Greening Bourj Al Shamali

An initiative that aims to green and improve the living conditions in a refugee camp in south Lebanon.

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Greening Bourj Al Shamali

Greening Bourj Al Shamali is an initiative that aims to improve the living conditions in this refugee camp. To start, the project envisages the creation of the first public green space in the Bourj Al Shamali refugee camp in South Lebanon, in conjunction with the launch of a pilot urban agriculture initiative for the camp’s residents.

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Recommended readings

  • UNRWA: Employment of Palestine Refugees in Lebanon
  • ICG: Lebanon Needs Help to Cope With Huge Refugee Influx
  • NYT: “Salad from the sidewalk”
  • The One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka
  • 2020. Greening Bourj Al Shamali.