From June 9 to June 13, I had the great privilege of participating for the third time in the annual ROI Summit, a gathering of 150 young Jewish innovators from around the world. The ROI Summit is the entry point into the ROI community, an ongoing resource for young Jewish innovators through regular gatherings, professional development opportunities and microgrants. The ROI Community includes nearly 1,000 members in 56 countries, and has already distributed over $400,000 in grants to its members.
Below is an excerpt of my diary from my week in Jerusalem with ROI.
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What a year! My name is Ellen Brown and I am the Farm Program Coordinator for Eden Village Camp. I came to the farm at Eden Village as a Farm Educator on July 15, 2012. Having just completed a six month MASA Eco-Israel Program at the Modi’in eco-village, Hava V’Adam, I arrived to the Farm at Eden Village with one ambitious goal in mind: to live and work with meaning to me, to others and to G-d. Inspired by permaculture where everything is connected and my intentions were to strive to make everything sacred: there is no such thing as waste, the problem is the ...
