http://jcarrot.org/green-zionist-alliance-passes-4-green-resolutions-world-zionist-congress Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jcarrot.org/green-zionist-alliance-passes-4-green-resolutions-world-zionist-congress/comment-page-1#comment-26098 Richard Schwartz Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:59:30 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=12374#comment-26098 I neglected to mention in my above comment that GZA director David Krantz deserves much credit fir his leadership in getting these important resolutions passed at the World Zionist Congress. I neglected to mention in my above comment that GZA director David Krantz deserves much credit fir his leadership in getting these important resolutions passed at the World Zionist Congress.

]]> http://jcarrot.org/green-zionist-alliance-passes-4-green-resolutions-world-zionist-congress/comment-page-1#comment-26097 Richard Schwartz Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:55:56 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=12374#comment-26097 Jews are deeply concerned about the well-being of Israel and wish her to be secure and prosperous. But what about security, wealth, and comfort of another kind -- the quality of Israel’s air, water, and ecosystems? What about the physical condition of the eternal, holy Land? While seldom on the agenda, environmental dangers and degradations have become increasingly serious issues that will affect Israel’s future. Along with its splendid achievements in many areas, Israel faces severe environmental problems. Its rivers are badly polluted. The air is so dirty that far more people die from it annually than from terrorism and traffic accidents combined. And about 20 percent of Israeli children have significant respiratory problems. Israel is especially threatened by climate change. it is now facing the worst drought in its history, with below average rainfall for each of the past six years. In 2007 the Israel Union for Environmental Defense projected that, if present trends continue, global warming will produce many critical problems, including major heat waves, a decrease in rainfall of 20 - 30 percent, increased desertification and a flooding of the coastal plain where most Israelis live by a rising Mediterranean Sea. I am proud to have been a delegate of the Green Zionist Alliance to the World Jewish Congress held in Jerusalem on June 15 – 17. I hope the GZA resolutions discussed in the article will increase the momentum to help shift an environmentally-threatened Israel to a sustainable path. Jews are deeply concerned about the well-being of Israel and wish her to be secure and prosperous. But what about security, wealth, and comfort of another kind — the quality of Israel’s air, water, and ecosystems? What about the physical condition of the eternal, holy Land? While seldom on the agenda, environmental dangers and degradations have become increasingly serious issues that will affect Israel’s future.
Along with its splendid achievements in many areas, Israel faces severe environmental problems. Its rivers are badly polluted. The air is so dirty that far more people die from it annually than from terrorism and traffic accidents combined. And about 20 percent of Israeli children have significant respiratory problems.
Israel is especially threatened by climate change. it is now facing the worst drought in its history, with below average rainfall for each of the past six years. In 2007 the Israel Union for Environmental Defense projected that, if present trends continue, global warming will produce many critical problems, including major heat waves, a decrease in rainfall of 20 – 30 percent, increased desertification and a flooding of the coastal plain where most Israelis live by a rising Mediterranean Sea.
I am proud to have been a delegate of the Green Zionist Alliance to the World Jewish Congress held in Jerusalem on June 15 – 17. I hope the GZA resolutions discussed in the article will increase the momentum to help shift an environmentally-threatened Israel to a sustainable path.

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