Comments on: Guesthousing It In Israel: Get Your Eco-Farm On

By: sophie lee

sophie lee — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:46:43 +0000

To Avi Arzuni and family,
I would like to join sometime this year. Please e-mail me to let me know more about it. I am 58 years old and live in the uk. I am looking for an opportunity to live in Israel and work.

Sophie

By: Judy

Judy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:48:00 +0000

For all those guest houses and places that do not answer emails and phone calls, Drive-Israel.com arranges your trip to the small and unusual places in Israel.

By: Avi Arzuni

Avi Arzuni — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:15:39 +0000

Hello , we are building an organic farm based on nabatian water fload orchird in the Negev (southern Israel) - We are looking for volenteers to work and stay with us .
Thanks

Avi Arzuni and the Family

By: Eco Tourism Spreads Across the Middle East - Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead

Eco Tourism Spreads Across the Middle East - Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:22:59 +0000

[...] There are a lot of organic and environmentally guesthouses in Israel where you can learn about organic farming and waste-free living. These include the Lotan [...]

By: DYI Home for About a Thousand Bucks « Green Prophet

DYI Home for About a Thousand Bucks « Green Prophet — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:30:00 +0000

[...] Lately, we are of the notion that it’s more green to build and rebuild in the city rather than develop new tracts of land, but if you must build that eco-village in the desert, an earth-friendly approach is key. See more on Kibbutz Lotan here (eco-guesthousing in Israel. [...]

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:39:57 +0000

I’m a bit skeptical about Eco-tourism Israel, if only because they have apparently given a green seal of approval (I couldn’t access their eco-criteria) to at least one lone farm in the Negev - ones that were established without proper planning and approvals and for questionable political reasons. Israel has enough existing kibbutzim, moshavim and other rustic communities for nature tourism (as my 10 year-old daughter asked me at Rosh HaNikra a month ago, “why did all the kibbutzim get the good spots?”) that we don’t need to encourage new ones that are more about eco-selfishness than eco-tourism. I like GreenProphets recommendation about staying close by, not traveling a lot, and would add, take advantage of existing infrastructure. Keep it simple, pack out your trash, and don’t build a new farm in an empty wadi and call it ecological.