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All articles | 01.03.22

Merchandise for Queens – From a Hotel to Fashionable Gloves

Merchandise for Queens – From a Hotel to Fashionable Gloves

In honour of International Women’s Day, and drawing inspiration from the royal bee, we offer a range of products to turn your garden into a hub of style and nature conservation

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Nature | 28.02.22

How Are Fruit Made? The Role of Females in the Plant World

How Are Fruit Made? The Role of Females in the Plant World

Are there males and females in plants? Can a plant be both male and female? And how can we identify a female plant?

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Nature | 27.02.22

Michal Yadgar – Hikes without Limits

Michal Yadgar – Hikes without Limits

Michal Yadgar is a tour guide and nature lover. On September 2018 she was diagnosed with ALS, a degenerative muscle disease. The loss of her body was not as hard for Michal as the understanding that she would lose the ability to create and ...

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Sustainbility | 23.02.22

Meital Peleg Mizrachi – Working for Fashionable Justice

Meital Peleg Mizrachi – Working for Fashionable Justice

Recycling is important, and travelling on sustainable transport is meaningful, but one of the most polluting and problematic industries with respect to the environment and environmental justice is the fashion industry – Meital Peleg Mizrac...

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Nature | 22.02.22

The Queen Mother – Story of a Bee

The Queen Mother – Story of a Bee

How is a queen made? How dominant are the males in the females’ life (spoiler, they’re not), does a simple worker have a chance to become a queen? What is “nuptial flight”? And is a bee’s life really as sweet as honey or is it a story with...

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Research | 06.01.22

A Time to Plant and a Time to Uproot What Is Planted

A Time to Plant and a Time to Uproot What Is Planted

Once upon a time: one morning on Tu B’shvat, a few years ago, children from one of the schools in the region went to Mt. Horshan, convinced that as per the custom, they were going to plant a tree. To their surprise they received an unusual ...

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Sustainbility | 03.01.22

The Solar Tree

The Solar Tree

We expect trees to give us shade and provide us with fruit, but one tree that charges mobile phones challenges its natural forest brothers and proves that innovation can strike roots

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Nature | 02.01.22

The Trees that Saved My Life – Shlomit’s Story

The Trees that Saved My Life – Shlomit’s Story

She’s the daughter of a forest ranger, the trees healed her, she’s interested in forest bathing and she brought ‘a silent space’ to Ramat Hanadiv. She’s charismatic, clever, and full of knowledge, but above all, she hugs trees (and they hug...

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Nature | 02.01.22

The Cypress Stands Alone

The Cypress Stands Alone

Man and tree meet to establish a shared daily routine – an inspirational meeting

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Nature | 29.12.21

The Wanderer – Dr. Ruvik Rosenthal on Tree‑huggers

The Wanderer – Dr. Ruvik Rosenthal on Tree‑huggers

Where does the term 'tree-huggers' come from? Ruvik Rosenthal, author and linguist, Israel Prize Laureate in journalism, and writer of Comprehensive Dictionary of Slang, Speaking in the Language of the Bible, The Veteran’s Song, The Linguis...

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Nature | 27.12.21

On Trees and Treatment

On Trees and Treatment

Internal Ward A? Orthopedic Ward or even Geriatric Ward? What happens with injured, aging or sick trees at Ramat Hanadiv? Here’s a glimpse into the most pastoral treatment ward in the country.

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Sustainbility | 09.11.21

Breaking the Disposable Habit

Breaking the Disposable Habit

The transition to reusables There’s no need to describe the damage associated with using disposables. More and more municipalities, communities and agencies around the country are making the effort to change their habits – special kits ar...

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Nature | 07.11.21

Stav the Gardener

Stav the Gardener

He rises each morning to begin gardening, at night he’s concerned about the human crowds and our lack of respect towards nature; please meet Stav the gardener.

