“Building Meaningful Lives” was the theme of the 20th annual Milken Institute Global Conference, held April 30 through May 3 at the Beverly Hilton.
Jerusalem has approximately 896,112 sq.m. of roof space on public buildings, which could yield a water saving of 384,253 cu.m. annually.
“One of the downsides of that is that you lose scale and are creating a certain amount of inefficiencies,” said Steve Zecher, at the Milken Innovation Center.
“The bottom line is [Israel] produces 20 percent more water than it consumes currently,”
In order to narrow the social gaps in Israel, differential budgeting in education is a necessary step – but not sufficient in itself.
Investors and entrepreneurs in Israel and Silicon Valley join together for a new initiative to combat California’s drought crisis.
As California deals with one of the worst water crises in its history, a solution may be found in the Middle East, where Israel is turning desert into farmland.
“California will never see normal rainfall amounts again,” said Levine, who added that in Israel, too, “the reality is that there is simply not enough water, even in years that there is [...]
It’s beyond time for us to all be simply hot and bothered by the water crisis. It’s not going away.
Israel ended its driest year on record with a water surplus. Lessons from a desert nation on how to get more out of the spigot.
