Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Business & Politics on May 11th, 2008
The time is nearly here! The long awaited electric car will soon reach the masses: Project Better Place has presented its prototype electric car today. The smog may start clearing soon, we will see how quickly it catches on.
Project Better Place commissioned a survey, which claimed that one in every six Israelis said that they [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on May 11th, 2008
This is some advance publicity for a film I haven’t yet seen, but it comes from a highly talented Israeli director Uri Rosenwaks, who made ‘The Film Class’ (2006) about the black Bedouin tribes of Rahat two years ago, which I highly reccommend as an illuminating portrait of a fascinating and little-known part of society, [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on May 11th, 2008
The Israel Museum in Jerusalem is currently undergoing a massive renovation of its structures, but it emphasizes renewal in more ways than one. As part of the program geared towards children at the museum - which includes an imaginary prehistoric cave, water activities, and a special library - the Israel Museum’s Youth Wing offers a [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on May 11th, 2008
An old computer these days isn’t necessarily useless. It doesn’t work like it used to, but it may still have a function in your life, saving you resources, time and money –– plus all the environmental benefits of not having all the nasties in your computer end up in landfill, and endangering other people’s lives.
Green [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban on May 11th, 2008
Designs for new technologies to green homes, or even building new ‘eco-friendly’ neighbourhoods from scratch like in Kfar Saba (Green Building or Greenwashing?), are coming in thick-and-fast in Israel. But what about the millions of people living in buildings that have been standing for decades?
One man who has come up with the answer is Gil [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban on May 10th, 2008
Late Friday afternoon at the Carmel Market in the center of Tel Aviv. Shabbat is approaching, and the “shook” is winding down for the weekend. Vendors are hawking the last of their merchandise, heavily discounted, to the few remaining stragglers. Straining to yell over cantorial Oriental music, the vendors ask each other [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on May 9th, 2008
Here at Green Prophet we regularly publicize the bigger recycling initiatives around the country that we hear about, like our recent posts on Plastic Bags & Art Recycling , Smell the Recycled Roses, and Abu Yoyo: Closing the Loop in Banner Advertising.
While we hope these large scale inspiring projects keep coming, and we salute [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban on May 8th, 2008
One weekend a year, Tel Aviv’s architectural treasures open their doors and allow the public to learn about and appreciate the urban environment.
In this unique annual event structures such as historical buildings, private homes, designer lofts, unique gardens, and even construction sites are made available in a project called Houses From Within.
This year there’s [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on May 7th, 2008
There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness
-Mahatma Gandhi
It was my first year of university and I had just settled into city life. There were lots of friends, parties - a great social scene. Burdened by the cost of having to support myself, I eyed the fancy clothes [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on May 7th, 2008
There are lots of ways that you can reuse plastic bags, but I bet most people have never considered putting them in a frame and hanging them up on the wall as one of them.
Luckily, Israeli artist Inbal Limor has used her creative vision to come up with another way to reuse these bags and, [...]
Join our fan club!