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Nature | 07.11.21

Ensuring Safe Passage for Wildlife

Ensuring Safe Passage for Wildlife

Preventing roadkill in Hanadiv Valley The sight of an animal lying lifeless on the side of the road is familiar to every driver. We usually encounter this difficult sight on the way to work or on one of our routine errands, our minds full o...

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Nature | 03.11.21

From Winter to Autumn – The Autumn Cyclamen

From Winter to Autumn – The Autumn Cyclamen

We’ve already learned from the gardens that more than any other plant, the flower that symbolizes autumn is the squill, and for winter, it’s the cyclamen. A subspecies of the Persian cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum) has shown us that reality is...

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Education | 31.10.21

Get Out to the Classroom!

Get Out to the Classroom!

Transitioning from the classroom to the outdoors ‘Into the classroom!’ is a call that we all probably remember, as well as the analogous “Get out of the classroom!”, but it turns out that an entire movement of educators is calling their st...

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Sustainbility | 12.09.21

Garden Calendar – Recommendations from the InfoShop

Garden Calendar – Recommendations from the InfoShop

During this special year, the Shmita year, the InfoShop has recommendations for amateur gardeners – alternative products that are in line with the spirit of Shmita: hammocks – for time out, multiuse imitation flowers for the green garden th...

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Education | 12.09.21

Let’s Take a Break – Shmita as an Educational Opportunity

Let’s Take a Break – Shmita as an Educational Opportunity

What does a rational, diligent and proactive person, who also religiously observant, do? The Shmita year met Baron Rothschild at a critical point during the process of building, establishing and educating the Jewish settlement. How did he ...

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Sustainbility | 10.09.21

Tools at Rest

Tools at Rest

In the lead-up to the opening of the exhibition “Tools at Rest” which opened at Ramat Hanadiv this month (14.9.21), we met with Tali Bichler, an artist and designer of play and activity spaces, for an interview about the journey to illustra...

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Sustainbility | 09.09.21

Shmita at Ramat Hanadiv – What For and Why?

Shmita at Ramat Hanadiv – What For and Why?

Our daily routine is full of many tasks, pressures, demands and constraints, and we often live in expectation of our next break – the weekend, a trip abroad, a family holiday or a hobby that allows us to relax. Perhaps the land is also tire...

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Sustainbility | 07.07.21

Put Nature in Your Bath!

Put Nature in Your Bath!

Ramat Hanadiv's collaboration with the cosmetics firm Lavender brings you three kinds of natural soaps: Healing Herbs, Natural Peeling, and Goat Milk. They're waiting for you in our InfoShop!

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Research | 06.07.21

Resisting the Next Fire

Resisting the Next Fire

May to October are the hot months for nature in Israel. A fire that broke out at Ramat Hanadiv in May 1980 and destroyed one third of the Nature Park generated far-reaching changes in the management of open landscapes in Israel. Prof. Avi P...

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Research | 28.06.21

Science and Technology at Nature’s Service

Science and Technology at Nature’s Service

Climate change carries predictions for reduced amounts of water in the future, and we’re keeping our finger on the pulse. Using advanced technological methods, we’re studying the state of water in the soil and plants over time.

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Education | 08.05.21

Let’s Talk About Bees

Let’s Talk About Bees

While the bee has been declared the most important animal in the word, public awareness about bees is seriously lacking. Bees, which are responsible for a third of what we eat, and disappearing. In honour of World Bee Day, on 20th May, Rama...

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Research | 08.05.21

Studying Insects

Studying Insects

A new facility for collecting flying insects, which was recently installed at Ramat Hanadiv, will contribute to research on the disappearance of these insects throughout the world. The insects collected by the facility are studied at the En...

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Nature | 21.04.21

Immersing in the Forest

Immersing in the Forest

At the heart of the Nature Park at Ramat Hanadiv, about ten minutes’ walk from the car park, “A Silent Space” awaits you: a magical nook in the forest welcomes you for a relaxed stay. You are welcome to come and become addicted to the silen...

