Comments on: POSTCARD FROM ISRAEL

By: valerie from sunny paris

valerie from sunny paris — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:20:10 +0000

a very very interesting point of view..

many thanks
valerie
(soon visiting Eretz israel !!)

By: Natasha

Natasha — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:58:30 +0000

Hi,

There has been a very small biodiverse farming community near Be’er Sheva for at least 25 years. Kfar Rafael is a small village where mentally and physically disabled people live and work and are cared for and they have been farming there using traditional organic methods for as long as I have known about them.

@ Brian – the Meditteranean was naturally dammed a few million years ago, and it lead to excessive salination (which killed or drove off all marine life) and then the total drying of the Med. Damming the Gibraltar Straits is not an option – particularly as it is the major shipping route for all Southern European and North African Countries.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:38:38 +0000

Do you think that in our life time we will see a dam built in the Strait of Gibraltar to stop rising sea levels in the Mediterranean? The Strait is only 14.2km across so it is tecnhically feasible.

The Mediterranean was naturally dammed across the Strait in a previous ice age.

By: crf

crf — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:40:09 +0000

Does the Russian or Ex-Soviet immigrant population hold as a bloc any clear opinions with regards to climate or energy issues?

By: Annie Levy

Annie Levy — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:20:06 +0000

Thanks, Lucy, for a really informative survey/ summary/ introduction. It’s interesting as usual to think about how framing climate change as an environmental issue limits its reception (the point George often makes). Would framing the changes that are going to happen as security issues/ resource issues/ economic issues change the way Israelis respond and react personally and politically?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:00:27 +0000

Ms. Michael’s insights are refreshing. This has important ramifications for how the Israeli environmental movement can address this issue. Thank you!

By: hugh curran

hugh curran — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:42:57 +0000

This is the first article I’ve seen that gave an overall view of climate change attitudes in Israel and the surprising lack of effort in the use of renewable resources.