Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in News & Politics on Jan 31st, 2008
For years it has seemed that Israel and Thailand were enjoying a trade agreement that should keep both sides happy: we send Thailand our pushy and notoriously litterbug tourists, and they send us their illegal workers to scrub floors for half price.
But it seems that Israel has something else to offer Thailand in addition to [...]
Posted in News & Politics on Jan 31st, 2008
Jerusalem, the Holy City for three religions, is often known as Jerusalem of Gold due to the yellowy-pink stones from which the buildings are cut. Until the winter that is. We’ve had heavy snowfall in the city this past 24 hours covering it in white and leaving schools, businesses and buses at a standstill (check [...]
Posted in Education on Jan 30th, 2008
Kids in Beit Shemesh schools–religious and secular alike–will soon be learning about environmental issues. A new initiative on the part of Sviva Israel, a religious environmental NGO, is bringing discussion of ecological topics into the classroom.
In particular, kids will learn how to recognize their “ecological footprint” and be encouraged to tread lightly with some practical [...]
Posted in Culture & Design on Jan 30th, 2008
This recently published book’s full title is ‘A Crack in the Earth: A Journey up Israel’s Rift Valley,’ and it is just that; in 2004 Jerusalem-based writer and translator Haim Watzman took 2 weeks to travel up the Jordan Valley from Eilat in the south to Kiryat Shmonah in the far north, meeting a wide [...]
Posted in Sustainable Lifestyle on Jan 30th, 2008
Green Prophet welcomes our latest writer, Eco-Mum Sophie Ohana. We’ve blogged about her new organic baby clothes company Tinok Yarok here before. Sophie is going to be writing a weekly post on different tips for greening your baby. This week she starts with nursery furniture. Read on.
Writes Sophie:Being a mum at the best of [...]
Posted in News & Politics on Jan 28th, 2008
Israel was ranked #1 in the Middle East on Yale and Columbia’s 2008 Environmental Performance Index, a system which consists of variables that relate to environmental health and ecosystem vitality.
But in comparison to the rest of the world, we’re #49.
Posted in Transportation & EcoTravel on Jan 28th, 2008
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We’ve been a little skeptical about the electric car project proposed by Shai Agassi. Israel relies still on heavily-polluting coal power plants; and a great deal of infrastructure will need to be put in place for this scheme to work.
Not to mention the fact that Israelis barely recycle.
That’s quite a jump from throwing trash out [...]
Posted in Transportation & EcoTravel on Jan 27th, 2008
The Kishon River was once a notorious dumping ground for seven chemical plants, with the result that the entire ecosystem died and the river was even blamed for causing cancer (though that has never been proven conclusively).In recent years, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has initiated what they refer to as a “master plan” to [...]
Posted in Culture & Design on Jan 27th, 2008
“Gie me a spark o’ natures fire, thats a’ the learning I desire:
Then, tho’ I drudge thro’ dub an’ mire at pleugh or cart,
my muse, tho’ hamely in attire, may touch my heart.”
Israel’s small but distinguished Scottish community may well be nursing hangovers and sore throats this week, after celebrating the anniversary of the birth [...]
Posted in Sustainable Lifestyle on Jan 26th, 2008
Last week Green Prophet took you on a whirlwind tour of a green kitchen party. This week we head to the bathroom. Some first steps in making the bathroom green, could start with natural cleaners on your tub, toilet and sink. You can buy them or make your own. We’ll talk in more detail about [...]
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