Israel, the Environment and Peace: At the Crossroads

Mar 3, 2014 | George Mason University
George Mason University

Israel, the Environment and Peace: At the Crossroads

Presentation and discussion with Dr. Alon Tal, Stanford University

6pm Monday, March 3rd, 2014, at

George Mason University - Arlington, Virginia Campus
Founders Hall Room 111, 3351 Fairfax Dr.

Because of its modest size, Israel's environmental problems are largely transboundary. Without cooperation with its neighbors, progress in areas from stream restoration to species repatriation will be modest at best. This lecture reviews over twenty years of "below the radar" environmental cooperation in the region and considers the present peace process and how it might be leveraged to ensure an ecological dividend for the region.

Speaker: Dr. Tal has been described as Israel’s leading environmentalist. His research interests have focused on water sciences, desertification, and its environmental impact on human activities and his career has been a balance between academia and public interest advocacy. From 2010 until 2013 he was co-chairman of Israel’s green party - “the Green Movement”. He is presently a visiting professor in the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University where he is completing a book on Israeli demographic policy.

This George Mason University event is open to the community and co-hosted by the university's Office of Sustainability, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, School of Public Policy Energy Policy Center, and Mason Hillel.