This is Democracy – Episode 61: International Environmental Activism

In this episode, Jeremi and Zachary sit down with Professor Alon Tal to talk environmental activism across the world and the ways we all can help build a better future for our planet. Zachary sets the scene with his poem, “Nothing.” Alon Tal (Hebrew: אלון טל‎, born 12 July 1960) is a leading Israeli environmental activist and academic; founder of the Israel Union for Environmental Defense, and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies; and a co-founder of Ecopeace: Friends of the Earth, Middle East; This is My Earth; the Israel Forum for Demography, Environment and Society; Aytzim: Ecological Judaism; and the Green Movement political party. Tal was appointed chair of the department of Public Policy at Tel Aviv University in 2017.