Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Travel & Nature on Apr 1st, 2008
Cross-border environmental NGO, Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME), is getting work underway on establishing what it calls a ‘Peace Park’ to help rehabilitate the ailing River Jordan which runs along the border between Jordan and Israel (plus parts of the West Bank).
The Jordan Valley is an area with a rich natural, historical and [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Mar 31st, 2008
I was very excited to happen upon this Designboom’s feature article on the Israeli design student art exchange and training program in Chinese bamboo production and craft. Back when I first posted about it, I could only find photos of three bamboo toys. Now we can all drool at the super cool Metropolis cityscape set [...]
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 Environment - GProfits on Mar 17th, 2008
Prophecy: The “Advanced Vortex Chamber” is an innovative technology for separating solid particles and a variety of gases from flue gas. This technology is implemented for cleaning air and industrial flue gas from solid and gas pollutants.
Prophets: Mr. Avi Harel - General Manager
Site: www.vortex-envirotech.com
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 Travel & Nature on Mar 6th, 2008
I’ve been researching Bedouin issues in the Negev Desert for about 5 years, and one of the first individuals I met was Nuri El-Ukbi. Nuri and the El-Ukbi tribe have claims to the land named in arabic El-Araquib, which is roughly situated between Rahat and Beersheva.
It is a vast area of land, roughly 19,000 dunams, [...]
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 Lifestyle & Culture on Feb 25th, 2008
We here at Green Prophet are all about writing about the environment, and so we were very excited when an ‘environmental writing residency’ opportunity cropped up and landed on the desk today, and eager to share this with our readers.
An organisation based in Minnesota, USA is giving writers and artists the chance to stay [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Feb 21st, 2008
They’re up, then they’re down. Up, then down. The story with the billboards along the Tel Aviv Ayalon Highway is a bit of a yo yo. That’s why we excited to hear about Naomi’s Abu YoYo (meaning piggyback ride) company which is designing goods from billboard waste. Check out her kitchen accessories for drying dishes, [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Feb 20th, 2008
With eight steady writers and up to several new posts a day, Green Prophet is growing exponentially and helping to make the world just a little greener (we hope). In less than two months we have acquired a substantial following from all over the world.
There are several ways to keep the green love flowing, as [...]
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