Israeli Environmental Issues and Organizations

Adam Teva V'Din: The Israel Union for Environmental Defense
41 Lilienblum Street, Tel Aviv 65134, Israel
Tel. 972.3.566.9939
Fax: 972.3.566.9940
info@iued.org.il
http://www.iued.org.il
Protection and restoration of Israel's environment through research, grassroots organizing, litigation, and political advocacy.

Alma - Association for Environmental Quality
70 Kaplan St. Herzlia
Tel: 972.9.957.5262, 972.52.575.262
A citizens group involved in promoting the use of environmentally-friendly products and organically-grown produce, in encouraging industry to reduce waste, in advancing recycling and in forming an environmental youth movement.

The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (AIES)
Kibbutz Ketura D.N. Hevel Eilot Israel
Tel: 972-8-635-6618
Fax: 972-8-635-6634
Email: info@arava.org
http://www.arava.org/
AIES offers the foremost environmental studies program in the Middle East. Participants come from The Palestinian Authority, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and a variety of other nations including the US, Canada, Sweden, China, and Australia.

Council for a Beautiful Israel
76-78 Bograshov Street Tel Aviv 63429
Tel: 972.3.642.3111 (Israel), 212.575.7530 (USA), 44.20.7377.6161 (UK)
Fax: 972.3.642.2839
Email: cbi@israel-yafa.org.il
http://www.israel-yafa.org.il/
CBI is active in promoting environmental awareness, protecting the natural beauty of Israel, preserving historical sites, promoting the rehabilitation of run-down urban areas and developing public recreation sites and gardens.

Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME)/EcoPeace
POB 55302, Jerusalem
Tel: 972.2.626.0841/3
Fax: 972.2.626.0840
Email: contact@ecopeace.com
http://www.ecopeace.com
A consortium of Egyptian, Jordanian, Israeli and Palestinian environmental non-governmental organizations that work jointly to promote sustainable development in the Middle East.

For Bicycles
Email: taba@bike.org.il
http://www.bike.org.il/
Local associations for the promotion of bicycles as a means of transportation in Israel's cities.

Green Action
8 Mesilat Volfson St., Tel Aviv, P.o.b 5118 61050 Israel
Tel: 972.3.518.4770
Fax: 972.3.518.4770
Email: info@greenaction.org.il
http://www.greenaction.org.il/
An association fighting against environmentally damaging projects by means of colorful demonstrations, attracting media attention to issues.

Greenpeace Mediterranean
Tel: 972.3.510.2079
Fax: 972.3.516.3301
Email: mmedia@diala.greenpeace.org
http://www.greenpeacemed.org.mt

Green Course (Megama Yeruka)
Tel: 972.3.638.8671
Fax: 972.3.537.4302
Email: megama@green.org.il
http://www.green.org.il/
Students' group aimed at promoting environmental issues inside and outside the universities, colleges and other higher education institutes.

Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership
85 Nachalat Binyamin St., Tel Aviv, Israel 66102
Tel: 972.3.560.8788
Fax: 972.3.560.5091
Email: heschel@heschelcenter.org
http://www.heschelcenter.org/about_eng.html
Integrates environmental ethics into Jewish and Israeli education through seminars, teacher training, curricula development, and research.

Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI)
POB 8771 Jerusalem 91086
Tel: 972.2.561.1899
Fax: 972.2.563.4148
Email: iccijeru@icci.org.il
"http://www.icci.org.il/
The ICCI is an umbrella organization of over 70 Jewish, Muslim and Christian institutions actively working towards interreligious and intercultural understanding in Israel and the region.

Israel Economic Forum for the Environment
P.O.B. 29101/80, Tel Aviv 65258
Tel: 972.3.754.3282
Fax: 972.3.754.3511
Email: ecoforum@netvision.net.il
The forum encourages industry, transportation, agriculture and other economic sectors to incorporate environmental concerns into their development planning alongside economic and operational concerns.

Israeli Green Party
15 Rothschild Blvd, Tel Aviv
Tel: 972.3.517.1454
Fax: 972.3.510.8047
http://www.green-party.org.il/

Israeli-Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) (Environmental Programs)
P.O. Box 9321 Jerusalem 91092, Israel
Tel: 972.2.676.9460
Fax: 972.2.676.8011
Email: ipcri@ipcri.org
http://www.ipcri.org

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
(Jewish Environmental Perspectives)
Beit Milken, 13 Tel Hai St., Jerusalem 92107, Israel
Tel: 972.2.561.9281
Fax: 972.2.561.9112
Email: jcpa@netvision.net.il
http://www.jcpa.org/jep.htm
List of recent Jewish Environmental Publications

Jewish Global Environmental Network (JGEN)
Email: jgen@coejl.org
http://www.jgenisrael.org
The mission of the JGEN is to develop partnerships and collaborative initiatives through which Jewish environmental leaders in Israel and around the world work together toward a sustainable future for Israel.

Jewish National Fund
42 East 69th Street, New York, NY 10021-5093
Tel: 212.879.9305; 888.JNF.0099
Fax: 212.570.1673
Email: communications@jnf.org
http://www.jnf.org/
Forestry and land reclamation in Israel; education; Israel trips; campus programming.

Kibbutz Lotan
D.N. Eilot 88855
Tel: 972.7.635.6888
Fax: 972.7.6356827
Email: lotan-office@lotan.ardom.co.il
Email: lotan-programs@lotan.ardom.co.il
http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/
Kibbutz Lotan offers creative approaches for integrating the study of Liberal/Progressive Judaism, kibbutz, desert ecology, and environmental protection.

Life and Environment
P.O.B. 20040, Tel Aviv 61200
Tel: 972.3.696.5223
Fax: 972.3.696.5224
Email: sviva@sviva.net
http://www.sviva.net
An umbrella organization to coordinate environmental activities among Israel's non-governmental organizations.

Ministry of Environment
P.O.B. 34033, Jerusalem 95464
Tel: 972.2.655.3777
Fax: 972.2.653.5934
www.sviva.gov.il/

Neot Kedumim
P.O. Box 1007; Lod 71110 Israel
Tel: 972.8.977.0777
Fax: 972.8.977.0766
Email: Gen_Info@Neot-Kedumim.org.il
http://www.neot-kedumim.org.il
Nature reserve dedicating to restoring the flora and fauna of biblical Israel; publication of educational materials.

New Israel Fund
1101 14th Street NW, Sixth floor
Washington, DC 20005-5639
202-842-0900
202-842-0991 fax
info@nif.org
http://www.newisraelfund.org
New Israel Fund pursues an integrated strategy of grantmaking, technical assistance and coalition building to support national and community-based public interest organizations in Israel.

Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI)
4 Hashfela St. Tel Aviv 66183
Tel: 972.3.638.8653
Fax: 972.3.537.4561
Email: international@spni.org.il
http://www.spni.org.il/e, birthright mission: http://israelnature.com/

Israel's largest environmental organization advocates environmental protection and offers a wide variety of educational programs and tours.

Teva Adventure Israel
20-28 Rechov Hamapillim, Jerusalem, Israel
Tel: 972.54.460.3156
Email: info@tevaadventure.org
http://www.tevaadventure.org
Teva Adventure is a new not-for-profit informal Jewish educational organization that combines outdoor, environmental & adventure education with Jewish programming.