Jerusalem celebrates Gag Eden, a play on words for Gan Eden or the Hebrew word for paradise. It is a 3-day green roofs festival in the heart of the city
This is not a festival about rooftops. It is a festival about the possibility of reinventing the city itself. Gad Eden is about adding the ground space that is in such shortage, and to dream up a reality of abundance for all of us. This year, we are celebrating the new rooftops that joined the city center on top of the art schools, and the brave decision of the Jerusalem Municipality, which together with us implemented the program for tapping into the potential of urban rooftops.
Video of Gag Eden, 2021:
Thanks to this initiative, in the upcoming years, one million meters of rooftop wilderness will be transformed into valuable green havens.
Related: meet Palestinian women beekeepers in Jerusalem.
Muslim women in East Jerusalem learn the art of beekeeping (via Haaretz)
And above all, Gag Eden is celebrating the fact that we are no longer alone, lone madmen on the roof – but a part of a growing and optimistic movement of people from all sectors, religions, sexes, and genders that come together to create the spaces we are missing, the realms of healing that the city and we need.
Join us for three days in which we will make and get to know the city we deserve.
Get the Gan Eden Full Schedule in English here (links to PDF)
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