Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Nature, Sustainable Lifestyle on Jul 2nd, 2008
The summer is here and the kids are at home, if they are not at summer camp then you are probably hearing the words “I’m bored!” alot, if not too much. So how to keep your kids happy and green at the same time. In the next few weeks I hope to bring you some [...]
Posted in Nature on Jun 24th, 2008
Summer has, without a doubt, arrived in Israel. School is about to end, summer vegetables and fruits are in season, and there’s a greater desire to be outdoors.
Enter the Adam and Eve farm (or, in Hebrew, Hava & Adam) in Modiin, which offers lots of great ways to celebrate summer.
This educational-ecological center integrates social [...]
Posted in Culture & Design, Nature, News & Politics on Jun 4th, 2008
Here is the first in the summer season of Green Prophet ‘eco-reads festival’: environment-focussed books , some sharp and caustic, some funny or fact-filled, all written to get us thinking and working for the earth. Over the next month or so, a new review will go live each week, written by a diverse [...]
Posted in Nature on May 28th, 2008
The winner is going to be announced at the end of the week in a special ceremony by President Peres (himself a well-known bird watcher, according to media reports). But we are able to tell you, hot from the Green Prophet aviary, that of those who voted in our special Green Prophet Poll, the majority [...]
Posted in Nature, News & Politics on May 21st, 2008
To be perfectly honest, I received the news about Al Gore coming to Israel to collect a $1 million prize for his achievements in raising environmental awareness with a dose of skepticism. Does Al Gore really need more money or recognition, especially when there are so many committed, homegrown environmentalists in Israel, many of whom [...]
Posted in Nature, News & Politics on May 18th, 2008
What is microfinance? How does it work? What kind of potential is there in Israel for microfinance projects to succeed?
The Microfinance Club, a project created by third-year Interdisciplinary Center students Misha Nataf, Gilli Cherrin and Simon Seroussi, in collaboration with international NGO PlaNet Finance, will answer these questions and discuss opportunities for new microfinance projects [...]
Posted in Nature on May 6th, 2008
To follow up with some more candidates for Israel’s bird poll, here are two more beauties: the Barn Owl (’Tinshemet’ in Hebrew) and the Lesser Kestrel (’Buz Adom’). This whole exercise seems to be an interesting lesson in exploring human anthropocentrism in naming other species.
Barn Owl
Lesser Kestrel
We don’t really understand what’s “lesser” about such a [...]
Posted in Nature, News & Politics on May 4th, 2008
Here as promised, bird lovers, are 2 more of the candidates in the Green Prophet/Israel National Bird Poll:
The Hoopoe
The Palestine Sunbird
Is the Palestine or Yellow Tufted Sunbird the same as the Olive Backed Sunbird? It looks very beautiful, and as the olive is the unofficial food/fruit of the Middle East, maybe that should be considered?
Anyway, [...]
Posted in Nature, News & Politics on May 1st, 2008
Here is a Green Prophet exclusive: our very own poll to vote for Israel’s National Bird!
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Following on from the recent post ‘Choosing Israel’s National Bird’ (which you can read here) which explains the intense media and national interest in deciding which feathered friend should represent Israel from now on, in [...]
Posted in Nature on Apr 29th, 2008
A guest post from Hazon in New York:
This March 23 – 27 thirty participants from around North America and Israel hiked from the northern tip of Israel to the Sea of Galilee on the first-ever Hike for Israel, to benefit the Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership, based in Tel Aviv, and Hazon in [...]
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