Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Science & Technology on Mar 22nd, 2008
It may pay to invest green, but Israeli green funds are momentarily in the red, reports the Israeli business newspaper, The Marker.
Israeli green mutual funds trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) invest primarly in foreign companies. The growth of the shekel, the nosedive of the dollar, plus a decline in the cost of [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Mar 22nd, 2008
It seems that we’ve been too spend-thrifty with our water and it’s all running out. By the end of this year, if we do not do something drastic the water levels will become so low that our natural water sources will become polluted.
What is our government doing towards a solution? “By the end of the [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Mar 21st, 2008
Back in January I wrote about the ‘Tread Lightly’ environmental project run by the Guardian Newspaper in the UK, (you can read the previous post here) and promised an update, so 3 months later, I’ve reviewed my pledges and progress, and that of the entire community who signed up - to date, 4209 folk [...]
Posted in Travel & Nature on Mar 21st, 2008
The Earth has a memory. It has records of African flowers blooming in the summer; it remembers cold, desolate Arctic winters since winters began, and the spawning of coral in the Great Barrier Reef one night, every spring.
I remember my first lesson as a child, on how the Earth remembers. The teacher had brought in [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Mar 20th, 2008
Well we have looked at the cloth nappy issue: now for the ultimate in eco-friendly baby practices – let’s go nappy free. No rubbish and no washing! You can’t get greener than that.
So how does it work?
Well it’s as simple as it sounds, your baby is nappy free. Elimination Communication (EC) is the practice of [...]
Posted in Green Living Tips on Mar 19th, 2008
With the holiday of Purim drawing near it’s a great opportunity to rethink bad holiday habits. Here’s a few things to mull over:
Think reusable with the Mishloach Manot. Baskets look nice, but they usually go straight to the garbage.
Save those bottles, some places even give you money for them… (usually supermarkets)
Do you need to buy [...]
Posted in Food & Health on Mar 19th, 2008
Most people know that organic produce is good and that pesticides are bad. Not only do pesticides have negative effects on human health, having been linked to neurological problems, various cancers, Parkinson’s disease, kidney damage, and reproductive disorders, to name a few, but pesticides have negative effects on the environment as well.
The toxic pesticides [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Mar 18th, 2008
We all know the saying: one’s mans trash is another man’s treasure. Embarrassing as it was in my younger years, my father was a collector and seller of other people’s trash and today makes a living from it. He calls it curbside shopping. It might be in the genes, because I too have a penchant [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Mar 17th, 2008
When looking for the next candidate for whatever office we look at whether the candidate is good for us. What are his/her ideal? Is s/he a good manager? Does s/he understand micro and macro finances? … oh yeah, and is s/he good for the environment?
Environmental organizations launched a campaign yesterday to evaluate candidates according to [...]
Posted in Green Living Tips on Mar 17th, 2008
The other day I was out with a friend and she told me that she had to stop by the shoe store to get knew shoes. I asked her why, and she responded that the backs of her shoes had been squashed and it was uncomfortable. I was able to convince her to check out [...]
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