			General Meeting June 7th אסיפה כללית 7-ביוני Changes at BUSTAN שינוים בבוסתן FIRE IN BUSTAN'S GREEN CENTER Haaretz: Unrecognized Bedouin Villages Have Completely Inadequate Health Services ועדה בינלאומית תבדוק את ה"אפרטהייד" נגד הבדווים בדרום BUSTAN Winter Newsletter Spring Negev Unplugged Tour: Plant Hunting! Haaretz: Omer Wants to "Drive Away Bedouin" by Planting Trees RCUV: Homes Demolished in Bir Hadaj SHATLA: Keeping the Party Going, Trees for Everyone! BUSTAN Public Negev Unplugged Tour, Tues Feb 24 UPDATE ON BUSTAN DURING GAZA WAR Mosque Demolished The Goldberg Commission Reccommends Recognition of the Bedouin Unrecognized Villages BUSTAN Fall 2008 Newsletter Available in English, עברית and عربي Haaretz: JNF using trees to thwart Bedouin growth in the Negev Benefit Dinner for BUSTAN's CPP in Berkeley, CA December 11th Demolitions Today in Unrecognized Village of Al Makimen Sign Up for Negev Unplugged Tour December 30th 2008 Mosque Still Standing, Keep your Letters Coming! URGENT! STOP THE DEMOLITION! Report by RCUV, homes in Villages of Khashm Zanna and Tweil abu Jarwal destroyed on Thursday Oct 30th Green Center Open Garden Day "Permaculture for Justice" California Tour with Michal Vital BUSTAN graduated the first class of the permaculture course BUSTAN is wishing all people Happy New Jewish Year and Eid Fitr Said The Shatla: Trees of Life Project launched on September 11th in Segev Shalom Mosque Demolition in Wadi Na'am, Israel Green Gathering--August 19th-28th Rosh HaShanah and Ramadan House Parties Campaign BUSTAN Summer 2008 Newsletter, in Hebrew, Arabic and English BUSTAN and COHRE Mark Indigenous Peoples' Day BUSTAN TV Graduation July 13th Negev Unplugged Tour, co-sponsored by BUSTAN and LifeSource, July 24th: Water Issues in the Desert

BUSTAN: Sustainable Community Action for Land and People,

is an NGO that works in the Bedouin and Jewish communities of the Negev. Through analysis, education, and action, we work for fair resource allocation and environmental and social justice for all peoples in the region.

	Vision
The word 'bustan' refers to a fruit-yielding orchard (Hebrew & Arabic), and the name symbolizes what we seek to accomplish. A bustan is sustainable due to its diversity: one plant is a natural insecticide for another, another acts as a trellis for a vine, another preserves... More >>

	Mission
BUSTAN cultivates sustainable models to promote fair allocation of clean public resources. BUSTAN strives to present sustainable and replicable models for a healthy paradigm of development that serves both Jewish and Arab populations by promoting stewardship in the... More >>

All of our work seeks to:

1. Promote fair allocation of clean resources

- Advancing cutting-edge analysis of the implications of unequal distribution of resources, as a first step towards demanding greater government, donor, and corporate accountability. - Launching educational outreach across ethnic & national boundaries to increase awareness of the environmental & human rights problems in the desert & encourage involvement in advancing solutions.

2. Foster a culture of sustainable self-reliance

- Facilitating self-sufficiency in marginalized communities through fair dissemination of environmental technology applications, & supporting sustainable initiatives towards "Greening the Desert". - Promoting environmentally-sound alternatives in order to enable a healthier form of resistance against both discriminatory policies & rampant environmental degradation.

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Over time, we aim to foster a culture of environmental justice and sustainability in the wider Israeli social arena, in a common struggle for a sustainable future.

BUSTAN hero Winter 2009

Sofie Blom