Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Food & Health, Lifestyle & Culture on Jun 11th, 2008
“Social Change is another form of fermentation. Ideas ferment, as they spread and mutate and inspire movements for change.”
I sat down to read Sandor Katz’s “Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods” to help me along with my recreational pickling and fermenting skills.
I was hoping to learn a bit [...]
Posted in Green Living Tips on Jun 10th, 2008
SO you went to the store and forgot your reusable shopping bag, you folded under the pressure and took a plastic one so that you could bring your groceries home. I’m sure that this almost NEVER happens, but once in a while it does… What to do?
Store empty grocery sacks, rolled into empty cardboard paper [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Jun 10th, 2008
As part of our mission to foresee a green, environmentally-sound future for Israel, its neighbors and the world, we’ll be occasionally featuring blogs from the regional blogosphere that also care about all things green, especially those in Arab countries where green issues are relatively undeveloped.
Last week we featured environmental blogs from Lebanon and Jordan, and [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Jun 8th, 2008
For those of you following our Great Green Prophet Giveaway with Yoav Kotik, we are proud to announce our two winners - Rebecca Markowitz and Herman Gregorian!
Both of them came up with very creative ideas for reusing things that would otherwise end up in the garbage bin, and we are going to reward them handsomely [...]
Posted in Religion on Jun 8th, 2008
There are lots of great environmentally friendly outdoor activities to do during Shavuot, but if you don’t feel like going outdoors (or if you’re in a cheese coma) then the Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership is hosting an online seminar about Shavuot and the environment.
We applaud the Heschel Center for this creative type [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Jun 7th, 2008
Last week, Green Prophet reported from the Cleantech 2008 expo, the annual exhibition of environmentally-friendly technologies and innovations in Israel. The talk of the town (or Airport City, at least) was the sun, following the announcement that the Israel Electric Company is going to pay families producing clean energy via solar panels. The sun’s nemesis, [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Jun 7th, 2008
Last month, hundreds of Tel Aviv residents spent their Friday afternoon marching up Rothschild Boulevard in support of the Clean Air Act, stuck in the Knesset for the past three years. Knesset lawmakers must have been paying attention - last week the act passed its first reading.
Video by Daniel Cherrin and Jesse Fox.
Posted in Green Living Tips on Jun 6th, 2008
Living green means living healthy as well. Did you know that when you flush the toilet with the lid up droplets of water can spray up to twenty feet in the air. If you put the lid down it keeps sprayage down to a minimum and you can avoid picking up unwanted germs.
This has another [...]
Posted in Religion on Jun 6th, 2008
When attempting to incorporate new elements and habits into our life what is the best way to do this? If I want to be greener, how do I go about doing it? If I want to be friendlier, how do I add this to my life?
In this week’s Weekly Bible segment the laws of the [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Jun 5th, 2008
Israel’s natural resources are few and far between. But one resource that Israel has in abundance is sunlight, and perhaps for that reason, Israel has been a world leader in solar energy.
Until now, most of Israel’s cutting edge solar technology companies have focused their energies abroad, in California’s Mojave Desert and elsewhere. A huge solar [...]
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