18.05.2012                      26.Ijar. 5772                    Tag 41 des Omer

Müllsammeltag:

‘Clean the Land Day’ to occur across Israel

Foursome decides to call upon all Israelis, Masa fellows and alumni in particular, “to take to the streets, beaches and parks”.

To Daniel Barnett, the rampant presence of smoldering cigarette butts on Israel’s street and beach-sides is an instant reminder of the ruin Israel’s residents are causing on a daily basis to the country’s flora and fauna.
“The one that really gets me personally is cigarette butts,” Barnett told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. “They are really destructive in nature. They get into the [Mediterranean] and fish eat them. But at the same time, going on a trail in the Judean Desert and seeing a Bamba bag and broken glass bottles is equally frustrating.”…