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Azaria Alon (15 November 1918 – 19 January 2014) was an Israel Prize-winning 
Azaria Alon, father of Israeli environmentalism, dies at 95
from the jerusalem post, 01/19/2014
environmentalist
An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that se ...
, and a co-founder of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel
Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel ( he, החברה להגנת הטבע, ''HaHevra LeHaganat HaTeva''), or SPNI, is an Israeli non-profit environmental organization working to preserve plants, animals, and natural environments that repr ...
(SPNI).
Biography
Azaria Alon was born in Ukraine. His family immigrated to Palestine in 1925, settling onKfar Yehezkel
Kfar Yehezkel ( he, כְּפַר יְחֶזְקֵאל, ''lit.'' Yehezkel Village) is a moshav ovdim in northern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley, six kilometres southeast of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. I ...
, a moshav in the Jezreel Valley
The Jezreel Valley (from the he, עמק יזרעאל, translit. ''ʿĒmeq Yīzrəʿēʿl''), or Marj Ibn Amir ( ar, مرج ابن عامر), also known as the Valley of Megiddo, is a large fertile plain and inland valley in the Northern Distr ...
. They moved to Kiryat Haim
Kiryat Haim ( he, קריית חיים , ar, كريات حاييم) is a neighborhood of Haifa, Israel. It is considered part of the Krayot cluster in the northern part of metropolitan Haifa. In 2008, Kiryat Haim had a population of just un ...
in 1932, the year in which he graduated from the Hebrew Reali School
, motto_translation = ''Walk Humbly''
, address = Hertzel 16
, city = Haifa
, zipcode = 3312103
, country = Israel
, coordinates =
, other_name ...
. Alon returned to the Jezreel Valley at the age of 20 to live on Kibbutz Beit HaShita
Beit HaShita ( he, בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה, lit. ''House of the Acacia'') is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located between Afula and Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. As of it had a population of . ...
. In 1952, he married Reut, with whom he had four children.
Awards and recognition
Alon received an Israel Prize for lifetime achievement in 2012. He had previously been nominated for the Israel Prize when the SPNI won it in 1980. Alon also entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the anchor of the oldest radio program.from the jerusalem post, 01/19/2014
Books
* ''Israel National Parks & Nature Reserves : a Carta Guide'', (2014), Carta,See also
* List of Israel Prize recipientsReferences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alon, Azaria 1918 births 2014 deaths Israeli conservationists Israeli Jews Israel Prize for lifetime achievement & special contribution to society recipients People from Haifa Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Ukrainian Jews Hebrew Reali School alumni