Late Friday afternoon at the Carmel Market in the center of Tel Aviv. Shabbat is approaching, and the “shook” is winding down for the weekend. Vendors are hawking the last of their merchandise, heavily discounted, to the few remaining stragglers. Straining to yell over cantorial Oriental music, the vendors ask each other [...]

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Now the weather is warming up, it’s time to hit the road and escape the urban jungle. But instead of taking the bus to beach or driving to the hills for a hike, you might be pleasantly surprised to find a green oasis closer than you think.
Last week I was lucky enough to stumble upon [...]

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Green Prophet was contacted this week by a green husband and wife team who are in the eco-business of making composters here in Israel (see left).
Regular readers of GP will know that we are mad for composting: Mulch, Rot, Invigorate and A Half Empty Bin and Some Worms.
Ilan Bar-Kat and Lisa Bloom live in Zichron [...]

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Now that the snow has cleared, its time to give the garden and plants and trees some energy and care again……My compost bin is made from 2 old pallets, found abandoned on the streets. There are 3 fixed sides, screwed together, and a fourth wall, which is moved into place as and when. From other [...]

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I love composting. It is pure satisfaction for anyone remotely interested in growing things, and watching how things can grow, sprout, shoot up, and also decay, die and rot. When you turn the soil, and see the half-eaten tomato, or ear of corn, or artichoke leaves from a recent dinner, and know that they are [...]

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We saw all the signs: the ararchist gatherings at Salon Mazal and the little old ladies picking through the Friday-afternoon veggies at the Carmel Market. Social activists in Israel have joined the international movement in protest of our consumer culture. They are dumpster-divers, and living off of just about everything and anything that you might [...]

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