Blueprint Negev: Wadi Attir, Event with Special Guest Speakers

February 6, 2012 6:30 pm

At the home of Stanley and Mary Jane Saikin
Austin, TX
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Blueprint Negev: Wadi Attir
Building new, sustainable communities in the Negev Desert

Guest Speakers

Dr. Muhammed Elnabari, Mayor of Hura Township (Wadi Attir)

Dr. Michael Ben Eli, Director of Sustainability Laboratory (New York)

Hors D’oeuvres will be served

Please RSVP by February 1 to Julie Malin at 713-271-3030 or jmalin@jnf.org.

Project Wadi Attir
Located near the Bedouin town of Hura, Project Wadi Attir seeks to develop and demonstrate a model for sustainable, community-based agricultural enterprise, adapted to a desert environment. It is designed to combine Bedouin aspirations, values and experience with sustainability principles, modern day science and cutting edge technologies. The project was initiated in order to showcase a breakthrough approach to environmentally-sound sustainable development. It will make a real difference locally and will serve as a model for arid regions in other parts of the world.