What can you do with us - Tours and Experiential Workshops:

 

The Center for Neighborhood Sustainability - Experiential Workshops

The center is a place where teachers, community leaders, students, and residents work to improve the neighborhood in sustainable ways, using local resources. We put theory into practice by offer teaching, training, and guidance to groups of all ages and abilities. In these workshops we will experience how we can change our urban environment:

Building with mud - return to mother earth as the main raw material for construction. 

Create fertilization (compost) - from leftover lunch to food for the garden. 

Urban agriculture - how to grow vegetables in your house.

Recycling water (gray water) - water saving and watering the garden

 

Dinning with Café Ringelblum

We initiated and run Café Ringelblum, a community restaurant serving gourmet food to regulars and visitors. The Café provides employment for 10 at-risk youth each year, offering them a holistic environment that includes rehabilitation, education, a family atmosphere, and work experience. A social worker is available at the Café each day. You are welcome to:

Eat at the Café - we offer special prices for groups with a short presentation about the project.

Take away - we offer lunch boxes with sandwiches and salads.

 

Tensions, difficulties and opportunities in the unique ‘Delat’ neighborhood - Tour

‘Delat’ neighborhood is an impoverished area where old immigrants old and young students life together. You will meet: neighborhood residents and business owners. You will see: the railway bridge, University Gate, the restaurants street, Café Ringelblum and the Center for Neighborhood Sustainability.

 

 

 

 

 

What you can hear from us - Meetings and lectures

 

The Center for Neighborhood Sustainability – the first in Israel - Lecture

The Center serves as a Town Square where residents come together for daily meetings, events, seminars and workshops revolving sustainability. This model has already been replicated in more than 10 communities throughout Israel. Hear about: How to create a Center for Neighborhood Sustainability which connects community, economy and environment?

 

How to establish a social enterprise - Café Ringelblum as a case study - Lecture

Café Ringelblum is a social enterprise that provides employment for 10 at-risk youth each year, offering them a holistic environment that includes rehabilitation, education, a family atmosphere, and work experience. Hear about: What are the challenges faced by a social enterprise entrepreneur and how to succeed in providing an rehabilitation and treatment for youth at risk in a business competitive environment?

 

Challenges facing the urban community in the Negev – Lecture and meeting

The ‘Kama Community’, is an innovative pluralistic urban community, established in Be’er Sheva ten years ago by a group of young families and individuals. The community works together to create the NGO TorHamidbar in order to promote social change. Hear about: Meet a member of the community and here the story of a group of friends who share a vision and a way of life, change from being students in the city to families with children: Dilemmas, difficulties and satisfaction.

 

Young Communities in Israel - What is a socially involved community and how does operates the urban fabric? - Lecture and meeting

The Community Incubator project creates and strengthens socially involved communities in order to promote an active, civil society, young leadership and high quality of life in the urban periphery of Israel. Hear about: The young communities across the country of Israel, meet members of the communities and hear about their life and their social projects.

 

 

 

 

Coordination and Booking

idan@torhamidbar.org.il          Idan +972-52-8380006