The Lotan Center for Creative Ecology
http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/creativeEcology/index.htm
There are more pics on the Hebrew site than on the English version.
http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/tourism/hebrew/index.htm
The top four photos lead to yet more. The structures are, IMO,
absolutely amazing.
More than 20 years ago I lived and worked for a short while in Kibbutz
Ya'hel in the Arava desert.
Kibbutz Ya'hel was then 5 years old. I worked in the vineyard and
making compost. I worked in the dining room too. It was an unusual
Kibbutz kitchen and dining hall, as 1/4 of the members were
vegetarians. I was still too much in a New Yawk state of mind to be
very good at the lifestyle, but I did love the members and carried
wonderful memories of the place away with me for life.
One day we trundled off to nearby Kibbutz Lotan. At the time, Lotan
was untouched desert, save two caravans.
While looking for Green Communities in Israel the other day on the
net, I found the Center at Kibbutz Lotan.
It does my heart good to see Lotan go in that direction.
Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat, Israel
DoreenDotan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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