Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Nature on Sep 22nd, 2008
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a bee virus leading to the widespread deaths of worker bees, has long signified a threat to agricultural industries.
It’s not the honey that’s important in agriculture–it’s pollination, and therefore the effects of CCD on this process can be devastating.
But now Israeli company Beeologics has discovered a cure for CCD, which has [...]
Posted in Transportation & EcoTravel on Sep 7th, 2008
If you choose to live in the heart of the Negev desert - or any desert for that matter - chances are, you’re pretty in touch with nature. Because you’re surrounded by it. There just aren’t any of the modern distractions that many of us know and love, like movies, frozen yogurt stands, etc.
But the [...]
Posted in Transportation & EcoTravel on Sep 4th, 2008
If you don’t know what a yurt is, have no fear. Most people don’t (including yours truly). But yurts, with their portability, suitability for nature trips, and simple low-tech structures are highly suitable for eco-tourism - so they definitely deserve our attention. And it certainly is exciting that yurts are entering the Israeli tourism scene.
So [...]
Posted in Transportation & EcoTravel on Sep 2nd, 2008
It’s September already and officially the end of the summer (not that you would notice by the still-scorching Middle Eastern climate). As the temperature begins to cool down (slightly), the next couple of months offer the ideal time to hit one of the many hiking trails, forests, or natural springs in Israel.
But sometimes enjoying the [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Nature on Jul 10th, 2008
“The crisis is at root one of perception; we no longer see the cosmos as alive, nor do we any longer recognise that we are inseperable from the whole of nature, and from our earth as a living being. But there is hope, for as the crisis deepens, the call of anima mundi intensifies.”
Stephan Harding, [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Jun 25th, 2008
“The illumination is made possible thanks to the emergence of an exhilarating new discipline,
one that integrates unprecedented knowledge of plants as living organisms with their fossil record and the role they play in driving global environmental change.
“As we do so, we can see clearly that plants are not ’silent witnesses to the passage [...]
Posted in Nature on Apr 29th, 2008
A guest post from Hazon in New York:
This March 23 – 27 thirty participants from around North America and Israel hiked from the northern tip of Israel to the Sea of Galilee on the first-ever Hike for Israel, to benefit the Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership, based in Tel Aviv, and Hazon in [...]
Posted in News & Politics, Urban on Apr 16th, 2008
Green Prophet today heard about an interesting environmental conference we thought readers would like advance warning of: the Jerusalem Environment & Nature Conference, to be held at the capital’s Binyanei HaUma Conference Centre, on May 18-19. The conference features 6 sessions over the 2 days, all exploring the perspective of what has been achieved here [...]
Posted in Nature on Mar 16th, 2008
With spring just around the corner, the weather in Israel is perfect for enjoying the outdoors and getting back to nature. Before the short, but icy winter melts into the fierce summer heat, Israel’s Heschel Center for Environmental Leadership will be teaming up with Hazon in New York for a four-day hike along the northern [...]
Posted in Living Greener on Feb 17th, 2008
It’s only February and the beach is already a hot topic in Israel, but alas, for all the wrong reasons.
Work has got underway in the last few weeks to build a 350-apartment holiday resort on a virtually untouched part of Palmachim Beach, which lies midway between the cities of Tel Aviv and Ashdod.
It may have [...]
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