Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 2nd, 2008
Earth Future is a collection of very worthy short stories. It is immediately clear that Guy Dauncey is not writing from a literary and imaginative viewpoint: he is really telling us stories about how the world could be, using some real social tools and shifts, and in one or 2 stories, how bad the world [...]
Posted in Travel & Nature on Sep 10th, 2008
One of our favourite Green NGO’s in Israel, Bustan, are holding a special tree planting event tommorrow (Thursday the 11th of September) at Segev Shalom.
With the help of local Bedouin residents, Bustan are planting an orchard (bustan, Hebrew and Arabic) as the first event of their new ‘Tree’s For Life’ project, which aims to green [...]
Posted in Travel & Nature on Sep 6th, 2008
He’s a tour guide, educator and environmentalist. Meet Jared Goldfarb, who has a unique take on eco-tourism, and ways to lighten your travels in Israel. Whether you’re just visiting for a few days, or live here, Jared offers some advice for the thoughtful — and curious –– traveller.
Tell us a little about what you do? [...]
Posted in Religion, Travel & Nature on Aug 28th, 2008
Sulha, meaning reconciliation in Arabic, is an annual grassroots event held in Israel, bringing people from all religions, faiths and none, to be together for 3 days, in an atmosphere of respect and mutual understanding.
Started by Gabriel Meyer and Elias Jabbour 8 years ago, the site of the annual Sulha gathering has changed over the [...]
Posted in Travel & 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 [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Apr 9th, 2008
If so, consider getting yourself nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award for Environmental Protection.
To be awarded on Israel’s 60 year anniversary, the Ministry of Environmental Protection is looking for a few good green women and men. Lucky winners will get the chance to meet Shimon Peres, Environmental Protection Minister Gideon Ezra and Minister Ruhama Avraham, [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Mar 18th, 2008
We all know the saying: one’s mans trash is another man’s treasure. Embarrassing as it was in my younger years, my father was a collector and seller of other people’s trash and today makes a living from it. He calls it curbside shopping. It might be in the genes, because I too have a penchant [...]
Posted in Green Living Tips on Mar 10th, 2008
Thinking back to picnics as a kid I can still hear my parents’ voices telling me to leave the place cleaner than how we found it.
Until this day this thought is what goes through my mind whenever I sit down to eat. Can you imagine how wonderful our world would be if everyone could implement [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Mar 4th, 2008
Next time you find yourself wandering through the Wilderness of Zin, Trekking in Timna or lost in Lahav Forest, spare a thought for young Christopher Johnson McCandless, whose dreams of tramping to Alaska foundered in 2003 when he died trapped in an abandoned bus on his way there.
He was trapped in the sense that roots [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Feb 26th, 2008
World Water Day is less than a month away, on March 22.
Here at Green Prophet, we love writing about water, probably because water issues are such a big deal in the region. Now at Tel Aviv University, water and politics has become an international course of action.
The following is a news item about a new [...]
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