Green Course Campaigns:

ENERGY  back to campaigns overview

Green Course is currently leading Israel's major public energy campaign.

A direct result of the Energy Conference Green Course held January 2006 , with the support of the Heinrich Boell Foundation, was the establishment of The National Energy Forum. The forum meets monthly to craft Green Course's Energy Campaign.

The Main Goals of the Energy Campaign:

Educating the public about personal energy conservation measures available to them.
Lobby the Knesset to incorporate its Master Plan for Energy (2005) into law.
Forming a cooperative to buy solar panels for universities buildings and private individuals and groups.
Advocate for use of alternative energy sources in power plants.

Recent Events:

Green Course's national conference was recently held in December 2006 in Beer-Sheva. Students from across the country joined this two-day event to discuss the environmental destruction of the Negev, a direct consequence of growing energy needs. The conference included a short but narrated trip around the city in which the city's social and geographical history was discussed. Students then attended a variety of discussions held by speakers that included local residents, university professors, students, and non-profit workers. Topics centered on public-policy, industrial waste and air-pollution, the health risks posed, and the local and national repurcussions. The event concluded with a successful demonstration in Ramat Hovav, a polluting locality consisting of 17 factories a few kilometers from Beer-Sheva.

Green Course has also helped initiate the Clean Air Act, a law similar to the laws in the United States and Europe. The Clean Air Act is aimed at lowering industrial air-pollution by preventing highly-polluting incinerators and coal power-plants from being built, improving public transportation, and increasing regulations on industrial pollutants in the air. This act has passed its first stage in parliament with the help of Green Course's public campaign!