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Sustainbility | 09.03.21

Returning to Our Dreams

Returning to Our Dreams

How are our dreams related to sustainability? The new continuing education programme at Ramat Hanadiv, The Pedagogy of Coca Cola, which shines a penetrating spotlight on how we live, buy and dream, deals precisely with this question.

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Nature | 17.01.21

The Dedicated Garden Staff

The Dedicated Garden Staff

Have you ever strolled around the gardens and asked yourselves who’s responsible for all this beauty? How the magic works? We present our gardening staff – a small group of diligent, happy people who plant, prune, irrigate, and ensure that ...

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Community | 31.12.20

Community – The Power to Change

Community – The Power to Change

How do we encourage local community action? What processes need to occur along the way? What are challenges and insights have arisen from the different community projects, and what is the recipe for a successful project? A summary of 5 year...

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Nature | 30.12.20

Congraaaaatulations!

Congraaaaatulations!

Winter is kidding and lambing season in the goat pen at Ramat Hanadiv, but this doesn’t stop the goats and sheep from working: each day they go out to the field and play an important role in preventing fires, while our staff looks after the...

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Nature | 29.12.20

Caught on Camera

Caught on Camera

Just like in ”Big Brother”, the cameras installed around Ramat Hanadiv photograph the park’s residents throughout the day and night. The cameras, which are used to collect information for research and nature conservation, often also give us...

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Nature | 22.11.20

The Wonderful Colours of Autumn

The Wonderful Colours of Autumn

In the autumn, Ramat Hanadiv Gardens are dressed in bright shades of red and yellow, thanks to the leaves of Parthenocissus, the plane tree and other leaf-shedding trees. Just before they expose their nakedness, they invite us to their mult...

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Sustainbility | 17.09.20

It’s Not Just About the Honey

It’s Not Just About the Honey

Did you know? The bee has been chosen by the Royal Geographical Society as the most important animal in the world. But we’re not talking only about honey bees. There are more than 1,000 species of wild bees living in nature in Israel, and i...

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Nature | 10.09.20

The Art of Natural Climbing

The Art of Natural Climbing

Climbers are nature’s ‘carpets’ – a natural art founded on great wisdom. Have you ever asked yourself how they know how to climb? Come and take a closer look and get a few tips

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Nature | 03.09.20

Flowering after the Heat

Flowering after the Heat

The Israeli autumn is the budding season of most of the plants that regenerate and germinate with the onset of the rains after the intense summer heat. Bar Shemesh, an expert botanist, who has discovered 4 rare species of plants at Ramat Ha...

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Education | 08.07.20

The Environment through Young Eyes

The Environment through Young Eyes

The photography exhibition, “Appearance”, on display at the entrance to Ramat Hanadiv, is the impressive outcome of an educational programme that was held throughout the year in four schools in the region. The intriguing photographs, accomp...

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Education | 07.07.20

It’s Natural to Learn Outside

It’s Natural to Learn Outside

Learning in the natural landscape outside of the classroom carries many advantages for both students and teachers, but its implementation is not always so simple. The keys to success are support from parents, the school principal, a few fan...

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Research | 01.07.20

Nature and Me

Nature and Me

How did the COVID-19 lockdown affect us and to what extent did we miss the open air and our connection with the natural landscapes? Following the “extinction of (nature) experience” phenomenon that is increasing with accelerated development...

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Community | 30.06.20

Gardening that’s Worth Its Weight in Gold

Gardening that’s Worth Its Weight in Gold

Got some free time? Start gardening! Ramat Hanadiv is running a ‘Golden Gardening’ course for those aged 60 and over who want to make use of their free time to nurture their home garden. The benefit is double – besides the pleasant and calm...

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Nature | 19.04.20

Singing All the Way to the Nest

Singing All the Way to the Nest

Are you stuck at home right now, leaving it only to buy food? You’re not the only ones… the bird breeding season is at its peak right now, and the birds sing loudly all the way to the nest so that everyone will know. All we can do is learn ...

