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Placemaking by ECOWEEK workshops for students of architecture and design, enable people to re-claim public space, transform it by using reclaimed and recycling materials, and empower people. The international conference and sustainable design workshops, was held in Isr...

1-week Design WorkshopsIntervention & Placemaking in Public Space

Join the ECOWEEK workshops at the Neot Shoshanim Community Center for design interventions and placemaking in the lobby and open spaces. 

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ECOWEEK invites graduate and undergraduate students of Architectur...

One of the most rare and significant findings of archaeology was discovered in Aegina island, Greece, in the 19th century: a mosaic with rich geometric patterns and two Greek inscriptions that identify the mosaic floor as to belonging to a 4th century CE synagogue....

Where do students of Architecture and Design get a hands-on experience on sustainable design in Israel? Where do they meet and network with students from Israel and abroad and develop together innovative concepts for making public space more humane and sustainable?

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Award-winning artist, researcher and social designer RUTH MATEUS-BERR from Austria will join ECOWEEK 2018 in Middle East as a speaker and workshop leader! "What about designing a (shopping) mall as public space for various desires and needs of the local population? We...

1-week Design WorkshopsIntervention & Placemaking in Public Space

Cities in Israel established new housing compounds and new residential neighborhoods in the 50s and 60s for a small country that celebrates its 70th anniversary. Ancient cities, such as Jerusalem and Acre...

Video: Anthony Leiserowitz on Bill Moyers – Ending the Silence on Climate Change

Remember climate change? Anthony Leiserowitz, Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, appeared on Moyers & Company to discuss the challenge of getting people to talk a...

Check out the Yale Climate Conference and John Kerry Initiative for Climate Change with guest speaker Leonardo diCaprio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujuFg71GT1E&t=4200

ECOWEEK 2017 took place for the fifth time in Israel addressing real issues in real sites from a sustainability angle. ECOWEEK took place on September 10-15, 2017 and the opening session took place at the Holon Institute of Technology (HIT).

Dr. Elias Messinas, Adjunct...

From ECOWEEK in Belgrade 2012 (26 -30 November 2012)

Not so often does one have an opportunity
to meet and work with people who are
willing to incorporate green principles
of life into their own lifestyle. This is
especially interesting if you are coming
from a non-gree...