Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Jul 29th, 2008
So the Green Prophets in Focus series continues! Next up is Jesse Fox, a seasoned veteran of the green blogosphere.
In addition to being a Prophet-in-residence here, Jesse shares his wealth of environmental wisdom on Treehugger.
He is also studying urban and regional planning in the Technion Institute in Haifa–and we know he’ll use his powers for [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Jul 27th, 2008
“If the Israeli government can ever formulate a binding peace accord with the Palestinians, both entities could have access to enough natural gas reserves to satisfy their energy needs for at least 100 years.”
This statement was made a few years back by a representative of British Gas, one of the world’s largest energy exploration [...]
Posted in Travel & Nature on Jul 27th, 2008
Buckle your (cyber) seatbelts and prep your imaginary passports, because this week we’re continuing our green journey. After eco touring other Middle Eastern countries - such as Jordan, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Egypt, and Israel - we’re off to pay a green visit to Yemen.
Yemen, like other countries in the region, has a variety [...]
Posted in Food & Health on Jul 25th, 2008
The recent attention given by the news media and this blog concerning our water problems in general, and to the depleting the Kinneret in particular, reminds me of a poster I saw once in a surfing products shop that read: “The Next War in the Middle East Will be Over Water.”
Although the [...]
Posted in Food & Health on Jul 24th, 2008
Ful medames; ta’miyya; bissara — fava beans have given rise to iconic dishes across the Middle East. Egyptian cuisine is unimaginable without them. They’ve been a staple in the region for about eight thousand years, and were one of the first plants cultivated for food. Most often, they are used in their dried form: rehydrated [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Jul 20th, 2008
While Green Prophet is unified in purpose, our Prophets are an eclectic bunch with distinctly individual perspectives. In this series we’ll be featuring an inside peek into what makes each of our Prophets tick.
First up is Karen Chernick, art researcher and vegetarian gourmand extraordinaire. When she isn’t penning prophecies, Karen is employed in an [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Jul 20th, 2008
Anyone who has ever experienced Bedouin hospitality will know that the kettle is always on in a Bedouin home: brewing either the strong bitter coffee, or a special infusion of sweet tea, brewed with desert herbs.
If you delve a bit further, you will hear that although the Bedouin know all about life [...]
Posted in Travel & Nature on Jul 20th, 2008
In contrast to eco tourism in other countries in the Middle East, such as Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran, there is an extremely active Ecotourism Committee in the Egyptian Tourism Federation, which makes eco tourism in Egypt especially diverse, authentic, and unique.
Since 1997 Egypt’s Ecotourism Committee, which is the most active of all of the [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Jul 11th, 2008
Sea pollution closes the beaches in Bat Yam. (Credit: Zalul Environmental Association)
For a long time now, Israel’s water resources haven’t been getting the respect they deserve. Out of the 16 rivers that flow into the Mediterranean Sea, all 16 are polluted - many to the point that you wouldn’t even let your [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on May 16th, 2008
Could nature ever obliterate all our traces? How would it undo our monumental cities and public works, and reduce all our myriad plastics and toxic synthetics back to benign, basic elements?
Alan Weisman: ‘The World Without Us’ 2007
Halfway through reading this enthralling book, I realized I was looking at the world in a new way. I [...]
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