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Nature | 05.04.20

Butterflies at Our Door

Butterflies at Our Door

Closed up in your house? The butterfly season has begun and they are on their way here; perhaps even more so this time. Look for them on flowers in your garden, in your balcony or next to your house and enjoy a colourful display for free

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Nature | 26.03.20

Crazy about Bats

Crazy about Bats

Once again bats are being blamed for something they didn’t do: contrary to the rumour that was circulated, they are not the carrier of the corona virus. The harm done to the bat’s image – an essential wild animal for nature as well as for h...

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Sustainbility | 05.03.20

The Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Natural Underpass for Wildlife

The Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Natural Underpass for Wildlife

Hey, where’s everyone going? The wildlife living here – gazelles, porcupines, jackals, rabbits, foxes, and wild boar – daily traverse the underpass below the Zihkron Ya’akov – Binyamina road, which was built especially for them to facilitat...

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Community | 06.02.20

Wildlife and Humans – Conflict Alongside Coexistence

Wildlife and Humans – Conflict Alongside Coexistence

Wild boar on the streets of Haifa, jackals in the fields of Hefer Valley, hyaenas in the Jerusalem Hills, rock hyraxes on Mt. Carmel… The conflict of coexistence between humans and wildlife reached a multi-participant, in-depth discussion a...

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Research | 11.12.19

Protecting the Home Front

Protecting the Home Front

It’s red, tiny, eats everything, active during both day and night, stings humans as well as pets and displaces other arthropods. Meet the little fire ant – the smallest and scariest invader to reach our homes. Ramat Hanadiv Forum met dur...

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Research | 08.12.19

The “Goat Wise” Project Presents: Goat culture, a natural pharmacy in the woodland at Ramat Hanadiv and very healthy milk

The “Goat Wise” Project Presents: Goat culture, a natural pharmacy in the woodland at Ramat Hanadiv and very healthy milk

Goat culture, a natural pharmacy in the woodland at Ramat Hanadiv and very healthy milk Ten years after the goat pen was established at Ramat Hanadiv, an Alpine billy goat, whose parents were brought to Israel from France, was bought from ...

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Community | 15.08.19

When Culinary Quality Meets Values

When Culinary Quality Meets Values

Something good is happening at “Mata’im” at Ramat Hanadiv, and it’s not only great food

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Nature | 01.03.19

And There Are Also Wild People

And There Are Also Wild People

The course of his life could have been entirely different. Chemotherapy saved his life once, and later on nature did it. In honour of World Wildlife Day, we chose to present you with the fascinating personal story of Yaniv Levy Paz, directo...

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Research | 06.01.19

The willow meadow

The willow meadow

Odorless and tasteless? Not necessarily! It turns out that some find the willow plant tasty and nutritious, and if that’s not enough, it fulfills a central role in a breakthrough, Israeli-Jordan research study dealing with the challenge of ...

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Sustainbility | 29.11.18

Not As It Looks

Not As It Looks

For ten years it’s been hiding under a green hill. Modest on the outside, but complex and sophisticated within. Did you know that this green mound is actually a building? The Visitors Pavilion at Ramat Hanadiv is celebrating a decade since ...

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Research | 18.10.18

Which Invasive Plant?

Which Invasive Plant?

In a famous song, Ehud Manor writes about a cypress tree he saw, but it’s possible that this was actually a different tree, a relative of the cypress. The sandarac tree (Tetraclinis articulata) came from the Atlas Mountains and in the words...

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Sustainbility | 01.08.18

Dreaming in Dutch, Accomplishing in Hebrew

Dreaming in Dutch, Accomplishing in Hebrew

You are probably already familiar with Ramat Hanadiv and its work through the countless articles published here each month, but the man who’s been leading the organization for the last 26 years doesn’t usually give interviews or take center...

