Activism
Ron always felt that volunteering for the benefit of humans and animals and nature is the thing to do. Here are a few examples:
+ Becoming a teacher in the poor town of Yerucham in the middle of the desert.
http://www.bgu.ac.il/atomchip/Beyond_Physics/Yeruham.htm
+ Being an active Amnesty International member. Ron is an Amnesty International member for decades, and in the 90s Ron was the chairperson of the Israeli Section.
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Ron Folman, Chairperson of Amnesty International, Israel Section, is presenting the Amensty International annual report on Human Rights, to Shevah Weiss, Speaker of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), Jerusalem, June 1994
+ Being an active member of Greenpeace and participating in some wild actions such as the hijacking of a waste dumping ship.
GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS BLOCK SHIP FROM DUMPING TOXIC WASTE
(Ron is the guy in the water, just in front of the front tip of the ship. Ron took part in this action together with an international team from Greenpeace, and together with his good friend, Ory Zik, who was at the time, the Chairperson of Greenpeace in Israel.)
+ Helping the Arab society within and around Israel. For example, Ron was a member of the steering committee of the BGU center for the promotion of Bedouin society and students (see pictures). In another activity (see picture) Ron helps Palestinian farmers collect their crops (in this case olives).
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The front and back of the Bedouin center Newsletter (you can see Ron’s name in the steering committee).
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Ron helping Palestinian farmers collect their olive crops.