Peace, People and Ecology with Rina Kedem

 Rina Kedem, environmental peace-builder, dialogues about peace, ecology, and communities.  Rina believes in peace between people and the land and is part of an international network of projects and communities that are involved in this work. Rina Kedem has developed and directed cooperative projects with Palestinians, Israelis, and Jordanians for the past 16 years. Her work is guided by a holistic perspective that includes the social-economic and environmental well-being of communities, as well as hands-on, long term peace-building opportunities that impact policy.  She helped found a multi-cultural center for peace and ecology at the Almog- Jericho junction, an area accessible to Israelis and Palestinians, and was part of a volunteer team that has built a network of ecological villages in Israel (GEN- Israel).Rina is currently working on her Ph.D. in Community Development and Environmental Conservation Across Borders in the Department of Geography at Hebrew University and resides with her family in the Israeli desert.  She is part of the University of San Diego’s 2019 Women PeaceMakers program. and lives with her family in the desert of Israel.Support the show