New Jersey Environmental Policy Leader visits Kibbutz Lotan

NJ environment expert hails Israel’s green side | New Jersey Jewish News

Gov. Jon Corzine’s former policy counsel is back from his first trip to Israel with fresh perspectives on sustainability policies in the Jewish state.

“It was incredibly enlightening,” said Adam Zellner, president and CEO of the New Brunswick-based Greener By Design, of his late-February trip.

One highlight of the trip was a visit to Kibbutz Lotan in Israel’s Arava Valley — a kibbutz dedicated to creative ecology, renewable water supplies, and sustainable living, according to Zellner.

“It was phenomenal — the incredible amount of sustainable techniques they’re using,” said Zellner, a specialist in managing environmental assets and energy use. “If we could take that and expand on it, there are incredible applications in the United States. I can’t tell you how impressed I was.”