CGIS camp 2010

By Friends of the Earth Middle East
www.foeme.org

Community Geographic Information Systems (CGIS) is an EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) project currently operating in 17 out of 26 Good Water Neighbors communities in Palestine, Israel and Jordan. Through the project, youth 'Water Trustees' are tasked with collecting field data about environmental hazards that endanger water sources in their own communities and using GIS computer software to map and analyze the data. Recently, teenagers from throughout the region met for several days for a joint camp in FoEME's Sharbabil Bin Hassneh EcoPark (Jordan) to compare their findings and plan a joint campaign to protect their shared water sources. The seminar focused on building awareness among the youth participants that environmental issues have no borders or barriers, that streams and groundwater are either a shared treasure or a shared problem -- one which cross-border communities share interests in resolving.

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Middle East
• environment
• peace
• water
• GIS
• Israel
• Jordan
• Palestine