• Green Apprenticeship
• Alternative Building
• Organic Gardening
• Creative Recycling
• Bird Reserve & Park
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Eco Update August 2002

Marla and Puff thank the Eco-volunteers

Summer is still very much upon us but work goes on. What do they say - “Mad dogs and Eco-volunteers go out in the midday sun.” During these summer months we take a break from the green apprenticeship program and are grateful for the eco-volunteers that pass through during the summer months. (Yasmin, Tom, Ester, Tamar, Sharon, Ram & Tal.) Together we mend, clean and improve many a favorite spot in the Eco-Kef park (Kef is Hebrew for fun). Just a few examples are puff the magic dragon, Marla the enormous turtle, not forgetting my kids favorites the kangaroo/bear and elephant. They all go through a process of mending the mud work, oiling and painting.

The Living Dome – forever changing

With special help from Dafna Yaalon & Dina Shufaniya the living dome has gone through an amazing transformation. The living dome was our first tire structure that we filled with old bottles, plastic and other rubbish and then covered with mud. It took 144 tires and we grew tea herbs out of the backrest!

After almost 5 years, the living dome had seen some changes but Dafna & Dina’s design and artistic creativity has brought us to a new level.

The Watsu Pool

Hedai’s Watsu pool (Shiatsu in water) is a big success. The water is a constant (body temperature), which means you get twirled and maneuvered till you come out a new person.

We have been adding a composting toilet, showers, shade and urinal all built with our own special design and hand built features, it wouldn't be the Lotan Watsu pool without it.

September 2002 Green Apprenticeship has just begun..

On the second of September the new Green Apprenticeship started in fine tradition with the opening seminar, tours and getting to know each other with fresh fruit from the Gan Bayit* and dates from plantation.

This time round we have:

- Aaron from the U.S.A.
- Benji also from the U.S.A.
- Maya from Israel
- Tom from England
- Yasmin from Northern Israel

We have already been getting our hands dirty in the organic garden and building a new bench next to the composting toilet that’s turning into an urban educational house and garden….

That’s all for now, hope to see you soon

Yours Mike Kaplin (@)

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Contact Lotan Center for Creative Ecology

Leah Zigmond
lotan-ecocenter@lotan.ardom.co.il
Tel: +972 8 6356811; +972 8 6356935; +972 54 9799024
Toll free (while in Israel): 1800 2000 75