Join the Arava Institute virtually to learn more about the environment from our leaders and faculty. These quick, 30-minute mini-classes are broadcast live on the Arava Institute Facebook page.
2023
Dr. Shmuel Brenner and Eliza Mayo: “Environmental Peace Negoations from Oslo and Beyond”
Dr. Clive Lipchin: “Bringing Recycled Wastewater to Israeli Bedouin and Palestinian Communities”
2022
Dr. Tali Zohar: “Agrivoltaics: Harnessing Land for Farming and Renewable Energy”
Fareed Mahameed: “Recycling Water to Empower Bedouin Communities”
2021:
Dr. Elli Groner: “Desert Ecology Management”
Dr. Tareq Abu Hamed: “Climate Change as a Catalyst for Regional Cooperation”
David Lehrer: “Applied Environmental Diplomacy”
Fall 2020:
David Lehrer: “Environmental Cooperation, One Step at a Time”
Prof. Dan Rabinowitz: “The Power of Deserts: Will 200 Arab Men Save the World from Climate Chaos?”
Dr. Shimrit Maman: “Nano-Satellites in Climate Change Research”
Dr. Clive Lipchin: “Sampling of COVID-19 in Wastewater”
Spring 2020:
David Lehrer, “Coronavirus and the Environment”
Dr. Tareq Abu Hamed, “COVID-19’s Impact on the Future of Renewable Energy”
Dr. Yael Teff-Seker, “Mediation as a Tool for Resolving Environmental Conflict”
Dr. Maya Negev, “A Tale of Two Public Health Crises: Coronavirus and Climate Change”
Dr. Miri Lavi-Neeman, “Contesting Green Lines and Social Boundaries: Research in the Negev Highland”
Rabbi Michael Cohen, “The Bible, the Environment, and Our Times”
