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22 07, 2024

Background Paper: Just Environmental Transition in Lebanon

2025-04-19T16:15:41-04:00Tags: |

Yusra Bitar is a former research fellow at the Arab Reform Initiative committed to studying and writing about environmental issues in Middle Eastern and North African communities. Her background paper emphasizes Lebanon's disproportionate warming and climate-related crises which are exacerbated by an economic crisis and uncertain global affairs. She applies the Just Environmental Transition idea to changing Lebanon's social and ecological landscapes, establishing a regenerative economy and integrating feminist values into its central system. Some examples include demilitarization, universal social services, sustainable agriculture, and government accountability. Bitar recommends that Civil Society Organizations coordinate and create unified information about the Just Environmental Transition for it to be implemented successfully in Lebanon.

7 03, 2017

How Women Are Expanding Their Horizons With Solar Power

2017-09-28T20:55:12-04:00Tags: |

On International Women’s Day, activists and women from the Deir Kanoun Ras el Ain cooperative installed a project to provide solar energy in South Lebanon. The cooperative produces rosewater, apple vinegar, orange sauce, apricot jam, crackers and tomato paste, but recently diesel energy became too expensive to afford, grinding their operations to a halt. Now, with an abundant supply of solar power, the women are saving money and time while reducing their carbon footprint. Photo credit: Greenpeace International

7 03, 2017

How Women Are Expanding Their Horizons With Solar Power

2017-11-26T13:22:16-05:00Tags: |

Twenty-three women from the Deir Kanoun Ras el Ain cooperative in South Lebanon are spearheading a renewable energy revolution and improving their own lives in the process. The women partnered with activists from Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria to complete a solar panel installation project to help power machines to heat water, knead dough, squeeze fruit, and complete other working tasks. In the past, electricity shortages hurt the women’s productivity and added to prolonged and arduous working hours, as well as increased time away from their families. The solar panels mean increased income and opportunity for the women of the cooperative. Photo credit: Fadi Gedeon/Greenpeace