Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Transportation & EcoTravel on Sep 2nd, 2008
This Prophet recently got the chance to travel to New York City, and was a little bit apprehensive about the green-ness factor of the Big Apple. For a city so notorious for its chic blacks and greys, we figured that a fairly untrendy color like green wouldn’t be too popular. We were wrong. Apparently green [...]
Posted in Clean Technology on Aug 28th, 2008
In this guest post Lea Aharonovitch, a Senior Product Manager at Answers.com, shares her expertise.
Among other things, I’m a usability expert. Usability is the level of friendliness and ease of use of products and interfaces. Products should be easy to use, designed clearly, and fit the user’s needs.
Often companies design products without considering usability, and [...]
Posted in Clean Technology on Aug 22nd, 2008
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It’s bad for the environment, but you know you want it. You want those strawberries in the dead of winter. You know you should be eating local produce year round to avoid all of the carbon emissions associated with flying in food from distant places or using energy guzzling greenhouses to grow produce [...]
Posted in GreenYourselfDaily on Aug 18th, 2008
During the summertime if you put your shades (trisim) down in the morning it will help keep your house cooler for the rest of the day. And don’t just use shades for your house! With the right name-brands you too can be cool as your protect your eyes…
Posted in GreenYourselfDaily on Jul 13th, 2008
When I was a child growing up I was indecisive. It would take me whole minutes of peering into the fridge to decide what to eat. My grandmother used to chide this practice saying: “Don’t pray in front of the open refrigerator!” Orthodox Jews can take up to twenty minutes in their silent prayer on [...]
Posted in Living Greener, Urban on Jun 27th, 2008
(Retro second hand lights for sale in the Jaffa flea market)
We had just settled into a quiet cottage near the Dead Sea. Despite the 40-degree heat outside our windows, we were still excited about getting out to float in the mineral-rich salty water. My friends had their swimsuits on and were just out the door. [...]
Posted in GreenYourselfDaily on May 27th, 2008
Take care to measure out the right amount of water needed. It takes extra energy to boil too much water. Not only will you be saving energy but time as well; your water will take less time to boil!
Posted in GreenYourselfDaily on May 13th, 2008
According to research by the Department of Energy shade trees can reduce the need for air conditioning by 7% to 40%. If you have a garden, plant a tree. It can decrease the energy you need to cool your space but also provide a place to hang a tire swing, not to mention the offsets.
If you don’t [...]
Posted in GreenYourselfDaily on Feb 21st, 2008
Religious Jews will not turn on or off electricity on the Sabbath. Their solution? A timer electrical outlet, a shabbas-clock. Set the times you want the appliance plugged in to be on and let it go…
To save energy these outlets are great to use for space heaters. If you use space heaters when those cold [...]
Posted in GreenYourselfDaily on Feb 20th, 2008
If you aren’t doing this already you’re probably saying: Are you out of your mind?! I can’t do that! Or perhaps: Yeah, I know I should, I will tomorrow. While tomorrow just becomes the next day…
It’s time to stop pushing this off. Make tomorrow today. If you don’t have time, make some, it’s for your health [...]
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