Community The Power to Change

03 Wildflowers 04 The Vintners’ Garden - Hacormim 05 Women Create Environment

Residents of Binyamina and Givat Ada have adopted sections of the streets close to their homes and are planting wildflowers there. The project raises awareness regarding Mediterranean and sustainable gardening, which does not require much irrigation or maintenance. The great response to the project has led to the blossoming of flowers on the towns’ streets and a gradual change in the council’s perception of gardening.

The community garden in the Carmei Binyamina neighborhood. This site is an attraction for the residents of the neighborhood, a centre for sustainable activity and communal, cultural, and environmental experiences as well as a source for strengthening local affiliation and identity.

A community project led by eight caring women from the village of Jisr al-Zarqa. Each week, the project meets to learn and to plan cooperative steps and acquire tools for leadership, taking initiative and local sustainability. As part of the project, the women have chosen to focus on two initiatives: (1) Creating compost in their private homes; (2) Building an open green space to serve as a place for communal gathering (Placemaking).

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