"  Ecologically sustainable & conscious community where people & nature flourish in beauty, harmony & integrity"

By: Michael Sawaya

Lebenvironment.com's vision and objective is to promote Eco village concept across every Lebanese village, with the goal of becoming more dependable, economical and ecologically sustainable, in terms of our water resources, electricity and heating during winter.

To achieve our environmental objectives, it is important to challenge the current conventional thinking of the people and the way of life which is very dependable on the statuesque by enforcing change and introducing new concepts and ideas that will directly bring changes to our way of utilizing our resources, some example that will help bring the idea closer to reality:

•Solar & Wind energy With the increase of Oil price thus electricity bill, not to mention the alternative generator which is a must for every household and a means of bad pollution can be replaced by Wind mills and Solar systems. This new mean's is a onetime bill but provides clean and ecological sustainable energy.

• Rain water harvesting Every home and town in Lebanon is suffering from shortage in water during summer. We buy water in the land of water. Our water resources are becoming scarce due to lack of proper maintenance and dams to reserve the water instead of wasting it to the sea. Why can't we harvest this this natural  gift by harvesting it in a feasible way by collecting winter rain in our roof top and storing them in reservoirs for summer use.

• Build Dams & water reservoirs Benefits of course are numerous, knowing that year by year we suffer from this natural resource 'Water' which is vital for our existence and a reason for potential war in our region in the future. Another vital neccesity for water reserviors is for irrigation and using the water during summer in case of fire in the forests.

• Recycle paper and plastic Still not a practical habit in our community, why? well maybe we don't have the sufficient infrastructure like proper bins to collect seperated carton slash paper and plastic's. Moreover we need the machinary to process and reused these raw material. Nevertheless, recycling is a social and ecological need. We produce a lot of waste and poison to our lives.

• Plant more trees Due to the recent fires across lebanon and the fact we are loosing a lot of trees like pine and olive. More organizations and environment groups are becoming more aware and proactive in reforestation and replacing what has been burnt to ashes with new trees. But this shy initiative is not enough, the government and institutions not to mention political parties in particular should be involved in such a usefull project to the nation. 

• Protect wild life Wildlife faces threats from habitat destruction, pollution and other human actions. Although protecting wildlife can seem overwhelming at times, even small actions in your own neighborhood can help protect many different animals. As the saying goes, think globally and act locally. You can protect wildlife for future generations.