Upcoming and Recorded Webinars

A list of all our past and planned webinars delivered by SPNI's team of experts in English. Want to stay up to date about upcoming webinars? Sign up for our e-newsletter. Click here to go direct to the registration page >>

Recordings of Past Webinars

2021 - 2022 Recordings:

October 13- Cross-Border Environmental Cooperation with Jordan!

A special cross-border webinar with Professor Yossi Leshem, world renowned ornithologist and former CEO of SPNI, and General (ret.) Mansour Abu Rashid of Jordan, Director of Amman Center for Peace and Development.

Start-Up Nature, a visionary wetlands rewilding project of SPNI, is now expanding across the Jordan river, into Jordan. Come hear the Professor and the General talk about the history of their international cooperation, how it led to this unique cross-border rewilding, and what this new wetland means for the region.

Sunday November 13. Click here to watch the full recording>>>>

October 30 - Bird Ringing Does not Lie: The Fascinating Science of Bird Ringing from Israel’s top experts. Join us and find out what we’ve learned about the status of Israel birds, and how we know that Jerusalem’s birds are in decline, with Alen Kacal Dr. Yoav Perlman of SPNI, and Dr. Yosef Kiat, Director of the Israel Bird Ringing Center. Sunday October 30: Israel 20:00 - UK 18:00 - NY/Toronto 13:00 - LA 10:00 - Click here to watch full recording >>

October 23 - SPNI’s Environmental State of the Nation with SPNI CEO Iris Hann. SPNI’s Environmental State of the Nation - SPNI CEO Iris Hann on our major environmental challenges right now, and how we are meeting them. She’ll focus on nature-based solutions to climate change, planning issues, urban nature, getting water back to nature, and more.
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October 2 - LIVE from the field-Fall bird migration spectacular! Join our expert birders LIVE from the field, on site in the Hula Valley, the coastal plain, the Eilat salt marshes, and Jerusalem, as they show us the wonders of the annual migration of half a billion birds to Africa *please note the early time. Sunday October 2: Israel 16:00 - UK 14:00 - NY/Toronto 09:00 - LA 06:00 - Click here to see recording>>

September 18 - Start-Up Nature: Re-wilding Israel’s Historic Wetlands- a Conversation with SPNI’s Deputy CEO Dan Alon. Start-Up Nature: Re-wilding Israel’s Historic Wetlands -- SPNI’s Deputy CEO Dan Alon reports on exciting new developments in the most important environmental project in the Middle East right now: re-wilding failing fish farms into wetland nature reserves. Sunday September 18: Israel 20:00 - UK 18:00 - NY/Toronto 13:00 - LA 10:00 - Click here to watch full recording >>

Climate Change is this Generation's Greatest Challenge- A conversation with Professor Daniel Chamovitz

A conversation with a special guest - Professor Daniel Chamovitz, President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, where Israel’s first School of Sustainability and Climate Change was just founded anout the challenge of climate change and more. Click here to see recording>>

The Ultra-Orthodox sector and SPNI-Ultra Orthodox children make up 25% of the Jewish school system in Israel, and in Jerusalem, 63%. Clearly, SPNI's conservation efforts must extend to this sector. Oshra Attia, environmental education coordinator at SPNI Jerusalem, will share the work her staff has spearheaded in the Ultra Orthodox sector over the past several years to instill love and protection of nature within this complex community.
Sunday July 17th, 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto - Click here to watch full recording

Israel’s Innovations Saving the Planet-

In this recorded webinar you'll get to some facts about Israel and the environment:

Learn how Israel’s model of nature protection is enlightening the world.

Hear about new models of eco-innovation that help all living species.

Watch the full webinar>>>>

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Connecting to Israeli nature around the globe: Join the new Chair of Nature Israel, Jonathan Silverstein of Austin, Texas, in a talk about transforming Nature Israel (SPNI's U.S. affiliate) into one of the top 10 philanthropies caring for the environment and Israel.
Sunday June 26, 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto - Click here to see recording

SPNI's role in Israel's climate policy - nature based solutions - climate law - climate change and nature protection and Israel's unique importance in protecting biodiversity climate change context. Sunday June 12th, 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto -
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Special Live Webinar - Fresh from the US and Canada, Jay Shofet in conversation with Jonathan Silverstein, Chair of Nature Israel, and Dan Alon, Deputy CEO of SPNI, talk about Re-wilding, why everyone should care about Israel’s wetlands, and what Nature Israel is doing about it. Click here to see recording

Advocacy - Let's Talk Politics! - as it relates to environmental protection of course! - Gitit Weissblum, SPNI's lobbyist and coordinator of government relations, in an interview with Jay Shofet, discusses • what's SPNI currently focusing on in the Knesset • which government ministries are the most challenging • is environmentalism getting more popular with Israeli politicians?
Sunday May 1st, 20:00 - Israel, 14:00 - NY/Toronto - Click here to see Webinar

History of the Nili & David Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO) and Women Birders - A discussion with Alen Kacal Director of the JBO

Sunday April 10th, 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto - click here to watch recording

A Special Update on Trees, Afforestation and Israel Wildlife with Amir Balaban - Director of Urban Nature - will talk about the state of the forest after last year's fires

Sunday March 27th, 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto - click here to watch recording

Protecting the Israel's Mediterranean Coast - with Hadas Gan Perkal, Marine Project Coordinator
Sunday March 13th, 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto - Click here to watch recording

Can we turn Migratory Birds from a Nuisance to a Resource for Desert Farmers
Sunday February 27th, 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto - click here to see Webinar

The Reality of Israel’s Rivers: Professor Avital Gasith, Tel Aviv University and Board Member SPNI will discuss River Pollution in Israel

Sunday February 13th, 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto - 18:00 UK - Click here to see Webinar

Winter Birding Spectacular - Join the team from Birdlife Israel for a live broadcast from birding sites in Israel - Please note the special early time - we apologize, we need daylight for this webinar
Sunday February 6th, 15:30- Israel, 08:30- NY/Toronto – <Clich here to watch recording>

Rescheduled - Can We Stop the Sixth Extinction in the Land of Israel? A special meeting with leading Israeli environmentalist and member of Knesset Professor Alon Tal
Sunday January 30th, 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto - <Click here to watch recording>

A meeting with Professor Yossi Leshem who will talk on "How the Barn Owl Replaced the Dove of Peace", SPNI's regional cooperation project and a message for Tu Bishvat
Sunday January 16th - 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto – <<Click here to watch recording>>

Bird flu in Israel - Join Yoav Perlman and Nadav Israeli of BirdLife Israel for an update on the Bird flu outbreak in the Hula Valley that has killed thousands of wintering cranes. Sunday January 9th, 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 NY/Toronto - 18:00 UK.
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Diving into Marine Biodiversity – Following the Journey of the Gazelles – Monitoring Migrating Birds – And More!

Dan Alon,SPNI's new Deputy CEO, Director of Nature Conservation and Environmental Protection, will sum up SPNI's exciting year, and point to next year's challenges
Sunday December 19th - 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto - <Click here to watch recording>

Beyond Glasgow - Climate Change, Israel, and Nature-Based Solutions - SPNI's CEO Iris Hann. Presented by Iris Hann CEO, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. Sunday December 12th - 20: Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto. <Click here to watch recording>

Sunday November 21st - Saving the Endangered Israeli Mountain Gazelle from Extinction presented by Yael Hammerman-Soler, Director Gazelle Valley Park, Jerusalem Click here to watch recording>>

Sunday November 7th - Fall Bird Migration Bonanza III: Live Birding Across Israel with the Birdlife Israel Team