the dead sea works (mammoth // building nothing out of something)
What form a landscape infrastructure for the revitalization of the Dead Sea might take is difficult to say; perhaps the Dead Sea Works might be inspired by their success at producing salt from salt water, and try their hand at separating out the other component in that raw ingredient, augmenting the salt ponds and fertilizer-production facilities on the southern basin with networks of desalinization plants, capitalizing (as the ponds do, through evaporation) on the plentiful solar energy of the Negev to power those plants. Or perhaps, like Orange County, a far-sighted municipality could construct a string of wastewater recycling plants and recharge the freshwater aquifers surrounding the Sea, halting the spread of erosion and sinkholes. Whatever the form, agriculture, industry, wastewater systems, and natural ecologies could be viewed not as competing interests vying over a singular and shrinking water supply, but as necessary components of a single regional urban ecology, with waste flows from one component providing the raw material for the processes of others.
Daily Grape » Wine from The Forest By: Adam Montefiore
Yatir Winery is situated at Tel Arad, itself a fascinating archaeological site with 3,000 years history. The building is very understated and modest, but inside lies one of the most technologically advanced, state-of-the-art wineries in the country. No money has been spared in order to give Yatir a technological edge.
The winery sits in the north east Negev, in a semi arid area at around 500 meters above sea level. Yet less than half an hour to the east, is Israel’s most unique attraction: the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth.
Yatir’s special vineyards are situated only ten minutes away by car, but in a vastly different area. From the winery there is a climb up to 900 meters above sea level to Yatir Forest. This is Israel’s largest forest, which was planted in 1964. Within this area are four blocks of vineyards, which provide the precious fruit for Yatir’s award winning wines.
This is an area that reeks of wine history. It was the province of Judea in ancient times and there are no less than 180 ancient wine presses to be found in the forest. This provides conclusive evidence of a rich winemaking past. Yatir Forest is the southern tip of the Judean Hills. It is because of this that the logo of the winery is a lion – the symbol of the tribe of Judah in Biblical times.
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