Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Education on Sep 25th, 2008
If you live near a school, then you know what 8 am and afternoon pick up times mean for the environment. With all of those parents driving their individual children to and from school, the carbon emissions associated with getting elementary, middle, and high school students to school can be pretty detrimental.
Not only is this [...]
Posted in Education on Sep 9th, 2008
How can you recycle your paper and plastic when there’s nowhere to put it in your neighbourhood? It’s not just recycling facilities that are in short supply in East Jerusalem, but also environmental consciousness in general, as I found out recently whilst researching environmentalism among the 200,000+ Palestinian residents of the Holy City. My lack [...]
Posted in Education on Sep 1st, 2008
Israel has the highest per capita cell phone use in the world at 2.2 cell phones per person. Israeli children, teens and young adults are among the most active users. This presents a huge, urgent health crisis in the making as more research proves the health risks of cell phone radiation.
SafeCell Ltd., is an [...]
Posted in Education, Living Greener on Aug 25th, 2008
With September rolling around and the back to school shopping in full swing, books are more prominent than ever. It’s officially book season. And whether you’re an elementary schooler, a senior in high school, a university student, a parent, or a loving aunt/uncle/grandparent… books will probably be on your radar in the coming weeks.
So assuming [...]
Posted in Education on Jul 23rd, 2008
Last week in Haaretz, Naamah Lanski reported on the new green police in town. They’re about a meter tall, can’t read or write yet, and you better not throw away plastic bottles (or any other recyclables), leave lights on, or even pack lunches in plastic bags around them.
That’s right. Israel’s kindergartens are going [...]
Posted in Education on Jul 11th, 2008
Sea pollution closes the beaches in Bat Yam. (Credit: Zalul Environmental Association)
For a long time now, Israel’s water resources haven’t been getting the respect they deserve. Out of the 16 rivers that flow into the Mediterranean Sea, all 16 are polluted - many to the point that you wouldn’t even let your [...]
Posted in Business & Technology, Clean Technology, Education on Jun 29th, 2008
(Illustration of how the solar-powered air-con might look)
Solar energy has long been considered as a source of power. And more recently, a number of projects have been created in Israel to do more than simply heat water as the conventional sun boilers have been doing for years. Solar energy is now being developed to work [...]
Posted in Business & Technology, Clean Technology, Education on Jun 15th, 2008
China is interested in Israeli clean technology. Here’s a video capturing some of the more interesting companies at Israel’s latest cleantech expo: on water, recycling and green building. Most of the companies showcased were all about valves and pipes, but the video points out a few hot innovators.
Posted in Education on May 28th, 2008
“Environmentally friendly” is not usually something you hear in a chemistry lab. But thanks to a groundbreaking discovery at Tel Aviv University, the chemical industry is a step closer to being green. Prof. Arkadi Vigalok from the School of Chemistry at Tel Aviv University has discovered a way to use water to make certain steps [...]
Posted in Education 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 [...]
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