The Firdaws al-Hikma Ecology Center: Garden for Medicinal, Aromatic and Nutritional Plants in the Negev

Abstract

This project aims to: 1. Teach children and adults about their natural environment; 2. To serve as a learning center for the preservation of the Arab-Bedouin community’s heritage; 3. To investigate as well as to promote the use of plants to improve human life; 4. To champion and encourage indigenous communities to earn their livelihoods from the ecological environment in harmony with nature, encouraging development of partnerships that promote both community resilience and sustainability of biodiversity; 5. To encourage students to develop their capabilities to identify sense/ experience and enhance their awareness of the human and physical environment, including their roles and responsibility towards it.

Presenters

Aref Rabia Abu
Researcher, Anthropology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Valencia, Israel

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Adult, Community, and Professional Learning

KEYWORDS

Medicinal Garden, Environment, Ecology, Adult, Education, Learning, Peace Process