Posted in Business & Politics on Dec 2nd, 2008
(Barak Obama meets Israel’s President Shimon Peres)
Conferences on CSR, conferences for greening Islam, conferences honoring Al Gore. Israelis love them. And now that clean technology and energy is becoming a national priority (just ask Shimon Peres), green-themed conferences are popping up around Israel like sabra fruit on a desert cactus. Get out your day planners, [...]
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Posted in Business & Politics on Dec 2nd, 2008
As Green Prophet nears its first birthday, we’re are pleased to have brought you hundreds of stories about environmental issues and activism in Israel and the Middle East over the last 12 months.
We’re glad to be playing our part in the mushrooming of environmental awareness in the region. According to data from Yifat Media Research, [...]
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Posted in Business & Politics on Dec 1st, 2008
Eight months ago, Israeli environmental veterans founded Tnua Yeruka, or the Green Movement. Led by Eran Ben-Yemini, the founder of the student environmental movement Megama Yeruka, and by veteran Israeli environmentalist Alon Tal, Tnua Yeruka aims to marry the values of the green worldview with those of traditional left-wing parties, such as reducing the gaps [...]
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Posted in Food & Health on Dec 1st, 2008
Dancing Camel, one of Tel Aviv’s great small, local breweries, makes absolutely delicious beer. From Pomegranate Ale to Cherry Vanilla Stout… they know what they’re doing. Coming from a female non-beer drinker, you can take my word for it. I would never drink the stuff unless it was good. They offer a great local product [...]
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Posted in Cars & Transportation on Nov 28th, 2008
The financial crisis is hurting Americans, but months before the hit fuel costs were already gouging into people’s pockets. Some were forced to carpool to work, others took the bus or train. While creative forms of public transportation help deal with times of fiscal uncertainty (we personally love bikes!), the long-term plan for preserving the [...]
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Posted in Travel & Nature on Nov 27th, 2008
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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Posted in Cars & Transportation on Nov 26th, 2008
Israel may soon have its first green airport. The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) has ordered the management of Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv to draw up a plan transforming Ben Gurion into “a leader in environmental protection.”
The plan must provide solutions for the reduction of air pollution, water pollution and noise pollution. Use [...]
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Posted in Travel & Nature on Nov 25th, 2008
In the Bible, Lot is well known because his wife (Irit) looked back at Sodom when angels were pulling them out of the city (even though the angels had specifically told her not to look back). As punishment, she turned into a pillar of salt. Luckily, things have since changed. Lot Spa Hotel in the [...]
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Posted in Business & Politics on Nov 25th, 2008
Since Hamas took control of Gaza in the summer of 2007, Israeli citizens have been battered with rocket attacks in Sderote, and more recently Ashkelon. Some media outlets call Israel’s interference with fuel transfer across to Gaza “a seige” but for Israelis it is just a matter of survival. Looking beyond politics and focusing on [...]
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Posted in Business & Politics on Nov 24th, 2008
The battle for the Jerusalem Municipality may be over (secular candidate Nir Barkat victorious over haredi rival Meir Porush or, in my view at least, a choice between dumb and dumber), but the struggle for the city’s environment is just beginning.
Last week Green Prophet told you that Naomi Tsur, former head of SPNI Jerusalem and [...]
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