Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Green Living Tips on Oct 5th, 2008
It has been estimated that a single gram of dog waste can contain 23 million fecal coliform bacteria, which are known to cause cramps, diarrhea, intestinal illness, and serious kidney disorders in humans. EPA even estimates that two or three days’ worth of droppings from a population of about 100 dogs would contribute [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Sep 25th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Aug 14th, 2008
“Nature is a language - can’t you read? Nature is a language - can’t anybody read?”
Morrissey & Marr: The Smiths, ‘Ask’ (1986) as played live in Tel Aviv last week.
We here at Green Prophet don’t often blow our own green shofar, but it’s always good to get praise from others, particularly when it’s in the [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban on Aug 12th, 2008
It’s not every day that you can party with a group of farmers in the middle of a city. Even rarer, it’s not every day that you can party with urban Israeli farmers on the rooftop of a historic building in the center of Tel Aviv and learn about some green goodness to boot.
Which is [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Aug 6th, 2008
I finished reading Food Not Lawns on my roof, just after I checked my new vermi-compost bin. The roof compost represents my adaptation to life in the modern world whereby I try and lead a more sustainable lifestyle within my means and ability. I was hoping to read Flores’ book and gain tips on how [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Aug 5th, 2008
Last week we talked with Jesse Fox, urban planning expert and Treehugger veteran.
This week’s Prophet in Focus is James Murray-White, a composting environmentalist with the eye of a filmmaker and the soul of a poet.
James grew up in a green village outside Cambridge, UK, and has donned the roles of both actor and anthropologist in [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban on Jul 17th, 2008
Last month we wrote about City Tree, a green oasis in a historical building in central Tel Aviv. This urban environmental group focuses on restoring their 1920s apartment with ecological renovation methods (such as recycled paper construction and milk based paints), teaching urbanites how to compost, and cooperating with the Good Energy Initiative in [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Jul 16th, 2008
Due to not having a yard and feeling an overwhelming sense of guilt every time I throw away my food scraps in a conventional garbage, I spent my first few months in Tel Aviv trying to figure out some plausible composting options in the city. This was harder than expected because so many Israelis have [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban on Jun 4th, 2008
You wouldn’t generally think of Tel Aviv as a green oasis. A nightlife oasis, yes. A beachy oasis, yes. A trendy oasis, yeah, you could call it that too. But when you’re walking on busy Allenby Street or Dizengoff - the natural environment is probably the furthest thing from your urban [...]
Posted in Travel & Nature on May 30th, 2008
Green Prophet’s Karin who also blogs at Carbon Catablog recently made us aware of a carbon offsetting scheme here in the Middle East, named Libra/Sekem, which converts cash paid for carbon offsets into compost.
The project based in the Sharkia region of Egypt, turns coffee grinds, raw food scraps and more (read one of our super-enriched [...]
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