Earth Charter Israel

WHAT IS EARTH CHARTER ISRAEL? We want to help develop the goals of the Earth Charter - to build a just and sustainable global community -- by creating a sense of community here in Israel and to establish a better sustainable lifestyle for everyone. Our ECI network brings together people from dialogue groups, education, organic businesses, peace building, cleantech, green economy, green building, government, civil society, ethnic and religious communities, and the youth.

The Earth Charter ethical principles are designed to create a more just, caring society that lives in peace with itself and the natural environment. We know that these principles can become part of the social covenant in Israel through the development of dialogue skills. We want all Israelis to see Earth as their home and understand how to care for our home and our living community.

WHO WE ARE:

Stephanie Tansey, Director, tansey@usa.net

Stephanie Tansey used to live in Tel Aviv and there set up Earth Charter Israel with your great friends and comrades-in-arms. Now she lives currently in Abuja, Nigeria where she conducts community building programs using her innovative dialogue skills approach to communication. She uses the principles of the Earth Charter to create a global consciousness and then works on personal dialogue skills and community building efforts so that everyone can be part of the building of a peaceful, just and sustainable global community. Before Abuja she worked in Israel for three years and developed the foundation of her present work. In Turkmenistan using her dialogue skills she created a Community Education Center and she is the founder of a bilingual international school, New School of Collaborative Learning, in Beijing, China.

Leslie Smith, Co Director

A librarian by profession, who is obsessed with building Internet programs that interact with databases such as a library catalog, an invoicing system, an online game, webchat, blog, or soccer league. Ready for the robotic future if he only knew how. Been told he "Needs to get a life."

Pnina Merimsky, Co Director, Earth Charter Dialogue Skills Program and Women's Circle, Building Community Together Program

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A Group and Life Coach as well as a Master NPL, she is deeply interested in building a community of respect and cooperation here in Israel. A teacher for 34 years, she sees real education as developing dialogue skills and community building skills.

Dennis Merimsky, Co-Director, Earth Charter Dialogue Skills Program

Computer systems analyst and mediator - planner of Earth Charter Dialogue workshops. Keenly interested in Buddhism, inter-faith and inter-cultural dialogue skills, conflict resolution and community building.

Sef Major Co Director Youth Center

Hala Natour, Arabic Translation Support

A student in gender studies, she is deeply interested in inner-cultural dialogue skills, in Jewish/Muslim women's leadership development, and creating understanding.

Jenny Kitov, Hebrew Translations

Translates and edits texts into Hebrew. Resonates deeply with the Earth Charter. Being in a wheelchair (she is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis) has deepened her awareness of the need of cooperation in community.

Sivan Yehoshua, Hebrew Translation Support

An Art Therapist who work with children and adolescents, with deep awareness for the environment.

Dennis Merimsky, Earth Charter Dialogue Skills; Pnina Merimsky, ECDS & Women's Community Building; Sef Major, Earth Charter Youth Initiative, Dr. Mohammed Dajani, Wasatia Party; Sharon Benheim, Arava Enviromental Institute