Students encourage water conservation

Scores of Israeli high school students will spend a week at Lake Kinneret aimed at raising awareness and encourage water conservation. Accompanied by guides from the Society of the Protection of Nature, the students will hike along the Israel trail and walk around the entire lake. During the week they will row on Lake Kinneret, sleep under the stars and meet with locals. SPNI official Eyal Meir who coordinated the trip said the organization believes in the power of youth to change and contribute toward the improvement of nature in Israel and the importance of preserving the lake. Many years of a below average rainfall in Israel has caused the water level in the lake to fall drastically and it has dipped to the "black line" beyond which water cannot be pumped without causing severe damage to the entire water supply.