Leading Israeli Environmental Nonprofits

The Society for the Protection of Nature (SPNI)

SPNI, Israel’s oldest and largest independent nonprofit environmental organization, founded in 1953, is focused on the conservation of Israel’s natural environment through preservation, education, activism and eco-tourism.

Arava Institute for Environmental Studies

The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, founded in 1996, aims to provide the Middle East with a new generation of sophisticated professionals that will meet the region’s environmental challenges with richer and more innovative peace-building solutions.

Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences (ISEES)

Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, established in 1970, aims to promote environmental sciences and ecology in Israel, to raise public awareness about these topics and their significance, to create consensus between people and policymakers and bring cutting edge scientific knowledge to policy makers.

Israeli Green Building Council (ILGBC)

The Israeli Green Building Council was established in early 2007 as a non profit organization with the aim of creating change in the Israeli construction market, making green building the most prevalent construction standard and advancing urban sustainable planning.

The Green Network

The Green Network, founded in 1998, has been leading Education for Sustainable Development in Israel for over two decades. They provide knowledge, inspiration, vision and practical educational tools to educators, helping them become agents of change and social and environmental activists.

Greenpeace Israel

Greenpeace Israel is part of global Greenpeace which is an independent global campaigning network with a focus on worldwide issues such as climate change, deforestation, elimination of chemical waste and safe and sustainable trade.

Heschel Center

The Heschel Center develops and implements the vision of sustainability, bridges theoretical knowledge and practical methods, and assists leaders from different sectors of society to promote change in Israel.

Life & Environment (Chaim V’Sviva)

Life & Environment, founded in 1975, is the umbrella organization of the environmental organizations in Israel, its main goal is to strengthen and increase the impact capacity of the environmental movement in Israel.

Israeli Union for Environmental Defense (IUED)

Israeli Union for Environmental Defense, founded in 1990, is an advocacy organization focused on the conservation and protection of the environment and public health in Israel by means of scientific and legal tools.

EcoOcean

EcoOcean is a non-profit organization established in 2002 with the mission to empower people to care for the marine and coastal environment of Israel and the region by means of research, education and civic engagement.

Zalul

Zalul was founded in 1999 and works to protect the Mediterranean ****sea, the beaches, the streams, the corals of the Gulf of Eilat and human health.

Green Course

Green Course is an activist field organization that works since 1997 to promote a just and sustainable environmental climate policy in Israel by working to influence decision makers and to expand the circles of environmental and social justice.

Good Energy Initiative

The Good Energy Initiative is a climate-changing social enterprise, which has been operating since 2006 with the goal of increasing human commitment to preserving the environment.

15 Minutes

15 Minutes is an advocacy organization that has been working since 2009 to promote accessible and green transportation for all Israeli residents.

The Natural Step Israel

The Natural Step Israel is a social benefit nonprofit corporation operating since 2012 to implement strategic sustainability in Israeli society through innovation and quality.

Citizens for the Environment (CFE)

Citizens for the Environment, established in 1990, is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing the environmental needs and challenges of the Arab community in Israel.

Israeli Energy Forum

Israel Energy Forum, established in 2008, works to promote Israel’s transition to renewable energy.

Merhav - Movement for Israeli Urbanism

Merhav was established in 2004 with the aim of changing the built urban environment in Israel, and providing a forum to promote ideas of "New Urbanism" and the protection of open spaces.

EcoPeace Middle East

EcoPeace Middle East, founded in 1994, brings together Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli environmentalists and its primary objectives are to promote cooperative efforts to protect the shared environmental heritage of all partners and advance both sustainable regional development and the creation of necessary conditions for lasting peace in the region.

Aclima

Aclima was established in the first half of 2024 and is working to advance climate adaptation and resilience in Israel through the preparation and implementation of adaptation plans in local authorities and municipalities.