Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Fashion & Design on Feb 15th, 2008
Last week Eco-Mum Sophie started the debate on cloth diapers (or nappies as she calls them - it must be a UK thing). This week she continues her argument for why parents should switch over to cloth. Stinky khaki buckets aside, her arguments are in favor of making this earth a little bit greener.
“The [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Feb 14th, 2008
Fifteen of the largest cities and towns in Israel have signed an international environmental resolution to cut down on greenhouse gases emissions, joining 800 local governments worldwide.
The pledge is to reduce emissions by 20% by 2020.
It will be interesting to see how this resolution is enforced. While there’s a lot of talk about which areas [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Feb 14th, 2008
Israel has lured climate Change evangelist Al Gore to the Holy Land.
Come May, Gore is expected to drop in at Tel Aviv University to collect a $1 million in prize booty awarded by the Dan David Foundation.
It is reported that Gore will donate all the prize money to a good environmental cause.
::ISRAEL21c
Posted in Religion on Feb 13th, 2008
It once happened that a farmer was removing stones from his field and putting them onto a public thoroughfare. There was a certain pious person who challenged the farmer: “Why are you taking stones from what is not yours and putting them onto what belongs to you?” The farmer just laughed.
Posted in Science & Technology on Feb 12th, 2008
We’ve talked about the wonders of bamboo, but another material, being researched and improved by Israeli scientists may become the new bamboo, the new hemp and the new wood. Watch Jonathan Dayan from Tel Aviv University talk about his PhD research on kenaf.
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Feb 11th, 2008
One of my fondest memories of my childhood is going out to explore the new world the day after a big snow. I can still remember vividly how the snow would hang off the trees, the pristine white fields so bright that they blind you if you look at them directly. I always felt sad, [...]
Posted in Travel & Nature on Feb 11th, 2008
This post is devoted to the sheer joy of growing something, in this case, an organic gooseberry bush (Hebrew: Hazrazar) (Latin: Ribes Grossularia). Growing something - anything really, from a geranium stem, roughly transplanted and shoved in soil, to vegetables for your plate; can be a mystical experience. It mesmerizes, absorbs, transfixes … and continues [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Feb 10th, 2008
We’ve already had a green kitchen party, we’ve learned about ways to conserve water while greening the old bathroom; we’ve even talked about ways to green your bedroom (hey, you know what we mean). Today we’re moving over to the living room, with a focus on energy conservation.
Roughly two-thirds of our annual energy budget gets [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban, Lifestyle & Culture on Feb 9th, 2008
Jerusalem art students tried their luck recently at weaning Israelis off their addiction to plastic bags at the city’s Machane Yehuda market.Green Prophet recently reported on ‘Plastic for Free’ phenomenon of nylon-binging in Israeli shops, so it’s welcome news that their new shopping bags are not only eco-friendly (made from cloth instead of plastic), they’re [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Feb 9th, 2008
Israelis are known for their advances in high-tech. We brag about it whenever we can. A little known fact is that Israel also generates and exports tons of e-waste. Bringing things up to speed is an Israeli company, Snunit Recycling, which is poised to make a pretty penny from our electronic waste. And we don’t [...]
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