<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Israel deposits some of its waste in the occupied territories (ie: on Palestinian land.)<div>And, of course, it's not only the case that so much money goes to bolster militarism rather than to social and environmental</div><div>causes, but that the army controls a huge part of Israel (something like 50% according to some), and generates a lot</div><div>waste, pollution and environmental destruction.</div><div><br></div><div>Racheli.</div><div>PS a whole shitload of our (US) tax dollars go to support this, too.</div><div><br><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Jun 29, 2011, at 9:15 AM, RT wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><br><br>------- Forwarded message -------<br>From: Friends of Lotan <br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:archilogic@yahoo.ca" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">archilogic@yahoo.ca</a><br>Cc:<br>Subject: Haaretz.com: Green Cities and Kibbutz Lotan<br>Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:35:02 -0400<br><br><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Friends of Kibbutz Lotan is proud to share this link to Haaretz Newspaper report by Daphnee Hacker<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><h1 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; line-height: 24.75pt; "><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 82, 124); ">What will it take to green Israel's cities?<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div><h2 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 9.75pt; line-height: 13.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(53, 52, 52); ">While some ecological initiatives have been introduced in Israel's urban areas over the last few years, the country is way behind its counterparts in the developing world.<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 9.75pt; line-height: 13.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(53, 52, 52); ">Some environmentalists have chosen to live permanently outside the urban system, others do so temporarily and try to gain the necessary skills and experience to live sustainably once they return to the city.<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 9.75pt; line-height: 13.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(53, 52, 52); ">Kibbutz Lotan, a small community just north of Eilat, is one of a few places in Israel that seeks to teach young people those skills.<o:p></o:p></span></h2><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(53, 52, 52); ">Read the article:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; "><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FriendsofLotan/b9e17e2673/d6de29b5bf/6451c6fb20" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/what-will-it-take-to-green-israel-s-cities-1.370072</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><h2 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 9.75pt; line-height: 13.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(53, 52, 52); "><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; "></span>Center for Creative Ecology ~ Kibbutz Lotan ~ D.N. 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