Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Business & Politics on Aug 10th, 2008
You’d think that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in the Persian Gulf would have nothing to do with alternative energy initiatives, right? Since they have close to a quarter of the global petroleum reserves literally underfoot, you might assume that they’d try to prevent the development of alternatives, or at least not be [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Aug 4th, 2008
Introducing Chava Shaked, who shares her adventures in Israel’s blossoming cleantech scene.
What started off for me as a business, became a vibrant hobby and fascinating exploration into the world we live in.
This is the case with many of the people I’ve met at the Cleantech Israel meetup.
Founded by Gene Dolgin and Jonathan Shapira (a [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Jul 27th, 2008
“If the Israeli government can ever formulate a binding peace accord with the Palestinians, both entities could have access to enough natural gas reserves to satisfy their energy needs for at least 100 years.”
This statement was made a few years back by a representative of British Gas, one of the world’s largest energy exploration [...]
Posted in Business & Politics, Science & Technology 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 Business & Politics on May 20th, 2008
Those of you who watched Al Gore receive the Dan David Prize last night, either on television or online, probably missed one very important thing. He was wearing cowboy boots. (We have proof - check out the footware in the picture on the left). This, of course, officially makes him my new [...]
Posted in Green Living Tips on Apr 10th, 2008
If you’re out and about and you know that you will be sitting idle in your car for more than a minute, turn your motor off. It’s a great way to safe energy, gas and money. Those drops add up over time.
Posted in Science & Technology on Mar 22nd, 2008
Analysts from Tel Aviv University and San Francisco offer sound solutions for looming energy crises:
With electricity rates soaring as much as 150% since 2001, and predictions of severe and regular blackouts in states such as Washington and Virginia, there’s a clear need for new thinking about electricity.
A recipe for preventing a dark future comes by [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Mar 17th, 2008
The public discussion of Israel’s water problems intensified last week, with Israel’s most respected newspaper, Ha’aretz, calling on water authorities to shift to regulating demand for the scarce resource. During the same week, a new study was released which suggested that a shift to electric cars could seriously impact water consumption in countries where this [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Mar 15th, 2008
At the beginning of my teenage years in Canada, I remember my mother talking in hushed tones about Aunt Hana, who suddenly and mysteriously starting feeling strange aches and pains in her body. Doctors couldn’t find a systemic cause for her ailments, until she traced back dates to when she was last in Poland visiting [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Mar 9th, 2008
Marty has just arrived back from 1955, we hear a sonic boom. Marty turns around and sees Doc Brown’s Dolorean drive up behind him. Doc impresses on Marty that he must return with him to the future to fix a mishap of his son. In order to fuel the time machine Doc rummages through Marty’s [...]
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