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Zalul in the Community: Bat-Yam Beach Clean-Up and “Tikkun Hayam”

Zalul — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:46:13 +0000

A beautiful day for a beach clean-up On Monday, July 7, Zalul and the Bat Yam Municipality Beach Division held a beach clean up on Bat Yam’s Selah Beach with 100 teens from the NFTY Tikkun Olam Israel program and the Seminar in Israel program. It is always inspiring to see these youth come from abroad to [...]

Zalul speaks out about Lachish River pollution on Israel’s Channel 2 News

Zalul — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:43:42 +0000

In a special news feature on river pollution in Israel, celebrity newscaster Danny Kushmaro interviewed Zalul’s National Campaign Director Ezer Fischler about the problems facing the Lachish River in Ashdod, specifically the extremely high levels of pollution that are discharged in the river daily. Kushmaro’s news show, “Weekend News”, is one of the highest rated news [...]

The last of the fish cages leave Eilat!

Zalul — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:19:49 +0000

After a long and difficult battle between environmentalists and the fish cage companies, the fish cages will finally be removed from Eilat at the end of the month. Zalul, founded in 1999 to save and protect the Red Sea and has since expanded to include all of Israel’s sea and rivers, led the [...]

How green is the Red-Dead/Peace Valley plan?

Zalul — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:47:43 +0000

We’ve been following closely the growing discussion on the the Red-Dead Canal/Conduit or as it is also known the Peace Canal/Conduit. We reported to you about the World Bank Public Hearing last August and now the buzz is even bigger with Shimon Peres getting the support of leading businessmen to build what they call [...]

Catch of the Day

Zalul — Sun, 25 May 2008 12:44:01 +0000

At Zalul, we are constantly inspired by the creativity of other environmental groups in their campaigns to save forests, protect endangered species, and, of course, fight for clean oceans. So when we saw pictures from Surfrider Foundation’s guerrilla campaign we couldn’t contain our excitement and had to share: For the campaign, trash was collected from [...]

Creating a Clean Sea: Celebs make a splash at Zalul’s art exhibition

Zalul — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:57:45 +0000

Zalul staff with Noam Toor and Naama Kasar from Israel’s “Survivor” We’re still recovering from a fantastic Zalul weekend! On Friday, a private opening was held for the Zalul-Billabong art exhibition in Jaffa - featuring board shorts designed by some of Israel’s most famous celebrities. Some took the time to join us and show [...]

Pollution Watch

Zalul — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:45:40 +0000

Yesterday Zalul took a trip up the coast to the Alexander River, Beit Yanai Beach, Gesher Tsavim (Turtle Bridge), and Kfar Veetkin. We had heard that this past weekend beachgoers had noticed dead fish, as well as other reasons to cast suspicion that there could be problems with the water in the area of [...]

“Creating a Clean Sea” - A special Zalul/Billabong event

Zalul — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:54:51 +0000

The project “Creating a Clean Sea” is a partnership project between Billabong Surf Clothing Company and Zalul Environmental Association. Together we are raising awareness for the environment, specifically the need to protect the seas and rivers of Israel from polluters. During the past few months, over 40 blank white Billabong board shorts were sent [...]

Happy Birthday Israel!

Zalul — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:59:28 +0000

Together we can make the next 60 years greener than ever! Here are 60 ways to get you started on the path to a cleaner future: 1. Turn off the lights: Save electricity. 2. Unplug: When electric gadgets are done charging and not in use unplug them. Even when turned off appliances still draw power. 3. Turn off your [...]

Beach Clean-up in Acco

Zalul — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:38:45 +0000

Last Thursday afternoon the Hillel Day School came all the way from Detroit to join us in Acco. Even though they had only arrived in Israel the previous day, they jumped right into their tikkun olam on the Agaman Beach. As the day cooled off all 57 students began walking down the beach armed with their [...]