Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Business & Politics on May 26th, 2008
Can peace in the Middle East begin with the environment?
A plan is being outlined for the collaboration of Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Palestinian Authority, detailing mutual responsibilities for environmental issues that affect the country–regardless of what the country is called and whose land it is.
Posted in Business & Politics on May 25th, 2008
On June 2nd in Herzliya, Beit Hayal Ha’avir is hosting an Environment & Health Conference, titled ‘Environmental pollution and Disease Trends in Israel - what we know, what we don’t know and what we should know.’
We may all know someone who suffers from a pollution-caused disease, or perhaps we are all just getting ’sick to [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on May 25th, 2008
For those of you who missed out on our first Great Green Prophet Giveaway, the competition is on again! And this time the prize is local, handmade, and recycled - so we’re especially proud.
Yoav Kotik, an Israeli artist who reinvents garbage materials into beautiful jewelry and other creations, has graciously agreed to give an earring [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on May 25th, 2008
Last week at Tel Aviv University’s Renewable Energy and Beyond (yeah the conference that Al Gore opened), and the venue where the University announced its desire to become a Supercenter for renewable energy, we met Isaac Berzin of GreenFuel Technologies. A Time Magazine most influential, Berzin now a fellow at the IDC, is back in [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on May 22nd, 2008
While green funds in Israel have recently taken a dive, the general consensus seems to be that it still pays to invest in green in Israel. According to Haaretz, Google seems to think so, too. While the multi-billion dollar empire is reportedly interested in a number of Israeli cleantech companies, the only one which we [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on May 22nd, 2008
One week a year, every year, Hebrew books get their chance to shine.
A tradition that began with modest book stalls on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv in 1926, Hebrew Book Week has since grown to enormous dimensions and every municipality and book store in Israel finds a way to celebrate the event.
Usually, this celebration [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on May 21st, 2008
To be perfectly honest, I received the news about Al Gore coming to Israel to collect a $1 million prize for his achievements in raising environmental awareness with a dose of skepticism. Does Al Gore really need more money or recognition, especially when there are so many committed, homegrown environmentalists in Israel, many of whom [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on May 21st, 2008
Come on, who hasn’t always wanted to say that? And now you can, because an Israeli researcher with a flair for electricity-centered solutions has discovered–wait for it–a bacteria that produces electricity.
Tel Aviv University Professor Avi Kribus, who until now has been best known for his advances in solar energy, discovered a bacteria that generates [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban on May 21st, 2008
What’s the next challenge for the World Trade Center’s chief engineer?
Designing solar-powered houses in the Negev desert that can be built from scratch in nine weeks? Unlikely, but true.
Hy Brown is a man on a mission. Originally driven by the will to find a constructive response to the terrorists who felled his creation in Manhattan [...]
Posted in Green Living Tips on May 20th, 2008
How many times have you gotten up to go to bed wondering what you had gained from that extra hour or three of television watching?
Rather than sitting through a TV programme you’re not really enjoying, why not go to bed and get some extra sleep. It has been found that 42% of people worry about [...]
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