We are currently located on 
the rooftop of Dizengoff Centre - 
60,000 metres squared, 
it receives 1 million visitors a month.
We are actually located on 
a part of the rooftop of building B, 
and over several 
years of preparation, 
we have turned it into a public garden 
and a centre for sustainability.
The idea is to prove 
that both are possible – 
it’s possible to live in
 the culture of consumption,
but also to moderate it wherever needed, 
and when it’s possible – 
whether it’s here behind me, 
a butterfly garden, 
or here next to me, a greenhouse full 
of hydroponic and aquaponic crops,
a nursery that grows 
1,700 trees every year, 
whose trees are planted here and 
grow over the course of a year, 
and then afterwards are donated
 to be planted permanently across the city.
We grow different kinds 
of lettuce in the greenhouse,
as well as basil, 
spinach, and cucumbers.
We’ve really established 
greenhouses for growing here, 
and we supplied vegetables
 to 15 different restaurants in the area.
When the lettuce and 
basil have grown enough, 
we actually donate all the 
agricultural produce that we have here 
to a range of food 
non-profit organisations. 
Organic materials are 
still left over afterwards.
Now, what do we do 
with these leftovers? 
We have here a device –
 an Israeli development actually – 
called HomeBiogas. 
We take the organic leftovers 
and put them into the device. 
The bacteria break 
down the leftover materials, 
and the result of the 
breakdown is actually cooking gas.
We also raise bees, 
with the biodynamic 
beekeeping technique. 
The idea is to enable the bees to thrive 
with as much space as possible,
, to actually let them do their thing, 
and to pollinate all the flora of central Tel Aviv.
If you come closer,
you can see the honey traps,
 they’re bursting with honey.
The idea is that it’s hard 
to solve all the problems 
the shopping centre creates 
with just two dunams of garden on a rooftop - 
far from it – 
but this garden, with its originality 
and uniqueness in Tel Aviv, 
is supposed to create inspiration for other
people with private rooftops, or public buildings.
I am convinced that if we just look 
at rooftops that aren’t currently being used, 
gardens, shared houses, 
basements that aren’t being used, 
we would be able to produce a considerable 
part of our food by ourselves in the city.
