Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Food & Health on Apr 27th, 2008
The organic trend has definitely hit Tel Aviv, and in all of the expected ways. With small organic markets, imported organic wines, organic goat cheeses, and organic gourmet foods.
But organic foods usually appeal to a certain type of food shopper, and not always the kind who sits down on a busy street to eat [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Apr 24th, 2008
In honor of Earth Day this year, the US-based zine Jewcy goes green. Helen Jupiter, an editor and commentator at the site, offers up a fantabulous list of green reads, suited for Jewish souls, or any soul for that matter –– see 10 Books on the Intersection of Judaism and the Environment.
“There are a lot [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Apr 24th, 2008
Feeling gloomy and despondent about Climate Change? Do you feel, like my dear Welsh friend Tim in London whose default position on this (and everything) is that we are all “doomed”?
Well, we here at Green Prophet are all about finding optimistic solutions, and giving attention to some of the projects that are trying in [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Apr 24th, 2008
In honor of international Earth Day, which was on April 22nd, we’ll be devoting a series of posts this week to Israeli ventures and businesses that make our consumption a little greener by reinventing used materials.
If we don’t reuse our resources we may lose them altogether, so these green heroes definitely deserve our attention and [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Apr 23rd, 2008
I know that in Israel we do not yet celebrate this joyous week, but coming from blighty and being a big old fan of cloth nappies I am going to throw down the gauntlet for us sometimes slow-to catch-up Israelis.
England is celebrating Real Nappy Week from the 21st to the 28th of April: It’s the [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Apr 23rd, 2008
In honor of international Earth Day, which was on April 22nd, we’ll be devoting a series of posts this week to Israeli ventures and businesses that make our consumption a little greener by reinventing used materials.
If we don’t reuse our resources we may lose them altogether, so these green heroes definitely deserve our attention [...]
Posted in Green Living Tips on Apr 22nd, 2008
Jews all over the world have been working for weeks cleaning their houses from all remnants of unleavened bread. There are Jewish philosophers that explain that by cleaning their houses from this bread they are vicariously also cleaning their hearts from unwanted deficiencies.
Part of daily green living is introspection and thinking of ways that you [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Apr 22nd, 2008
Mongolia, nestled between twin superpowers China and Russia, is home to the world’s last truly nomadic population of herders, living seasonally across the vast Gobi Desert. I’m a passionate scholar of all things Mongolian, having lived there for nearly a year some years back, and this gave birth to my fascination with Indigenous peoples and [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Apr 22nd, 2008
In honor of International Earth Day, which is today, we’ll be devoting a series of posts this week to Israeli ventures and businesses that make our consumption a little greener by reinventing used materials.
If we don’t reuse our resources we may lose them altogether, so these green heroes definitely deserve our attention and support.
So [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Apr 21st, 2008
In honor of international Earth Day, which is on April 22nd, we’ll be devoting a series of posts this week to Israeli ventures and businesses that make our consumption a little greener by reinventing used materials.
If we don’t reuse our resources we may lose them altogether, so these green heroes definitely deserve our attention [...]
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