Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Dec 17th, 2008
It was almost exactly a year ago that we enthusiastically wrote about Tel Aviv’s upcoming participation in Earth Hour 2008, as the only Middle Eastern city to join the worldwide campaign. We are now pleased to announce that although Tel Aviv (and other Israeli cities) will not be formally participating in Earth Hour 2009, the [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Dec 15th, 2008
Green events are filling our social calendars this week - first there’s the Green Drinks event in Tel Aviv tonight (at 8pm at Gilda Bar on Achad Ha’am in Tel Aviv), and on Wednesday, the Heschel Center is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a sustainability conference held in the Tel Aviv Port. Don’t worry, they’re [...]
Posted in Cars & Transportation on Dec 14th, 2008
As far as air pollution and carbon emissions go, transportation is usually a pretty major offender. Ranging from airplane transportation (which is the worst) to your run-of-the-mill daily transport via automobiles, transportation has a big negative impact on the environment and is, unfortunately, one of the most difficult habits to change since it’s so integral to people’s [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Dec 14th, 2008
Green Drinks, the loosely organized and phenomenally successful international meeting group for green people of all walks of life, is starting up its first chapter in the Middle East.
That’s right folks: Be a part of history on Monday night (Dec. 15) as Green Drinks TLV holds its inaugural event at the Gilda pub on Ahad [...]
Posted in Cars & Transportation on Dec 12th, 2008
BDO-I2I is looking to bring Indian-made electric cars onto the Israeli market. REVA Electric Car Company and consulting firm BDO-I2I are still finalizing the details, but there are reports imports could start before the end of January.
The news comes as Shai Agassi’s Project Better Place unveiled a protoype of its battery charging station earlier this [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Dec 11th, 2008
Planted in Israel’s Negev Desert is an academic oasis of scientists and their students. They are studying a natural resource that may be more valuable than oil in the not-so-distant future. That resource is water.
Dr. Ofer Dahan from the Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology at Ben Gurion University is one of the 26 water [...]
Posted in Religion on Dec 11th, 2008
Living green is about not being wasteful. If you save up a little bit at a time it adds up! David Bach in “The Automatic Millionaire” calls this the “latte factor.” In a nutshell, if you drink a latte every day it can add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars over forty years.
But how [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Dec 11th, 2008
This week, Israel’s biggest solar power station was inaugurated in Katsrin, a place otherwise known for its archaeological sites. Generating 85,000 KWH per year, the power station represents a milestone in Israel’s adoption of alternative energy, which until now had hardly been a soaring success. But it also represents something else: A partnership between Israel [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Dec 10th, 2008
Searching for empowerment: Bedouin women from the Association for the Improvement of Women’s Status meet with visitors from the US.
Fair Trade and preserving local craftsmanship and culture, is an important aspect of the green movement –– at least for those environmentalists who value humankind and the health of its societies. Following that notion, we think it’s [...]
Posted in Cars & Transportation on Dec 10th, 2008
I am not against public transportation. In fact, I am very much in favor. As a person who lives in Tel Aviv and does not own a car, I am completely dependent on my bike and the bus and train systems. What’s more, it often seems like the half a million vehicles that enter the [...]
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