[Lapg] Meet September 25 7pm - Devorah Brous ­ Founder, BUSTAN (Bedouin/Jewish Permaculture Center)

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

On September 25th at 7:00pm at 719 N. Maple Dr., 
LA (at the home of Terry DeBell) for an Iftar 
meal. Please join poets and musicians as we 
celebrate and support the continued collaborative 
work of BUSTAN's Bedouin and Jewish architects, 
eco-builders, farmers, and artists - promoting 
the fair allocation of natural resources, and 
sustainable resource use in the Negev. BUSTAN 
invites you to to learn more about our unique 
approach to hands-on peacebuilding that has led 
to the creation of several award-winning and 
sustainable projects. During this exciting event, 
Devorah will speak for 15 minutes as the Founder, 
and we will also connect up by skype with Bedouin 
Executive Director, Ra'ed Almickawi, for 15 
minutes to present in English before a 
question/answer period. Devorah and Ra'ed will 
discuss what we can do to catalyze and steward a 
healthy and sustainable connection with the Land, and all of its people?
Please RSVP to 
<mailto:bustanevent at gmail.com>bustanevent at gmail.com 
by September 20th. Salaamat, Shalom, Peace!
<http://www.bustan.org/>www.bustan.org

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collaboration in Israel/Palestine

Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year, is fast 
approaching. Likewise, through most of September, 
Muslims are marking Ramadan, the holiest month of 
the year, culminating in the Eid Ul Fitr. Rosh 
HaShanah and Ramadan share more similarities than 
just their dates this year. Both holidays are a 
time of reflection and renewal, a time to examine 
the year past and prepare for the year ahead. For 
BUSTAN, the special intertwining of these two key 
holidays this year has powerful symbolism, for it 
reflects our core philosophy­that the peoples of 
the Negev region where we work, Bedouin and 
Jewish, thrive best when working together to sustain the land and its peoples.
  Devorah Brous ­ Founder, BUSTAN
An American-Israeli, Brous has spent the past 15 
years catalyzing projects and designing, and 
running campaigns in Israel and the Occupied 
Territories to promote social and environmental 
justice. Devorah holds 2 masters degrees in 
Israel Studies and Peace/Conflict Studies, with a 
concentration in conflict transformation. In 
1999, she founded BUSTAN. Brous is a writer, and 
an internationally-renowned speaker on the 
conflict between Israel and the Bedouin; 
Greenwashing; and the political and strategic 
aspects of environmental policies in the region. 
She returned to the U.S. and now resides in L.A., CA.

Ra'ed Almickawi - Director, BUSTAN
Ra'ed was born and raised in the government 
planned township of Tel Sheva in the Negev. 
Ra'ed's background is in filmmaking and 
journalism, which he studied in the Television 
Journalism department of Sapir Academic College 
in the Negev. He worked for six years in 
television production, advertising, and corporate 
branding and image development. In 2006, Ra'ed 
returned to Sapir Academic College to study 
cinema, and in 2007 he established the 
revolutionary internet-based television station 
Naqab.tv. He ran Naqab.tv as a part of Sendyan 
Public Relations, a company he founded with his 
brother. It was through developing news stories 
about BUSTAN that Ra'ed encountered BUSTAN. He is 
excited about this opportunity to merge his 
expertise in filmmaking and journalism with 
community building and social justice activism 
through BUSTAN. Ra'ed lives in Tel Sheva with his family.


As BUSTAN prepares to begin a new year, we 
reflect on our accomplishments this year, including:


    * Opening our Green Center in Beersheva, 
which now hosts volunteers and delegations, classes and events;
    * Launching the Children's Power 
Project­providing chronically-ill children with 
solar-powered equipment in unrecognized villages 
which do not receive their basic right to electricity;
    * Graduating the first joint Jewish-Bedouin 
permaculture course.  As far as we know this is 
the first permaculture course for Bedouin 
participants anywhere in the world.  Graduating 
students will receive an internationally 
recognized permaculture certificate in September.
    * Seventeen Bedouin women completed our 
BUSTAN TV video documentation and editing course, 
co-taught with B'tselem and local filmmakers.
    * Lots more
.Negev Unplugged Tours, eco-arts 
classes, summer green gathering for Bedouin 
teens, volunteers from all over the world. Check 
out our <http://www.bustan.org/>website for more details.

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