Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Science & Technology on Dec 15th, 2008
Israel’s pioneering Desert University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), is currently hosting the 2nd biannual ‘Drylands, Deserts and Desertification‘ conference at their deep desert outpost at the Sde Boker Campus.
Day 1 has focussed upon Life and Soil Degredation in the Drylands, and has seen a wide range of experts presenting fieldwork and research [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Dec 14th, 2008
Ilana Meallem of Arava Institute has helped initiate a project to install a bio-gas facility in the unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev, to provide the villages with electricity and to help them dispose of waste in an environmentally friendly manner.
A donation party will be taking place on Friday December 19th at 10:00pm in the [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Dec 10th, 2008
Searching for empowerment: Bedouin women from the Association for the Improvement of Women’s Status meet with visitors from the US.
Fair Trade and preserving local craftsmanship and culture, is an important aspect of the green movement –– at least for those environmentalists who value humankind and the health of its societies. Following that notion, we think it’s [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Jul 13th, 2008
In The Beginning
There came a moment when I realised that I had to make a business with the jewellery that I kept buying for myself in Sinai. Everytime I returned to Tel Aviv with a new bracelet, a fancy anklet or a ‘jada’ for the hand, a stranger on the beach, in the market, even [...]
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