Continued to be an environmental activist and initiated class action suits against Israel’s most shameless polluters.
After writing The Land is Full while on sabbatical at Stanford University, Alon co-founded Zafuf-the Israel Forum for Population, Environment and Society.
In 2016, with his long-time friend and collaborator, Prof. Uri Shanas, he co-founded TiME- This is My Earth, a global initiative to purchase biological hotspots to protect biodiversity around the world.
Elected to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in 2021 where he set as goals three important areas: women’s empowerment, Jewish Pluralism and protecting Israel’s Environment.
Active in the Masorti / Conservative movement, locally and nationally, for 20 years.