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Karnit Goldwasser is most commonly known as the widow of IDF soldier Ehud Goldwasser, who was abducted by Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement during the Second Lebanon-Israel War.  Before that tragedy took place, however, she was busy doing things other than lobby for the release of her husband and his fellow soldiers.  She was busy getting a [...]

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For those readers about to participate in tonight’s Yom Kippur fast, Green Prophet Daniella Cheslow offers up many reasons why we need to think again about food production in this weeks ‘eco-reads’ review:

Paul Roberts may be the only food writer capable of swinging from prehistoric man gathering berries to a doomsday scenario ten years from [...]

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About 500 bodies wait submerged in a Philippine ferry –– ironically named the Princess of the Stars –– until divers and authorities feel it is safe to proceed. The ferry capsized en route to Manila in June after being hit by a typhoon, killing an estimated 750 people. Only 56 people survived the accident, while [...]

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Since 1982, the American Jewish Communities’ Project Interchange has been giving a first-hand introduction of Israel and its regional historical and contemporary challenges to current and future United States and international leaders. This past mission has been focused on the greens.
Just five weeks into the job Stephanie Hillman, Greenpeace Mediterranean’s brand new project director, came [...]

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Events over the past week indicate that Palestinian surface and ground water resources are in great danger.
Last Friday, around three hundred Palestinians protested the reopening of an Israeli dump site near the West Bank village of Deir Sharaf, outside Nablus.  The dump, which was closed several years ago, may pose a grave threat to local [...]

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Compost plays an important role in this Green Prophet’s life as has been written about in previous posts, and over the years I’ve become somewhat of an advocate.  I must have spoken with hundreds of people on the topic and have convinced a good many to at least try composting in their backyards, both in [...]

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Any place that has wastewater treatment plants, must deal with the issue of sludge – all of the solids left over after the sewage is treated. Sewage treatment consists of a number of stages.

Stage I, where the solids are flocculated (encouraged to glom together) and settled out of the stream.

Stage II, where the [...]

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The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) announced yesterday that they would boycott the 60th anniversary gala evening held by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
The reason? The Ministry supports the building of a new settlement, Mirsham, in the Lachish region.
The SPNI and other environmentalists have strongly objected to the project, arguing that [...]

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Last week in our Green Prophets in Focus Series, we interviewed our resident Eco-Mum Sophie Ohana.
This week, our focus is on Hamutal Dotan, our expert on all things culinary and delicious. Hamutal is currently working as a web editor in Toronto and aspires to be a full time writer.
Read about Hamutal’s thoughts on sustainable food, [...]

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Although Palestinian environmental activism is clearly on the rise, Palestinians still face a myriad of environmental and social challenges.  These issues often have both ecological and political aspects; the current water shortage, for instance, is influenced both by global climate change and Israel’s policies in the West Bank.
This past year, a team of four British [...]

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