Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Nov 29th, 2008
The winter months are fast approaching, and more of us are feeling the need to look for things to keep us warm - whether it be soup, sweaters, slippers, or socks. And for those of us who are trying to be green, the more we can avoid using electricity and non-renewable energy for our heating [...]
Posted in Cars & Transportation on Sep 28th, 2008
Tuesday, September 23 was Public Transportation Day in Israel, the local answer to European Mobility Week and World Carfree Day, an attempt to “remind the world that we don’t have to accept our car-dominated society.” In Europe, they managed to keep the cars off the streets for a few hours. In Israel, we will have [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Sep 3rd, 2008
It’s not just Morrissey and Paul McCartney who are on tour in Israel this summer, but Greenpeace’s legendary Rainbow Warrior ship is also paying the country a visit this weekend.
As part of its latest tour of the Mediterranean Sea, the well-travelled vessel (the original was sunk in 1985 protesting against nuclear weapons testing in the [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban on Sep 2nd, 2008
Sometimes it is necessary to confront our decision-makers with what has been called “the threat of a good example” - to bring them face to face with evidence that, despite their insistence to the contrary, it is possible to do things differently.
That, in a nutshell, was the idea behind an event held last week at [...]
Posted in Architecture & Urban on Aug 12th, 2008
At the centre of a historic city and seconds away from the Mediterranean Sea, you’d probably expect upscale-neighbourhoods with wealthy residents to match. “But it’s not like that in Haifa,” says Avigail Dolev, urban planner for the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI).
“All the neighbourhoods located on the seashore are very neglected,” [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Jun 16th, 2008
Last week we wrote about an environmentally conscious window display in Tel Aviv designed by Shulayim Studio, but the store that the window belonged to - Cotton - is news worthy as well.
Cotton started making a limited line of clothes in 1992 with the goal of creating pieces that are unique, comfortable, woman-friendly, environmentally-friendly, and [...]
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