Urban Branches

SPNI's Urban Branches are also known as "Kehilot" (Communities in Hebrew) as they bring local communities together toward shared environmental goals. Though every community has specific concerns and needs crucial to its sustainable future, SPNI’s urban branches share the same primary objectives:

• Increase environmental awareness among city residents of all ages
• Run educational activities for children, youth and adults in order to develop emotional bonds between communities and the nature about them, and a sense of responsibility 
• Assemble and supervise coalitions of local residents and organizations dedicated to improving local quality of life, protecting urban nature and promoting sustainable planning policies
• Make public participation in local planning processes an accepted standard
• Promote environmental issues among major decision-makers in the local political arena