Domestic water conservation, reuse and recycling is an immediate and effective way of addressing the chronic water insecurity experienced by this community. Reducing wastage and reusing greywater in the home and in the garden helps to ease the domestic water budget and yields more benefits per litre of available water.
Solar power is a ubiquitous, plentiful and clean substitute to expensive and unsustainable fossil fuels. Simple and cheap technologies provide families a way to heat their homes and water and cook for free.
Food forests
Rainwater harvesting and storage is the only sustainable way to provide the urban and rural population of the West Bank with a reliable, clean water supply. What's more, the rainwater is free and pure and and requires no centralised infrastructure so control of access to this vital resource is given back to individuals and families. Extreme water insecurity dominates the agricultural economy but there are solutions. Simple and cheap earthworks and structures can harvest the few but copious winter rains saturating first the soils and then tanks and cisterns for domestic and agricultural use year round.