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 >>
Rescheduled - Beyond Glasgow - Climate Change, Israel, and Nature-Based Solutions - SPNI's CEO Iris Hann - Iris Hann, CEO of SPNI, will share her impressions of Glasgow, and present nature-based solutions to climate change: how Israel can lower carbon emissions while protecting our amazing biodiversity.
Sunday December 12th - 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto - Click here to register
Dan Alon, new Deputy CEO of SPNI, 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 register
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 register
Rescheduled - 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 register
Using Birds for Pest Control - A discussion with Noam Weiss - Director of the Eilat Birding Center
Sunday February 27th, 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto - click here to register
Protecting the Mediterranean Coast - Hadas Gan Perkal - Marine Project Coordinator will talk about SPNI's work to protect Israel's Coast
Sunday March 13th, 20:00 - Israel, 13:00 - NY/Toronto - click here to register
Recordings of Past Webinars
2021 Recordings:
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
Sunday October 3rd - Fall Bird Migration Bonanza II: Live Birding Across Israel with the Birdlife Israel Team
September 12th - Fall Bird Migration Bonanza I: Live Birding Across Israel with the Birdlife Israel Team
August 22nd - Emergency Webinar: Israel Burning - Up Close Perspectives on the Jerusalem Wildfire with SPNI
Sunday August 8th - Reflecting on the Unprecedented Spring Migration of 2021 presented by Noam Weiss, Director of the International Birding and Research Center Eilat
Sunday 25th July - Fantastic Birds and Where to Find: Secret Birding Spots in the Negev by Meidad Goren
Sunday 11th July - How to See Israel's Birds like a Pro: Your Guide to Visiting Israel presented by Jonathan Meyrav
June 6th - the Story Behind Gazelle Valley with Amir Balaban, Director of Urban Nature
Sunday 23rd May - Live Tour of Jerusalem's Gazelle Valley Park with Yael Hammerman-Soler, Director of the Park
Sunday 9th May - Environmental Challenges for the 24th Knesset with Jay Shofet, Director of Partnerships and Development
Sunday 25th April - 1st Year Anniversary Webinar: Migrating Birds know no boundaries with special guest Professor Yossi Leshem
Click here to watch the recording >> (due to copyright issues this recording may not be available in all territories)
Sunday 18th April - Spring Migration Spectacular II presented by the Birdlife Israel Team
Sunday 21st March - Cleaning Up after the February Oil Spill and Ensuring Eilat's Coral Reefs don't suffer the same fate presented by SPNI CEO Iris Hann
Sunday 14th March - Spring Migration Spectacular I with the Birdlife Israel team
Sunday 7th March - Trends and Changes in Israel's Bird Populations with Dr Yoav Perlman, Birdlife Israel's Director of Research
Sunday 21st February - Living Roofs and other innovations in Green Architecture with Amir Balaban, Director of Urban Nature
Sunday 7th February - Israel's marine wildlife and how SPNI Protects them through our Sea Watch Program with Hadas Gann-Parkal
Sunday 24th January - Is Tree Planting on Tu B'Shvat Good or Bad for Nature? presented by Alon Rothschild
Sunday 10th January - Israel's wetlands, a revived and thriving habitat with Prof Avital Gasith, SPNI board member
2020 Webinars:
April 2nd - Birds and Birding in the Holy Land from Jonathan Meyrav
April 6th - Live Ringing from the Nili and David Jerusalem Bird Observatory
(Click the times for the video)
8am (the sparrowhawk at the end continues here in Hebrew)
April 12th - The Secret Lives of Israel's Wild Mammals with Shmulik Yedvab
April 13th - Live Ringing at the Nili and David Jerusalem Bird Observatory with Amir Balaban and Alen Kacal
April 19th - Virtual Live Tour of Jerusalem's Gazelle Valley with Yael Hammerman-Soler and Ika Chipman
April 26th - Don't Pick the Wildflowers! with Amanda Lind
Sunday May 3rd - SPNI, Coronavirus and Climate Change with Iris Hann, SPNI's CEO
Monday May 4th - Where Start-Up Nation Meets the Green Revolution
with special guest Dr Diane Saxe, Former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario to raise emergency funds for SPNI's vital conservation
Sunday May 10th Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day at the Nili and David Jerusalem Bird Observatory with Alen Kacal
Sunday May 17th - A Deep Dive into Marine Biodiversity in the Mediterrean with Alon Rothschild
Sunday May 24th - Trees in the medicinal cabinet: The wonder of trees and their ability to cure in times of crisis in israel and the world with Dr Galia Hanoch-Ro'ee
Sunday May 31st - Spring Migration Finale with the Birdlife Israel team (Jonathan Meyrav, Alen Kacal and Noam Weiss)
Sunday June 14th - Swifts at the Western Wall with Amir Balaban
Sunday July 12th - The State of Israel's Water Crisis in 2020 with Professor Paul Kay, Dr David Brooks and Dana Tabachnik
Sunday July 26th - Bird Conservation in the Negev with Meidad Goren
Sunday August 9th - Misunderstood Mammals: Welcome to the amazing world of Israel's Bats with Shmulik Yedvab (poor sound quality for first few minutes)
Sunday August 23rd - The Land is our Shofar with Rabbi Paul Citrin and Cantor Beth Cohen (lecture starts after about 5 mins)
Sunday September 6th - Empowering youth in conservation hosted by Alen Kacal
Monday 5th October - Live Ringing at the Nili and David Jerusalem Bird Observatory - Succot 2020 edition
Sunday 18th October - Return to the Gazelle Valley with Yael Hammerman-Soler
Sunday 1st November - When SPNI went to Washington with Yoav Sagi, former SPNI CEO
Sunday 15th November - This year in Jerusalem: the Battle for Reches Lavan with Liron Dean and Yael Eliashar
Thursday 19th November - A Brief History Of Israel's Environmental Movement: A Snapshot Of Today's Sustainability Challenges And Successes with Jay Shofet
Sunday 29th November - Tales from the Birding Notebook with Dan Alon
Sunday 6th November - Israel, Birds and Chanukah presented by Alen Kacal and hosted by Academy Online: Torah Wild
Sunday 13th December - The 100% solar plan for Israel and the World with special guest Yossi Abramowitz, named by CNN as one of the top six "Green Pioneers" worldwide
Sunday 20th December - SPNI's plan to increase Israel's Resilience in a world impacted by Climate Change with Lawrence Kasmir
Sunday 31st January - Tu B'Shvat Special: Wake Up to an Israeli Birding Adventure
This webinar is part of the Big Bold Jewish Climate Fest and supported by Temple Emanu-El
Click here to watch the recording >>
Featuring: Alen Kacal, Amir Balaban, Noam Weiss, Nadav Yisraeli, Yonatan Meyrav