Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Business & Politics on Nov 24th, 2008
The battle for the Jerusalem Municipality may be over (secular candidate Nir Barkat victorious over haredi rival Meir Porush or, in my view at least, a choice between dumb and dumber), but the struggle for the city’s environment is just beginning.
Last week Green Prophet told you that Naomi Tsur, former head of SPNI Jerusalem and [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Sep 11th, 2008
There are many types of environmental activists. Not only are there those concerned with one type of environmental issue rather than another (such as being more of an advocate for organic farming than for alternative energy), but there are those involved to a higher degree than others.
No matter their differences, however, the big picture and [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Mar 25th, 2008
Green Course , the only nation-wide student environmental organization in Israel is organizing a demonstration this coming thursday. They are protesting the unreliability of the current public transportation.
Posted in Business & Politics on Feb 14th, 2008
Fifteen of the largest cities and towns in Israel have signed an international environmental resolution to cut down on greenhouse gases emissions, joining 800 local governments worldwide.
The pledge is to reduce emissions by 20% by 2020.
It will be interesting to see how this resolution is enforced. While there’s a lot of talk about which areas [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Dec 23rd, 2008
Before the economic crisis made the question of investments something of a joke, venture capital investments in green technology worldwide saw a huge increase in 2008. Compared to the same investment period in 2007, venture capital investments increased by 82%, totaling $4.6 billion.
While America still leads the pack in investments in green technology, there has [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Jul 27th, 2008
Israel’s water crisis has been in the news a lot lately. We have all heard how low the Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee) is, and seen suggestions on how to save water this summer. Although it receives much less media coverage, water scarcity has also become a major issue in the Palestinian Territories.
This past [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Aug 14th, 2008
Stay tuned for our future eco-tour of Dubai, but in the meantime let’s take a look at some green goings-on in Dubai. Because we’ve been pleasantly surprised to discover that very interesting things are happening over there.
For starters, the Dubai government recently issued a requirement that all buildings in the emirate be constructed with environmentally [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on May 20th, 2008
Those of you who watched Al Gore receive the Dan David Prize last night, either on television or online, probably missed one very important thing. He was wearing cowboy boots. (We have proof - check out the footware in the picture on the left). This, of course, officially makes him my new [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Jan 9th, 2008
It was neat to see the billboards are off of Ilan Pivko’s tower, in Tel Aviv today. The Ayalon Highway is pretty much free from all of the billboard clutter. In light of Ilana’s post yesterday, we thought we’d post this little ditty that we wrote for Heeb Magazine this summer, before they canned their [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on May 18th, 2008
We’ve been a little overwhelmed by American visitors in this tiny country lately. Earlier this month we were visited by President George Bush and now, for a completely different reason, Al Gore will be visiting Tel Aviv.
And what a reason.
In a gesture of respect and admiration, the Dan David Foundation (which is headquartered at Tel [...]
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