ABOUT

JIBAL is a not-for-profit association founded in Beirut in 2017 (governmental final approval in January 2019). Jibal promotes and advances social and environmental justice – or the fair and equitable distribution of environmental and social benefits (and burdens) – in Lebanon through the furthering of collective organization, accessible and open knowledge, and regenerative principles. Jibal is open to the region and builds bridges with many like-minded organizations in the Middle-East, the Arab world and further.

Jibal was founded by Angela Saade and Ounsi El Daif, founding members of the French NGO Tabadol (French organization who worked between 2008 and 2021 for intercultural understanding and fighting discriminations mainly in France, but also in Germany, Syria and Lebanon) and Eedama Advisors (a UAE based social enterprise promoting sustainability through trainings on impact entrepreneurship and technical sustainability as well as awareness in the Gulf region and Lebanon), respectively. 

How do ecosystems based on fair and just social practices thrive?

كيف تزدهر النظم الإيكولوجية القائمة على الممارسات الاجتماعية العادلة والمنصفة؟

 

JIBAL is a not-for-profit association that promotes and advances social and environmental justice – or the fair and equitable distribution of environmental and social benefits (and burdens) – in Lebanon through the furthement of collective organization, accessible and open knowledge, and regenerative principles.

جبال هي جمعية غير ربحية تدافع عن مبادئ العدالة البيئية والاجتماعية. نحن نطمح لمجتمع يركز على مبادئ المعاملة بالمثل, الاعتراف بالآخر وتقديره, وإعادة التوزيع المتكافئ

 

Values القيم

We believe that a harmonious world entails the fair sharing of the environment and of natural resources, on the one hand, and the recognition of reciprocal relations of equality and of the redistribution of wealth, on the other.

Jibal literally means “mountain” in Arabic. The word is also an adapted acronym of the full registered name of the organization, جبال – جمعية من أجل العدالة البيئية والإجتماعية في لبنان (Association for Environmental and Social Justice in Lebanon). 

نحن نرى أن عالما متناغما يستلزم التقاسم العادل للبيئة والموارد الطبيعية من ناحية ، والاعتراف بالعلاقات المتبادلة المتساوية وإعادة توزيع الثروة، من ناحية أخرى. بالإضافة لمعناها الحرفي باللغة العربية, كلمة “جبال” هي أيضًا اختصار لأحرف الاسم الكامل المسجل للمنظمة ، وهو “جمعية من أجل العدالة البيئية والإجتماعية في لبنان”