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FoEME Amman partnered with UNESCO Jordan in a poster competition aimed at increasing awareness on the impact of climate change on our local and global water resources. Following advertisements in newspapers and through our Jordanian "Good Water Neighbors" communities, over 100 entries were received. The 15 best posters were exhibited at UNESCO Amman’s Climate Change Conference held on November 24. 

The 1st place poster by Mohammad Al Omari is pictured on the right.  To see the rest, visit FoEME’s blog page where you can then link to our new Flickr photstream.

On December 3-5, our Good Water Neighbors project gathered 120 youth "Water Trustees" and field staff from 17 communities across Israel, Jordan and Palestine in Kibbutz Lotan for an ecological building workshop. The youth learned how to build with mud and recycled materials; to build a geodesic dome from date palm fronds and discarded irrigation plastics; they learned about the use of different materials for different types of bricks and built a small archway using the mud bricks they prepared - which was so strong it could support the weight of more than 3 people! 

The Good Water Neighbors project is supported by USAID, SIDA and the Belgium Foreign Ministry’s Peace Building Desk.

Youval Arbel, deputy director in FoEME's Tel Aviv office, traveled to the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark as part of the “Paths to Sustainability” delegation of Israeli NGOs. The delegation, supported by Heinrich Boell Stiftung, Israel, consisted of 30 NGO activists who have been actively advocating for a comprehensive climate policy by the Israeli government. FoEME played a major role in building and leading the coalition and writing the Israeli position paper for COP-15.   

HOME is an excellent movie, now on YouTube, about how the world was created and the impact that climate change can have on our beautiful world. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate. HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being. 

FoEME will present the Jordan River Peace Park initiative at the "Peace Parks on Israel's Borders" conference at Tel Aviv University, held as part of a conference series on Environmental Peacemaking in the Middle East. The conference will be held on January 7, 2010 and is free and open to the public. For more information including background, full program and registration click here. The conference will be held in Hebrew and English with simultaneous translation.

The Jordan River Rehabilitation Project continues to advance high level political will for the rehabilitation of the Jordan River including public support from Israeli President Shimon Peres during his December 17 speech at Copenhagen, Israeli Minister for Regional Cooperation Silvan Shalom, and Israeli Minister for Environmental Protection Gilad Erdan. In public statements they highlighted the unique opportunity for cooperation that the Jordan River's rehabilitation can provide for the region. 

Due to our efforts in establishing the EcoPark in Sheikh Hussein, FoEME's Jordanian Deputy Director, Abed Sultan, was one of three Jordanians chosen to participate in the U.S. Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service workshop to learn about management in dry wetlands in the U.S. The workshop included visits to 5 Wildlife Refuges including Bosque Del Apache, Pahranagat, Springs Preserve, Ash Meadows and Moapa. The trip focused on water and fire management, habitat restoration, law enforcement, community participation, environmental interpretation, & institution integration.

FoEME's Palestinian Director, Nader Khateeb was invited to speak at the "Water in the Second Millenium" conference in Barcelona, sponsored by the Spanish organization 'Assemblea de Cooperacio per la Pau'. In the session entitled "The Case of Catalonia and the Palestinian Territories" Nader presented the Good Water Neighbors project in his presentation entitled "Water and Peace / Needs and Opportunities". 

In an additional opportunity to further expose FoEME's works, Nader gave presentations at the "Emerge" conference on Social Entrepreneurship at the Said Business School in the University of Oxford, and spoke about global challenges vis-à-vis FoEME's efforts in meeting those challenges.

"The Spirit of Sustainability", volume 1 of The Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary resource for 21st century students and professionals that provides the knowledge and solutions we need to transform our common future. 

FoEME kindly invites our US based friends and supporters to learn more about our regional activities at several upcoming public presentations in Washington DC & New York City. 

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