Partnering with Moroccan Communities for Sustainable Development

The Legal Caravan and the Tree Planting Program led by the High Atlas Foundation, exemplify a dual approach to community development that intertwines legal education and environmental stewardship.

Everywhere we travel we see underlying economic forces driving unsustainable behavior. Alternatively, when unsustainable behavior begins to deliver diminishing returns it’s an opportunity to offer economically viable alternatives that also provide ecological benefits.

It is worth considering, in light of humanity’s profound struggle against the world’s climate and matters of elemental justice, how the onset of the Biblical tale of Noah is relevant today. According to ancient Hebraic commentaries, Noah actually grew the timber he used for his ark from seeds of cedar.