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Representatives of 10 pre-army academies from around the country left their halls of learning in favor of the corridors of power on Sunday. They banded together to deliver a message to the government: "Well done so far, but let's see more environmental activity on your part."
The young women and men composed a letter to 10 government ministries praising them for their green actions, but also urging them to pick up the pace and make environmental action a top priority. They then split up into smaller groups and delivered the message in person to the ministers. In some instances, they met with senior advisers, in others with the ministers themselves.
The initiative began with Maya Kornberg, an Israeli- American studying for the year at the Nahshon academy at Kibbutz Shoval, in the northern Negev.
"On October 1, we set up a community action group. We toyed with which topic to address, Holocaust survivors, poverty," Kornberg told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday at the Wohl Rose Garden, as she and others set up for a rally opposite the Knesset.
"However, we read the articles about the McKinsey report [that assessed Israel's greenhouse gas reduction potential] and were struck by its conclusions. We realized that environmental issues affect the whole world and every strata of society. And if we don't...