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The Green Zionist Alliance (GZA) is a nonprofit organization, based in the United States, that works to:
- Educate and mobilize a Diaspora voice for Israel’s environment;
- To support Israel’s environmental movement;
- To improve environmental practices within the world Zionist movement and it’s constituent agencies;
- To inspire people to work for change.
Founded in 2001 as the first environmental party at the World Zionist Congress. The GZA has won representation at the last two Congresses (2002 & 2006) and used those opportunities to appoint three environmental leaders to the Board of the Keren Kayemet L'Yisrael.
The Green Zionist Alliance is a member of the American Zionist Movement, and has worked in partnership with Mercaz/Masorti, Ameinu, Hazon, the Jewish National Fund and more.
Founding members includes Alon Tal, Eilon Schwartz and Rabbi Michael Cohen. Ongoing leadership includes Noam Dolgin & David Krantz.