We’ve already written about Israel’s eco tourism industry being developed in 2009, and even about new eco study abroad options in Israel for overseas college students who want to make their positive green mark here.
And for the Israelis who want to explore their home in an environmentally friendly way, or bring green living to their [...]

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It’s no surprise that real estate development and preservation of the environment usually don’t go hand in hand.  We’ve already featured some stories here on Green Prophet about how this conflict expresses itself in Israel, with posts about the need for intelligent urban design, how the Knesset Environment Committee recently started to fight to protect [...]

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If you don’t know what a yurt is, have no fear.  Most people don’t (including yours truly).  But yurts, with their portability, suitability for nature trips, and simple low-tech structures are highly suitable for eco-tourism - so they definitely deserve our attention.  And it certainly is exciting that yurts are entering the Israeli tourism scene.
So [...]

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Israel’s search for solutions to solid waste management has been no secret. Last year, for instance, the Knesset passed new taxes for dumping in landfills, and a law requiring businesses to recycle tires.
Luckily, it’s not only the policymakers who are working on the problem, and it’s not only the Jewish sector either! Ras [...]

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“Make sure to place your organic waste in the buckets outside and please use our shampoo and soap when you shower so chemicals don’t enter or gray water system,” my hostess explained to my family as we first arrived in Amirim. I immediately felt at home.
We’ve been covering lots of eco-tourism tips and organic [...]

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I hate to admit it (especially since I’m a vegetarian and like to think of Shavuot as my holiday), but sooner or later the cheese thing is gonna get old. And not in a French, moldy blue cheese kind of way. More of in a self-induced lactose intolerance kind of way.
Which is why [...]

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With spring just around the corner, the weather in Israel is perfect for enjoying the outdoors and getting back to nature. Before the short, but icy winter melts into the fierce summer heat, Israel’s Heschel Center for Environmental Leadership will be teaming up with Hazon in New York for a four-day hike along the northern [...]

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Have you ever had the pleasure of watching the life of a lazy sloth? In Costa Rica on the Pacific shore near a busy surfing village, I rented a room in a small hotel for a week. There I watched the slowness of a sloth with curiosity and envy. For days she sat perched above [...]

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Probably my best memory of Israel is hiking in the Galilee as a teenager. With its green expanses enlivened with blood-red and yellow flowers and sparkling streams, there is no place in Israel like the Galilee.
Much political furor has been provoked by Minister Meir Sheetrit’s promise to build an Arab city in the Galilee. (With [...]

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We love the Heschel Center for reminding us about their fundraiser: Hike Bishvil Yisrael - March 23-27, 2008.
Israel’s outdoor scenery is breathtaking, writes Heschel, “and there is no better way to see it than with the people working to preserve it.
“This is an opportunity for a unique, challenging and rewarding Israel experience and a chance [...]

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