http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-06-24/israel-s-kibbutz-collectives-find-new-purpose-in-green-ventures.html

Israel’s Kibbutz Collectives Find New Purpose in Green Ventures

By David Wainer - Jun 24, 2010

Members of Kibbutz Ketura, a collective farm in Israel’s Arava Desert, share meals under the fluorescent lights of a spartan dining hall. The kibbutz’s leaders earn the same pay as the laundry folders: nothing, other than occasional dividends and monthly allowances. Anyone who wants a new air-conditioner to make it through the desert summer has to sign up on a waiting list.

Yet Ketura’s commitment to socialism hasn’t stopped it from forming a partnership with Siemens AG, Europe’s largest engineering company. Siemens last August paid $15 million for a 40 percent stake in Arava Power Co., a company affiliated with the kibbutz that plans to start generating solar power this year.

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http://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3408782,00.html

http://www.tashtiot.co.il/index.php/2010/06/21/%d7%a2%d7%a8%d7%91%d7%94-%d7%a4%d7%90%d7%95%d7%95%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%9e%d7%aa%d7%a7%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%9c%d7%90%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%99%d7%9d/

from Maariv: http://www.nrg.co.il/online/HP_16.html#

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Dear Peoplehooders,

Despite working too hard for a solar Israel, every once in a while I step back into the Peoplehood debate. Here is the video from last week in a study session for JDC staff, with Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz. Click here for part one. Ezra’s expert presentation can be seen here. Thank you to JDC staff for the opportunity.

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