{"id":1001,"date":"2019-10-17T10:57:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T15:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/this-is-democracy\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=1001"},"modified":"2020-10-05T12:24:24","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T17:24:24","slug":"alon-tal","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/this-is-democracy\/speaker\/alon-tal\/","title":{"rendered":"Alon Tal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b>Alon Tal<\/b>\u00a0(<a title=\"Hebrew language\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hebrew_language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hebrew_language&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571414009298000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHbiFUhpnRJz4z7F_degsOfHMRCrg\">Hebrew<\/a>:\u00a0<span dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"he\">\u05d0\u05dc\u05d5\u05df \u05d8\u05dc<\/span>\u200e, born 12 July 1960) is a leading Israeli environmental activist and academic; founder of the\u00a0<a title=\"Israel Union for Environmental Defense\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel_Union_for_Environmental_Defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel_Union_for_Environmental_Defense&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571414009298000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGR1oZZZKdcNSTPbsyGL4Evhao9_Q\">Israel Union for Environmental Defense<\/a>,<sup id=\"m_8022279198820303193cite_ref-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alon_Tal#cite_note-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alon_Tal%23cite_note-2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571414009298000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEzTv_BV1WBmi6ox9EpzEe7wUzn4A\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a title=\"Arava Institute for Environmental Studies\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arava_Institute_for_Environmental_Studies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arava_Institute_for_Environmental_Studies&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571414009298000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFDxD0RKuauujHxO6v1bckeL_zWZw\">Arava Institute for Environmental Studies<\/a>;<sup id=\"m_8022279198820303193cite_ref-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alon_Tal#cite_note-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alon_Tal%23cite_note-3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571414009298000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGTkiaJ2bFBknLIgz7YqTYKf2R0Lw\">[3]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0and a co-founder of Ecopeace: Friends of the Earth, Middle East;<sup id=\"m_8022279198820303193cite_ref-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alon_Tal#cite_note-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alon_Tal%23cite_note-4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571414009299000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHnLYPopNBxPyVwJUDq5SM3jQHtmw\">[4]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0<a title=\"This is My Earth\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/This_is_My_Earth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/This_is_My_Earth&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571414009299000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF6q-_Lr86Zfd3f93I0IRqie5q27Q\">This is My Earth<\/a>;<sup id=\"m_8022279198820303193cite_ref-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alon_Tal#cite_note-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alon_Tal%23cite_note-5&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571414009299000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGhtp2wGmx61DUum4gjj1L56gX-1A\">[5]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0the Israel Forum for Demography, Environment and Society;\u00a0<a title=\"Aytzim\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aytzim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aytzim&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571414009299000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFv2qvOL0QFxOTZl0oYJzlNfzzfqg\">Aytzim: Ecological Judaism<\/a>;<sup id=\"m_8022279198820303193cite_ref-autogenerated1_6-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alon_Tal#cite_note-autogenerated1-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alon_Tal%23cite_note-autogenerated1-6&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571414009299000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEkqNAMWTBMs4V5C3MQKKhhqcOj6A\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a title=\"Green Movement (Israel)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Green_Movement_(Israel)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Green_Movement_(Israel)&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571414009299000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFGPImasSsCH9jvGqv8K1gbZXOS3g\">Green Movement<\/a>\u00a0political party.<sup id=\"m_8022279198820303193cite_ref-7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alon_Tal#cite_note-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alon_Tal%23cite_note-7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571414009299000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEJEq0HT5ao4pDTf0ZHOOSkxDPdzQ\">[7]<\/a><\/sup> Tal was appointed chair of the Department of Public Policy at\u00a0<a title=\"Tel Aviv University\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tel_Aviv_University\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tel_Aviv_University&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571414009299000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFvixzjuCSaXuoloO-HfNUbzHigww\">Tel Aviv University<\/a>\u00a0in 2017.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1878,"template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-1001","1":"speaker","2":"type-speaker","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"acf":{"speaker_title":"Founder of the Israel Union for Environmental Defense and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies","speaker_last_name":"Tal","speaker_classification":["Featured 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