Lotan, Israel
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Kibbutz Lotan (Template:Langx) is the second Reform kibbutz established by the Reform Jewish Movement a Reform kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the Arabah Valley in the Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council. In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations The kibbutz is a member of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism and the Global Ecovillage Network.
History
The kibbutz was founded in 1983 by idealistic Israeli and American youths who together built a profit sharing community based on pluralistic, egalitarian and creative Jewish values while protecting the environment. The name of the kibbutz derives from Lotan, "one of the sons of Seir the Horite".[1] (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".; a descendant of Esau, who lived in Edom nearby).
Economy
Income is generated by growing Medjool and Dekel Noir dates, dairy cows for milk and an Eco education branch, member's incomes from work throughout the region and ecotourism including birdwatching and the Green Apprenticeship program.
The kibbutz's Center for Creative Ecology is an environmental education, research and conservation institution. The Center offers academic programs and certification courses in permaculture, sustainable design and training. Facilities include an interactive park for organic and urban agriculture, natural building and solar energy demonstrations as well as the energy-efficient EcoCampus, a neighborhood constructed from earth-plastered straw bales.
References
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- ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.299, Template:ISBN (English) and Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.36, Template:ISBN Template:In lang
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