Speaking to over 175 students and faculty at UC San Diego, Siegel shared from his New York Times best selling book and detailed how much San Diego can learn from Israel. Beyond securing its own water supply, Israel also created a high-export industry in water technology, a timely example of how countries can build their economies while making the […]

Israeli science teacher and inventor Amir Yechieli flew to San Diego in February to install new rainwater harvesting systems at two schools in San Diego and one in Encinitas, bringing with him the potential to change how water is viewed and used in Southern California and beyond. The rainwater harvesting program was funded by The […]

The Initiative hosted the first ever San Diego-Israel Water Roundtable in partnership with Sustainability Matters, the City of San Diego, and Mayor Kevin Faulconer at the Rady School of Management’s Ernest & Evelyn Rady Sky Pavilion on March 2. The purpose of this roundtable was to bring San Diego and Israel, two leaders in water […]