Scopus Magazine 2023
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green living<br />
It all began in 2017, when Yonat Rein-Sapir<br />
heard the Kfar Saba municipality was distributing<br />
free cloth diapers to new parents.<br />
She had shelled out hard-earned money for<br />
her own children’s cloth diapers, and began<br />
wondering: why do some municipalities<br />
make environmentally friendly choices,<br />
while others do not?<br />
With a BA in business administration and Middle Eastern<br />
studies and an MA from the Federmann School of Public<br />
Policy and Government, Yonat returned to the Hebrew<br />
University for her doctorate, under the guidance of Prof. Eran<br />
Feitelson (geography). First, she undertook an international<br />
comparison between Israel and Switzerland. In Israel, local<br />
government is given very little leeway to make decisions,<br />
whereas in Switzerland, which is a confederation, local<br />
government enjoys much more autonomy.<br />
Nonetheless, Yonat found that the structure of local government<br />
had no bearing on environmental initiatives. In Israel,<br />
motivated officials were able to develop and implement<br />
environmental programs, driven to brand their municipality<br />
as “green” or in the interest of connecting with global trends.
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