Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Fashion & Design on Feb 17th, 2008
It’s only February and the beach is already a hot topic in Israel, but alas, for all the wrong reasons.
Work has got underway in the last few weeks to build a 350-apartment holiday resort on a virtually untouched part of Palmachim Beach, which lies midway between the cities of Tel Aviv and Ashdod.
It may have [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Apr 3rd, 2008
In earlier posts we’ve talked about what to feed your baby—but what about your infant?
Breastfeeding is the number one choice for at least the first six months, and is recommended by many doctors for the first year. But this is not always an option for mothers, and that’s when baby bottles come into play.
The [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design, Lifestyle & Culture on Jan 16th, 2008
Israel offers such an incredible potpourri of cultures. They all seem to melt together through Rachel Oren’s Ethnicware.There you can find one-of-a-kind cushions handcrafted by Bukarians, Ethiopian embroidery, a Bedouin bag… so many treasures and delights.We love the driftwood bowl, but imagine that it’s been imported from India.No matter, Green Prophet thinks it’s a good [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban, Fashion & Design on Jan 12th, 2008
The hot environmental topic this season, seems to be about banning the bag - the plastic bag that is.Zalul ’s blog Clear has reported on it this week and has provided a link (in Hebrew) where you can sign a petition to get the plastic bag banned in Israel.San Fran has done it, so has [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Apr 23rd, 2008
I know that in Israel we do not yet celebrate this joyous week, but coming from blighty and being a big old fan of cloth nappies I am going to throw down the gauntlet for us sometimes slow-to catch-up Israelis.
England is celebrating Real Nappy Week from the 21st to the 28th of April: It’s the [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Jun 16th, 2008
Last week we wrote about an environmentally conscious window display in Tel Aviv designed by Shulayim Studio, but the store that the window belonged to - Cotton - is news worthy as well.
Cotton started making a limited line of clothes in 1992 with the goal of creating pieces that are unique, comfortable, woman-friendly, environmentally-friendly, and [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Dec 30th, 2007
We stumbled onto Designist Dream last week “where art and design and the Holy Land meet,” after the missus in the house gave Green Prophet such a warm welcome to the blogosphere.
We’re already excited about some of the eco-relevant finds Designist Dream has dug up, and will be sure to report on some of them [...]
Posted in Business & Politics, Fashion & Design on Dec 20th, 2007
Why is it more expensive to buy ‘clean’ food than food containing additives and pesticide residues?Many people who would like to eat naturally, are forced to eat commercially-produced food containing pesticide residues and preservatives because natural food is beyond their budget.
This seems counterintuitive.
Every person regardless of income level should have the basic right to eat [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Dec 30th, 2008
Two of the most basic terms in the Eco-Design field are “Cradle to Grave” and “Cradle to Cradle”. They relate to the product life cycle from the raw materials (Cradle) to disposal (Grave).
Cradle-to-grave
A term used in life-cycle analysis to describe the entire life of a material or product up to the point of disposal
Cradle-to-Cradle
A model [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Jan 6th, 2009
Marlene Ferrer and Johanan Herson are “trying to be artists in the middle of Tel Aviv,” without relinquishing their environmental consciousness. Creating eco-art in an urban setting, Ferrer joined with Herson to found Gebo Gallery Studios as a working, teaching gallery that explores artistic choices in the context of social and ecological awareness.
The installation Wrapping [...]
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