Alon Tal

Alon Tal
אלון טל
Alon Tal in 2021
Member of the Knesset
2021–2022Blue and White
Personal details
Born
Albert Rosenthal

(1960-07-12) 12 July 1960 (age 64)
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation(s)Member of Knesset, Professor
SpouseRobyn Klein Tal
Academic background
EducationSc.D. Environmental Health Policy
Alma materHarvard University
ThesisAgriculture and Water Quality: An Evaluation of State Environmental Programs[1] (1989)
Doctoral advisorJohn D. Graham
Academic work
Discipline
Institutions
Notable works
  • Pollution in a Promised Land: An Environmental History of Israel (2002)
  • The Land Is Full: Addressing Overpopulation in Israel (2016)
Websitewww.alontal.org.il

Alon Tal (Hebrew: אלון טל, born 12 July 1960) is an Israeli politician, academic and environmentalist. He was a member of the 24th Knesset between 2021 and 2022, representing the Blue and White political party; founder of the Israel Union for Environmental Defense[2] and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies;[3] and co-founder of Ecopeace: Friends of the Earth–Middle East,[4] This Is My Earth,[5] the Israel Forum for Demography, Environment and Society, Aytzim: Ecological Judaism,[6] and the Green Movement.[7] Tal was appointed chair of the Department of Public Policy at Tel Aviv University in 2017.

  1. ^ WorldCat record. Accessed: 4 March 2019.
  2. ^ "אדם טבע ודין – אגודה ישראלית להגנת הסביבה". Archived from the original on 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  3. ^ "ARAVA INSTITUTE". Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Home". EcoPeace Middle East. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. ^ "About Us". Archived from the original on 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  6. ^ "Volunteers for Israel's Environment — Green Zionist Alliance: The Grassroots Campaign for a Sustainable Israel". Greenzionism.org. 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  7. ^ "Alon Tal Paints a Picture of Israel's Environment Wrongs and Rights (INTERVIEW)". Green Prophet. 2011-12-02. Retrieved 2012-08-10.