Photo by Emily Friedman

Green Movement from page A15

together.
The movement is still small, but
changes are being made all over Israel to
minimize the population's impact on the
land. Small organic farms are popping
up yearly. More and more ordinary citi-
zens come to the farms for permaculture
design courses.
The Hava has survived for five years off
Modi'in's electricity grid. We can see s
scraping apartment buildings in the dis-
tance, but pretty soon Modiin's city plan
will butt right against the vegetable beds.
Once the farm is in the middle of a city,
it will cease to be a viable demonstration
site. It might just be paved over. No one
knows what will happen because no plans
have been made to conserve the land sur-
rounding the farm. This will be one of

Geodesic tents incorporating the natural landscape serve as living quarters.

Israel's most important issues long into
the 21st century: We want more Jews liv-
ing in Israel, but the population growth is
destroying natural resources.
Food is just one way we interact with
the land around us. Our choices indicate
—whether we're conscious of it or not

— our attitude toward that land. In Israel,
where people fight and die for this land,
the people involved in the green move-
ment are taking it upon themselves to
make sure that when the fighting's over,
there is still a land worth fighting for. 1 1

Emily Friedman, 22, earned a bachelor's

degree in English literature from the University

of Michigan. She attended Birmingham Public

Schools and graduated from Temple Israel's

religious school, West Bloomfield. Her parents

are Lynda and Dr. Harold Friedman. Emily is

working in film production in New York City.

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