Scholarships for Fall 2009 Living Routes
Peace Justice and the Environment semester abroad program in Israel
Press release 18 June 2009
We are proud to present a special scholarship opportunity for students wishing to participate in the Living Routes 2009 Fall Semester program in Israel: Peace Justice and the Environment. In an effort to make the program available to a diverse group of people from around the world we are offering a special scholarship to qualifying students. If you are an International Student (from somewhere outside the USA), if English is not your native language (but you are fluent enough to participate in the course, which is run in English), or if you are a student returning to studies after a significant absence you may qualify.
Kibbutz Lotan’s Center for Creative Ecology offers two intensive eco-design and training programs:
1. The Living Routes Environmental Studies and Sustainability semester abroad: a 14 week, 16-credit fall semester program accredited by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Living Routes students explore the connections between new forms of ecological identity and stewardship, social justice and community in Israel while working alongside Palestinian-Arab, Bedouin and Jewish Israelis who are striving for a just and lasting peace. Students gain hands-on experience in ecological design, green building and sustainable agriculture and put permaculture into action in a Bedouin Village in the Negev Desert. The 2009 dates for this program are August 31-December 8. There are still places available. Find out more information from the Living Routes website: http://www.livingroutes.org/programs/p_lotan.htm
2. The Green Apprenticeship Ecovillage and Permaculture Design course unlocks potential and opens minds. It is an intensive 7-week work/study experience designed for students and professionals committed to learning sustainable skills and practices. Practical skills are developed through hands-on work in our environmental education center, organic garden, and alternative/natural building projects, and complemented by classroom sessions in such topics as ecological design, permaculture, gardening theory, and community building. Participants are also interwoven into the daily life of our kibbutz, a comprehensive community based on the principles of liberal, egalitarian Judaism. The program is limited to 14 participants per session each winter-spring. 2009-2010 dates and details are posted on our web site; www.kibbutzlotan.com under the Green Apprenticeship section.
A short video about the programs can be viewed at www.youtube.com/kibbutzlotan