Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
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 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 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 Business & Technology, News & Politics on Jun 26th, 2008
From creating the world’s most popular puzzle website (and a Time Magazine top 50), Israeli-British entrepreneur and hightech whiz Gideon Greenspan decided to change gears and put a focus on the environment.
A couple of years ago, Gideon (who is based in Tel Aviv) was looking for a way to offset his travel and was confronted [...]
Posted in Urban on Dec 31st, 2007
Tel Aviv is the first Israeli city, and the only city in the Middle East to join Earth Hour, a new worldwide campaign to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Lights out for Tel Aviv will happen on March 29, 2008 at 8 pm, so get your solar-powered flashlights handy.
Tel Aviv joins cities in Denmark, Australia, the [...]
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