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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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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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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 | 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 | 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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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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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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