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Sustainbility | 05.07.18

Operation Mulberry – Underground Pampering

Operation Mulberry – Underground Pampering

No-one likes feeling crowded; it hinders our movement and even our breathing. It’s the same for trees. In order to grow and live long lives they need space that will allow them to put down roots, move and breathe. A special planting project...

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Sustainbility | 28.06.18

Watering wisely for a happy garden

Watering wisely for a happy garden

Most of us calculate the amount of water for our garden by time. This method causes much water to be wasted. Irrigation by the amount of water can lead to great savings on your water bill and you’ll also be doing something good for our dryi...

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Education | 17.06.18

Bringing back the wonder of nature

Bringing back the wonder of nature

Education and study in nature, strengthening connections between different causes in the region, nurturing environmental–community initiatives

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Community | 17.06.18

A Garden that Grows Children

A Garden that Grows Children

Alongside the vegetables that grow in the generous garden at Hachita school in Zikhron Ya’akov, children also grow, getting dirty and sweaty and developing curiosity. This is meaningful learning at its best

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Sustainbility | 15.05.18

Butterflies Taught Me to Fly

Butterflies Taught Me to Fly

Many of us would give anything to return to our childhood. However

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Research | 02.05.18

It turns out that what is good for the kid is great for us.

It turns out that what is good for the kid is great for us.

Are you interested in healthy, good quality milk? This article is for you. It turns out that the goats grazing in the Nature Park at Ramat Hanadiv produce better quality milk for humans and also contribute to the ecosystem

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Research | 22.02.18

What does the tweeting mean?

What does the tweeting mean?

It turns out that some people not only enjoy listening to birds singing, but actually understand their language. Asaf Ben-David from the research staff at Ramat Hanadiv with collaboration of prof’ Ido Itzhaki and Tamar Dayan learned t...

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Research | 20.02.18

What do stone martens have to do with forensic investigators?!

What do stone martens have to do with forensic investigators?!

Animal researchers sometimes find themselves in an investigative role, but this investigation needed more than scientists, it needed the unit for forensic crime in the Israel Police

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All articles | 12.02.18

The Day I stopped vacuuming spider webs

The Day I stopped vacuuming spider webs

I love nature and I like animals, but spiders, to be polite, were never my cup of tea. So if you are like me or even just kind of like me, there’s a high likelihood that this article will reveal to you a magical world. Spider wisdom right u...

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Community | 30.01.18

People loved by trees

People loved by trees

Shlomit is one of 14 volunteers, aged 60-85, who chose to participate in the tree monitoring project at Ramat Hanadiv Park. For five years, this young group sets out each week for a morning of fieldwork deep in the park

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Education | 06.11.17

No more witches and scary wolves: Rethinking the forest

No more witches and scary wolves: Rethinking the forest

In our childhood we were taught that the forest is no place for children. In fairy tales the forest is presented as threatening and full of danger. Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White and others need to protect themselves ...

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Community | 01.11.17

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

It is concealed even from the eyes of the regular visitors to Ramat Hanadiv. In the south-western part of the gardens, a magical hidden corner manages to move even the most cynical among us. A unique, special garden. It is not at the end of...

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All articles | 24.09.17

Their First Home

Their First Home

An Opportunity to Meet the Folks Behind the Scenes at the Nature Park. They know every stone in the nature park, they are the first to spot the flowers before spring officially sets in, and if you’re lost deep in the park they will get you...

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Nature | 15.08.17

The Perceptive Goatherdess

The Perceptive Goatherdess

Mor Kupperberg is young, charismatic and energetic, and she is the goatherdess and caretaker of the goat herd at Ramat Hanadiv. Between providing care in the goat pen to taking the goats out to forage, we caught up with Mor Kupperberg, and ...

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Sustainbility | 03.04.17

When the butterflies are happy, we’re all happy

When the butterflies are happy, we’re all happy

They’re small, magical,  colorful and they teach us about the state of the ecosystem, so how can we not adore them? Get ready for the peak of the butterfly season!

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