News Archive

WRAP’s 2016 Progress Report detailing highlights from 2016 and what’s to come in 2017 is now available. Click the image below to read!  

Click here to listen to this timely interview with Clive Lipchin, Arava Institute’s Director of Transboundary Water Management. The Arava Institute in Israel works to help Israel, Palestine and Jordan extend and share the scarce water resources in the area. The group’s ultimate agenda is to use the environment to promote peace. WPSU’s Emily Reddy […]

Longtime WRAP Board member Julie Weisman has been made an adjunct professor at the Francis King Carey School of Law at the University of Maryland. In this role, she will co-lead a grant-funded interdisciplinary practicum of students (law, MBA and public health) on a water related project in the Middle East. They will travel to […]

The For My Earth project of the University of New Mexico in collaboration with WRAP recently developed an e-book titled, “One Raindrop at a Time: Environmental Peacebuilding and Education in Sur Baher, Jerusalem”. The book details the rainwater harvesting and environmental projects that WRAP and its partner schools have undertaken in Sur Baher, Jerusalem. The […]

In partnership with the Water Resources Action Project (WRAP), a team from NASA DEVELOP undertook a project to utilize NASA Earth Observations to create a precipitation climatology of Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank to identify optimal rainwater harvesting locations for underserved schools in those regions. The results will aid WRAP in decision-making by identifying […]

A new study by Drexel University’s College of Engineering examines the potential rainwater‬ collection benefits in four major U.S. cities. The study finds that rainwater systems could reduce potable ‪‎water‬ demand in these cities by 65% and reduce ‪‎runoff‬ by 75%. Read more about the new study here: http://bit.ly/1p7QprD

June 30, 2016 | Washington, DC | Register The Israel Water Summit, presented by the Jewish National Fund, will take place in Washington, DC on June 30, 2016. The Summit will focus on national and international water challenges and sharing Israel’s technological advancements and accomplishments including desalination, drip irrigation, water purification, and other techniques it […]

In April 2016, WRAP facilitated an environmental photo contest between students at the Sur Baher Girls School and Albuquerque Academy in New Mexico. Students from both schools submitted photos to the shared plant4peace blog depicting the importance of nature, and one winner was selected from each school. All of the wonderful photos submitted can be […]

During 2015, a collaboration was launched between the Albuquerque Academy in Albuquerque, NM, the Sur Baher Girls School in East Jerusalem, and WRAP. Teachers and their students worked together to develop a joint blog, plant4peace, to link the environmental clubs at the Academy and Sur Baher. Led by teachers Karen Temple Beamish from Albuquerque Academy […]

WRAP’s 2015 Year in Review is now available, providing the latest updates on current projects underway, reports from our members most recent trip to the region, highlights of major milestones from the past year, and a look at what’s on the horizon for 2016.   To read the full Year in Review, visit http://bit.ly/1Zc9s0M.