Green Prophet

Let your towel hang dry in between uses so that you can reuse your towel. After your shower you should be clean. You are not necessarily getting your towel dirty by drying yourself of on it. If you do this you not only will be saving money on washing costs, water and the time you [...]

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We here at Green Prophet are all about writing about the environment, and so we were very excited when an ‘environmental writing residency’ opportunity cropped up and landed on the desk today, and eager to share this with our readers.
An organisation based in Minnesota, USA is giving writers and artists the chance to stay [...]

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Remember, you can always take more, but most people won’t appreciate it if you put your unfinished food back into the pot. This way you won’t have to plan tomorrow’s lunch and you can GreenYourselfDaily.

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The week began with a battle for high ground in Florentine. But that’s a skirmish compared to the bitter battle for the beach. Because nothing says “bitter” like a cause-centric Facebook group.
Winding up the wind power. But what about the birds?
Mega-supermarket chain Supersol gets a clue and goes green.
It’s kind of like art deco, [...]

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This week Ecomum falls in love, but it’s not a man, it’s an ecosolution for nursery madness.
So being an ecomum, buying new furniture for my daughter is not really my style, but when something like an EcoCradle comes along I am seriously tempted and definitely recommend this as the eco-guilt-free solution for parents or grandparents [...]

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Israel is known for it’s plastic shopping bags. While it’s better to bring your own reusable sturdy shopping bags when you go shopping, sometimes we find ourselves deciding to stop by the store spontaneously. Of course that would be the only way we would find ourselves using plastics…
If you are going to use plastic bags [...]

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We’ve had several rainstorms this year but it seems that they are not enough. This winter’s meager rainfall has done nothing to replenish shrinking Golan Heights streams or the mountain and coastal aquifers, and concern is growing again for the country’s water supply.
“Cute little trickles like this will not save Lake Kinneret,” Yeruham Kantman, director [...]

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In the 3rd of this series of water-related posts, following on from our recent post (which you can read here) on the sad death of a whale off the coast of Ashkelon, we look at the pioneering activism of the sea Shepherd Conservation Society, who exist under the directorship of Captain [...]

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They’re up, then they’re down. Up, then down. The story with the billboards along the Tel Aviv Ayalon Highway is a bit of a yo yo. That’s why we excited to hear about Naomi’s Abu YoYo (meaning piggyback ride) company which is designing goods from billboard waste. Check out her kitchen accessories for drying dishes, [...]

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Religious Jews will not turn on or off electricity on the Sabbath. Their solution? A timer electrical outlet, a shabbas-clock. Set the times you want the appliance plugged in to be on and let it go…
To save energy these outlets are great to use for space heaters. If you use space heaters when those cold [...]

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