Finding Common Ground: Crossing Borders for a Greener Future in the Middle East

A brown bag lunch event on multi-national environmental cooperation featuring guest speakers from the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies.

The Arava Institute is a teaching and research center in the Middle East that prepares future Jewish and Arab leaders to cooperatively solve the region's environmental challenges. Jordanian Osama Suliman and Israeli Maya Negev will share their experiences of reconciliation through shared environmental concerns. They are joined by the North American Director, Michael Cohen.

http://www.embassyofisrael.org/sanfran/Events/arava/

Presented by the Honorary Consul of Jordan, the Consulate General of Israel, the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, and the Sierra Club.