Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Travel & Nature on Apr 21st, 2008
Combine DIY eco-tourism with Israel’s new wine industry this Passover: Israel’s Ministry of Tourism offers a website chock full of great ideas. The latest is a biking tour between the vineyards and wineries between Jerusalem and Israel’s Northern Negev.
Although the ministry maps out an itinerary you could follow (which we’ve included here for your reference), [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Apr 20th, 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 [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban, Travel & Nature on Apr 17th, 2008
Now the weather is warming up, it’s time to hit the road and escape the urban jungle. But instead of taking the bus to beach or driving to the hills for a hike, you might be pleasantly surprised to find a green oasis closer than you think.
Last week I was lucky enough to stumble upon [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban, Business & Politics on Apr 16th, 2008
Green Prophet today heard about an interesting environmental conference we thought readers would like advance warning of: the Jerusalem Environment & Nature Conference, to be held at the capital’s Binyanei HaUma Conference Centre, on May 18-19. The conference features 6 sessions over the 2 days, all exploring the perspective of what has been achieved here [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Apr 16th, 2008
On the surface, arts and ecology don’t seem to intersect, yet some artists have discovered a connection between our relationship with the earth and their creative endeavors. With Robert Hass, we explored the relationship between poetry and the environment.
Now Vertigo Dance Company, one of Israel’s best-known modern dance companies, is exploring the relationship between the [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Apr 16th, 2008
Green Ps (that’s a new abbreviation we made up today), are of the notion that only people who are housed, employed, healthy and happy can take on extras like yoga classes and only then start worrying about issues such as climate change and the environment.
That’s why we were happy to see that the [...]
Posted in Food & Health on Apr 16th, 2008
You wouldn’t think that a vegan burger joint would be able to draw a crowd in a city where shwarma stands, hamburger restaurants, and steakhouses run rampant. But Tel Aviv’s Buddha Burgers proves that theory wrong.
And the name “Buddha” is right on - this place has karma like you wouldn’t believe. Green karma, that is.
Posted in Travel & Nature on Apr 15th, 2008
The tell-tale sign of an apartment being renovated in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem is the huge green dumpster holding piles of wood, doors, windows and tiles. Green Prophet says it’s time to reclaim some of those perfectly useful materials instead of sending them to landfill.
Why not bypass that trip to IKEA and create simple, [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban on Apr 14th, 2008
There is a renewed interest for Israelis to go back to their desert-dwelling roots. Maybe today’s post will inspire more…
Ten miles from Mexico, nestled in a humid valley in Arizona we arrive in Canelo for a straw bale building workshop. This is a place where 11 year olds drive, breakfast with songstress Barbara [...]
Posted in Religion on Apr 14th, 2008
Spring is here at last which also means the festival of Passover is soon upon us. Many Jewish festivals represent an opportunity to reflect on our ecological and ethical footprints and this is especially true on Pesach when our thoughts fall on the issues of our food, freedom and those who have none to take [...]
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