State
Joanna FlattMcGill
Yosef GillersWashington
Michal BilickAmerican
and ways to bring Israel back to your campus!
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Our Time Together

• Human Barometer
• Israel and Back Again
• Peace and Coexistenceand the Environment
  (Michal)
• Shomera Community Development
  (Yosef)
• Bicycling Community Development
  (Moshe)
• Land Use andEnvironmental Trends
  (Jo)
• Campus Initiatives

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• Environmental issues on campus have nothing to
  do with environmental issues in Israel.

• I have no impact on Israels environment.

• Sustainability and development are mutually
  exclusive.

• Zionism, to me, means developing and populating
  all barren land in Israel.

• Zionism must be redefined with the changing
  environmental situation in Israel.

Human Barometer

• I think about over population when I hear the
  term right of return.

• The social tensions between the Arab Israelis in
  the North and the degrading environmental
  situation are separate issues.

• The unrecognized Bedouin villages live in
  accordance with Israeli Environmental standards.

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Connecting Social and Environmental Issuesand
Coming up with Solutions!

• What historical and political events have
  occurred within the Northern-Arab Israeli sectors
  that led to the contemporary environmental
  problems?
• How did the transformation occur from thinking
  about the environment as a political tool to a
  way to promote social reform?
• How can the Saknin be used as a model for other
  communities?

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Shomera
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Horticulture Therapy
and other Organic Gardening Programs
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trash ? art
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Recreational Cycling

• Incorporate a picnic or service projectinto a
  weekend bike ride to a local park.

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Switching to Cycling

• The bikes not just for cyclists anymore!

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Solidarity Rides

• Just because you cant make it to Israel doesnt
  mean you cant get on your bike!

Help raise money for these or other organizations
in Israel!
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Hiriya Waste Mountain

• Largest waste transfer station in the Middle
  East
• Plans to remediate the site and make the waste
  hill the center of the Ayalon Park

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Wadi El Naam
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Ramat Hovav
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Israel and the Environment
Now think about your campus
Whats missing?
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Thank you!
Moshe CohenLouisiana State
Joanna FlattMcGill
Yosef GillersWashington
Michal BilickAmerican
Questions?
joanna.flatt_at_mail.mcgill.ca
michalcb85_at_yahoo.com
moshe_at_math.lsu.edu
gillers_at_gmail.com