The Planning & Building bill is the #1 threat to Israel’s environment, landscape heritage and quality of life. Yet it's moving rapidly through the legislative process with only a few whimpers of protest from lawmakers. The public is unaware of the threats the bill presents. Here's some background to help you decide YOUR position on changes in one of Israel's most important laws.
IUED's Annual Environmental Report highlights this year the sorry state of Israel's sewage treatments. Over 150 communities are not connected to a sewage network. Insufficient infrastructure and overloading of poorly maintained systems means that in some areas, raw sewage flows in streets, open canals, fields and orchards.
Every time Keren Halperin-Museri, director of IUED's Green Alert Help Center, visits Keseife, a small Bedouin village in the Negev near Arad, she is invited to stay for dinner. To the Bedouin living in Keseife, for whom hospitality is the highest form of gratitude, Keren and her staff are heroes...>>
The Defense Ministry must submit within six months with a remediation plan and budgetary allocation for cleaning up contamination of water resoures at the Hatzor airforce base. Millions of gallons of airplane fuel from the base form a contaminated plume in the coastal aquifer.
The long-awaited report of the National Investigation Committee on the state of Israel’s water economy reflects closely the recommendations submitted by IUED, and in fact, the ongoing agenda of IUED’s Water Watch initiative.
Amit Bracha; "All inhabitants of the State of Israel, especially its underserved populations, have the right to clean air, clean water and access to open spaces."
Amit Bracha, Deputy Director of IUED for the last two years is our new Executive Director, effective March 1 2010. Read more about our new director>>
IUED is calling on the new attorney general, Yehuda Weinstein, to respond to the State Comptroller’s report with a decision to cancel plans for a 350-unit holiday village.
Update on asbestos clean up in the Galilee: IUED lawsuit spurs government to appoint clean up authority. New legislation is also in on its way. IUED is monitoring progress and our court case is on hold, pending implementation of the clean up strategy.
The Knesset has approved amendments to the bottle & can deposit law. Responsibility for collection of drinks containers now falls directly on manufacturers & distributors. Controversially, the larger 1.5 liter bottles remain outside of the law and will be collected by producers and importers under a voluntary agreement with the Environment Ministry.
From San Diego to the Galilee...taking care of Israel's water resources.
At IUED, Sarit has fulfilled her aliya dream. Sarit is grateful to have personally influenced the water policy making process in Israel and to impact Israel’s future in a positive way, and hopes to continue doing so through her work at IUED.>>
A home composter will allow you to recycle your family’s organic waste. It's easy and practicable. You’ll soon have rich compost to improve your garden’s soil and boost your indoor plants. Live in an apartment? Get together with your house committee and purchase a composter for joint use of families in your building. Your communal garden and balcony tubs will soon benefit.
When you’ve got a tough fight ahead, you need someone in your corner. IUED is a professional environmental advocacy organization that uses the law and scientific data to keep man and nature in balance. IUED’s mission is to ensure that Israel's economic growth is accompanied by smart infrastructure development and an iron-clad commitment to quality of life for all Israel’s citizens.
Download a copy of the report here>>
31/12/2009
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