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Friends of the Earth Middle East's Good Water Neighbors Project activities aim to reach out to the public and raise awareness about the region's shared natural environment by fostering cross border cooperation between communities. The project's grassroots approach and involvement of community members from the Mayors Office to youth groups creates a spring-board for inspiring innovative initiatives both within and outside of the project's formal framework.

Press on the links to read recent press coverage or learn more about the Good Water Neighbors Project.

The GWN Project is jointly funded by the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund and the USAID Conflict Management and Mitigation Program.

FoEME's Neighbors' Paths were presented at a tourism exhibition designed to attract companies which take their staff on organized vacations. The unique Neighbor's Path project received notable attention throughout the exhibition for its innovative environmental education objectives, laying the groundwork for incorporating a new network of stakeholders.

Visit our website to read the Neighbor's Path brochures for each of our GWN communities.

The Dalia Club in Jerusalem hosted a unique "Fair Salad" event dedicated to the Good Water Neighbor's partnered communities of Tzur Hadassah and Wadi Fukin and their cooperative efforts to raise awareness about the degradation of Wadi Fukin's unique cultural landscape. The event included a presentation of the Wadi Fukin Alternative Master Plan by Ehud Uziel, the GWN Tzur Hadassah Community Coordinator, a discussion with the residents of Wadi Fukin and a dinner of organic produce prepared by Wadi Fukin's farmers.

The poor state of numerous UNESCO recognized World Heritage sites located in the Negev desert was featured in an Ynet story written by GWN Community Coordinator, Hilik Magnus. The article describes how Israel's improper management of these unique sites, the limited resources allocated to their maintenance, and the lack of awareness of their intrinsic world value has already caused irreversible damage to several sites and asserted that without immediate intervention the sites could be destroyed. To read the full article click here.

A group of community members from Emek Hefer led by Arnon Goren took part in a unique project together with the Palestinian residents of the village Um Reichan. The pilot project brought the neighboring Israeli and Palestinian communities together to build a constructed wetland system able to treat sewage effluents at low-cost. Constructed wetlands systems are particularly suitable for rural communities like Um Reichan, which are not connected to a formal sewage collection and treatment facility, as they prevent groundwater pollution and provide water for agricultural irrigation. For more information about the constructed wetlands project please click here.

This month FoEME's report Nature, Agriculture and the Price of Water in Israel continued to spark public discourse and policy development regarding water distribution in Israel. The report highlights the direct connection between the amount of water used by agriculture in Israel and the price farmers pay for the water and calls for a rethinking of the social priorities in Israel while advancing the public debate on the rehabilitation of ecological systems.

To read the full report click here. Recent press coverage includes articles in Ha'aretz, Chatham House and Handasat Mayim (Hebrew).

FoEME's work in this area is sponsored by the Heinrich Boell Foundation.

FoEME's Pro-Aquifer project, organized in cooperation with the Palestinian House of Water and Environment, aims to alleviate ground water pollution by providing educational and technical training support to local authorities engaged in preventing ground water pollution in hydro-sensitive areas. This month the project continued with their series of parallel training courses in sewage treatment technologies and management for Palestinian and Israeli Municipal staff and managers. Next month the project will conduct several tours highlighting environmental challenges faced by the municipalities and strategies for preventing aquifer contamination.

To learn more about the Pro-Aquifer project please visit our website.

The Pro-Aquifer project is jointly sponsored by the European Union's LIFE program and Green Cross France.

FoEME makes headlines around the world!

FoEME's tri-lateral work to Save the Dead Sea and its efforts to ensure that the restoration of water flow down the Lower Jordan River is considered alongside other more invasive plans, such as the proposed Red Sea – Dead Sea Conduit, was featured in this month's Biblical Archaeology Review. To read the article please click here.

FoEME staff member Abed Sultan was featured in an IRIN article, highlighting the regional impact of climate change, widely distributed in the Arabic press. To read the full article click here.

Gidon Bromberg, the Director of the Tel Aviv office of Friends of the Earth Middle East, was a featured expert on the primetime German Television show "Tagesthemen" (Daily Topics) in their discussion about the Sea of Galilee and Middle East water issues.