Dor Havkin Current positions Founder, Dor Havkin ECO-STRATEGIS, sustainable development & green building, consultancy & design (Since 2003) Director of ecological development, Eco & Sustainable Tourism Israel Previous positions held Landscape Rehabilitation Manager, H.A.L. Arad 2000 Development & Initiatives Ltd. for the Na an-jerusalem railway line upgrade project. Landscape Rehabilitation Manager, H.A.L. Arad 2000 Development & Initiatives Ltd. for the Beer-Sheba Ramat Hovav railway line project. Recycling Coordinator, Eastern Negev, Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection Research Manager, Desert architecture research project, Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research at Ben Gurion University Team member, Comparing social classes in Thailand project, (involved in planning and execution, responsible for the follow-up education and information process) Planning Projects Sustainable Development & Ecological Consultant expansion plan of Kibbutz Har Amasa and Kibbutz Kramim. Both plans included planning new residential areas, creation of new public spaces, infrastructure, roads, water and energy, development of sources of employment, community agriculture, and eco-village design based on permaculture principles 1
Planning and supervision of ecological sewage treatment systems in constructed wetlands Shivta and Tel Arad National Parks. Tzukim Desert Resort: Eyal Farm: Design and development of an integrated and ecologicial vegetation system. Re-designing landscape rehabilitation of Beer-Sheba Ramat Hovav railway line: adapting local flora to solve problems of erosion, detailed planning of mixtures for spray sowing, planning limans, creation of work plans, implementation supervision. Planning and implementation projects Technical support and Consultant (Zambia) support for two local organizations on Watershed management aspects, water harvesting techniques (Integrated sustainable agricultural system based on runoff water ), organization capacity building (management skills, self-evaluating processes building, TOT, M&E processes building, yearly and long term work plan building). Technical support and Consultant (Gambia) - Watershed management aspects and water harvesting techniques for the establishment of the country s first Swales system (an integrated sustainable agricultural system based on runoff water. Part of Watershed and Livelihood Program, Gorta (International Development Organization, Ireland) Program Director and Consultant - Manufacturing and installation of 20 gray water purification systems in four communities in Israel. Part of an experiment in testing operating conditions of gray water recycling systems for private homes, conducted by the Desert Research Institute in cooperation with the Technion. Survey of recyclable materials Eastern Negev. Creation of survey, collection and analysis of data, preparing a database, developing and presenting recommendations for the future. Practical research for sustainable agriculture in desert conditions - the Even Ari Farm of the Desert Research Institute, runoff Water Department, in collaboration with the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia. Landscape rehabilitation for the Beer-Sheba Ramat Hovav railway line o Managing negotiations and preparing contracts for subcontractors. o Managing work groups in the field. o Managing and coordinating the work of sub-contractors: earthworks, felling and transplanting trees, landscape rehabilitation, constructing water carriers and stone cleaning walls. 2
o Planting and hydro seeding desert vegetation: a unique rehabilitation project in Israel, using desert plans in the first time for local rehabilitation and preventing soil erosion. o Process audit and quality control for collection of local plant material: preparing a work timetable, control of the area, quality control, in collaboration with the Volcani Center. Landscape rehabilitation for upgrade of the Beit Shemesh-Jerusalem track, sector C o Managing negotiations and preparing contracts for subcontractors. o Managing work groups in the field. o Managing and coordinating the work of sub-contractors: earthworks,transplanting trees, landscape rehabilitation, constructing water carriers and stone walls. o Coordinating work in a sensitive nature reserve: with representatives of the National Parks Authority, the Nature Protection Society, the Green Police (Ministry of the Environment), JNF and a landscape architect. o Preparing hiking paths o Planting and hydro seeding Mediterranean vegetation: local collection of plant material, cultivating plants, supply and implementation. o Identifying and preserving unique landscape sites and sites of historical value. o Rehabilitation along the railway line: covering slopes with stripped soil, stabilizing land and slopes to prevent erosion, oxygenizing rocks cuts, rook paved water wais of local stone, cleaning walls on berms (of various heights), metal safety nets, hydro seeding, planting local vegetation. o Rehabilitation of organization areas: adjustment to local topography, covering with stripped soil, replacing local vegetation. o Rehabilitation of storage areas for piles of earth: adjustment to local topography, covering with stripped soil, replacing local vegetation. o Rehabilitation of areas where surplus excavated material was stored and crushed: adjustment to local topography, covering with stripped soil, replacing local vegetation. o Finding landscape solutions for surplus soil: in conjunction with the landscape architect and representatives of the Nature Reserves Authority. 3
o Adjusting and finding landscaping solutions following changes in plans: initiating solutions, obtaining approval from the landscape architect and representatives of the National Parks Authority. o Preparing and approving accounts with the project management. o Submitting price analyses and approving changes in plans and specifications: working with the project management and the landscape architect. Presentations Swales and productive systems: Principles and case studies from around the world, 3rd Annual Conference of the Land Rehabilitation Society of Southern African Permaculture across boundaries: Principles and case studies from around the world, Workshop on The new generation Watershed Management conducted in Zambia by GORTA and FAO Integrated cropping field experiment with 21 millimeters of rain what happened with it? Nabatean run-off based agriculture works today, The 9th International Permaculture Conference, Malwai Soil rehabilitation of damaged land and soil erosion prevention project with indigenous plants in arid land, The 9th International Permaculture Conference, Malwai Public activities Israeli Permaculture Organization representative, The 9th International Permaculture Conference, Malawi Managing an Internet forum: Practical ways to natural living, www.adma.net Coordinator of permaculture for the Inter-Architect Association of Israel: conferences, distribution of information National Activity Coordinator for the Permaculture Israel Group: designing and disseminating information to the public, advising demonstration sites, training of permaculture designers. Professional consultation and production of a program for Community TV on permaculture and ecological solutions for living in an urban environment, broadcast on the local channel all over Israel Production of information areas for exhibitions and festivals 4
Training Project conceptualization and design 3 year training program of livelihood, empowerment & integrated sustainable agricultural systems Conceptualization included a pre technical visibility evaluation tour of 15 sites and organizations in 6 regions in Namibia (Kunene, Omusati, Oshakati, Okavango and Bwabwata NP), GO-AIDE Foundation (Germany) Runoff Management Course - for Permaculture designers and landscape architects, depth course for acquiring capabilities, design concepts, basic surveying to ands on earth work establishment of Runoff management system with earthwork equipment as final project, kidron, food forest education center Co-teaching Permaculture Design Courses, La Loma viva farm (Spain) with Alexandra Kroger Sustainable Development and Evaluation of Local Resources course, part of a community project in Sustainable Agriculture and Local Empowerment, Katete. Zambia. Senior facilitator of the first permaculture course in the Bedouin sector, "Bustan" (NGO), Israel Preparing and delivering workshops on practical ecology a range of dedicated workshops (adapted to various target audiences), lectures, workshops lasting a few hours to several days, annual educational processes. Setting up and managing the Arad Youth Unit for Ecology, youth activities in practical ecology within the community Advising and instructing the steering committee of a group setting up a new settlement, Beer- Milka, Israel Qualifications Permaculture Design Course, Brisbane Permaculture Institute, Australia. Eco-Village and Sustainable Settlements Design, Permaculture Research Institute, Australia Creative Facilitators, Earthcare Education, Australia Supplement P.D.C Studies, Sustainable development and rehabilitation of damaged soils, Permaculture Research Institute, Australia Organic Agriculture, the Organization for Biological Organic Agriculture, Israel. Irrigation Planning, the Israel Organization of Gardening and Landscaping Green Building, Building College Israel 5