25.05.2011                      21.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 36 des Omer

Umwelt:

Efrat goes green, starting with its children

Minister praises environmental progress in settlement, says funding will be provided for future projects.

From a forest in the Te’ena neighborhood of Efrat, 12thgrader Naftali Gross told Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan about a recycling initiative he and his peers have been leading – a school-wide campaign of advertisements asking classmates to change their behaviors and mindsets toward waste.
“We saw a rise of 80 percent in recycling and a rise in 20% in knowledge of the students,” Gross said….