Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Green Living Tips on Nov 5th, 2008
With the traditional bi-annual Israeli university strike nipped in the bud a lot of students are on their way to their new dorm room. Here are a few tips to keep it green.
Reduce - Moving to a new place is a great time to rethink how you do things. Just because it was done at [...]
Posted in Green Living Tips on Oct 16th, 2008
With the holiday of Sukkot midway through now is the time to start thinking about what to do with your four species when the holiday is out. I would suggest composting the leaves. I know this is controversial, since they were used for a mitzva, but considering that usually they are thrown onto the ark [...]
Posted in Food & Health on Oct 16th, 2008
Ingredients
1 etrog (citron)
6 cups water
3/4 cup sugar
After the Hebrew holiday Succoth, families everywhere will have an extra etrog which can make a delicious jam. Here’s Green Prophet’s recipe to make your own:
Slice and remove as many seeds as possible. Try slicing the long way into eighths to get seeds out as efficiently as possible. [...]
Posted in Green Living Tips on Sep 4th, 2008
Harness the power of the ripple. When you drop a small pebble in a big pond it sends out waves in every direction affecting the entire pond.
There are many ways that you can harness this power. One way is by donating US$1 to your favorite eco-cause (check out some options at www.onebuckfortheplanet.org). If you [...]
Posted in Green Living Tips on Sep 3rd, 2008
Every ton of paper, roughly 200,000 sheets, that is recycled saves approximately 17 trees. The average school tosses 38 tons of paper each year, the equivalent of 644 trees. When you buy notebooks and paper think green and spend a couple extra to get recycled (it’s not always more expensive). Raise the awareness in school, [...]
Posted in Green Living Tips on Aug 31st, 2008
With everyone going back to school over the next few days, now is a good time to connect with parents from your children’s school. Find out who has children in grades above your child and see if you can get their old books. There are also many book stores which will buy and resell used [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban on Aug 31st, 2008
A bus stop that grows its own foliage as shade? A children’s playground, made entirely from trees? A shelter made from living tree roots that could provide natural protection against earthquakes in California?
“Eco-architecture” may sound like a Buck Rogers vision of an ecologically-sustainable future, but that future is now thanks to the guidance of Tel [...]
Posted in Green Living Tips on Aug 28th, 2008
Once you buy clothing if you have chosen well you are going to want to keep them for a while. Nothing wrong with wearing a shirt more than once… Even if your job depends of fashion.
Take care of your clothing and it will mean less waste, and more money in your pockets. Green living is [...]
Posted in Green Living Tips on Aug 26th, 2008
For some there is nothing more rewarding than a new item of clothing. Nothing wrong with that. Right?! You’re thinking: “those greenies won’t let me have any fun!” It’s true, being green can seem oppresive. But it’s really about attitude.
Nothing wrong with a nice shiny new article of clothing, but if it sits forever in [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Aug 21st, 2008
There is a yearning for ecologically and environmentally responsible choices that I’ve been observing in Tel Aviv, especially among a select group of young, influential artists. There are continual hurdles for them, though, showing how sometimes thinking green and acting green don’t always go hand in hand.
Hayarkon 70 is a disparate group of artists [...]
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