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Alexandra Cohen, Sustainability and Government graduate of IDC Herzliya, Founder of Hydria Water Innovations (photo courtesy of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation)
Best friends and business partners Alexandra Cohen, from Chicago in the US, and Duna Ecija Cousens, from Madrid, Spain, met in Israel as students at IDC Herzliya’s School of Sustainability. Each was already passionate about sustainability, and each had come to Israel feeling that the country, with its chronic water shortages and consequently innovative solutions, was the best place to study and to gain experience in the field.
“Necessity breeds solutions, as the saying goes,” says Cohen. “Israel became a leader in innovation within sustainability out of necessity, and the success achieved now puts Israel in the unique position to be able to export this knowledge around the world at this crucial time. Therefore, I believed studying sustainability in Israel at IDC Herzliya would enable me to