Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on May 27th, 2008
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In one of our past prophecies we wrote about Israeli clothing company, Bagir, and their men’s suits made out of recycled PET plastic bottles. But the EcoGIR suit is not the only environmentally [...]
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Posted in Food & Health on May 13th, 2008
Nachalat Binyamin Street in Tel Aviv is famous for its weekly market of local, handmade arts and crafts - a market that is very environmentally friendly. But it is also home to some of Tel Aviv’s hippest bars and restaurants.
For the sixth time, these restaurants and bars are getting together for the annual Nachalat Binyamin [...]
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Posted in Food & Health on May 4th, 2008
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Israel is celebrating 60 years of independence this week, and we’ve come a long way, baby. Long enough to have organic falafel on Tel Aviv’s Ibn Gvirol Street next to the City Hall.
Introducing [...]
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Posted in Food & Health on Apr 27th, 2008
The organic trend has definitely hit Tel Aviv, and in all of the expected ways. With small organic markets, imported organic wines, organic goat cheeses, and organic gourmet foods.
But organic foods usually appeal to a certain type of food shopper, and not always the kind who sits down on a busy street to eat [...]
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Posted in Food & Health on Mar 19th, 2008
Most people know that organic produce is good and that pesticides are bad. Not only do pesticides have negative effects on human health, having been linked to neurological problems, various cancers, Parkinson’s disease, kidney damage, and reproductive disorders, to name a few, but pesticides have negative effects on the environment as well.
The toxic pesticides [...]
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Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Mar 14th, 2008
Have you ever had the pleasure of watching the life of a lazy sloth? In Costa Rica on the Pacific shore near a busy surfing village, I rented a room in a small hotel for a week. There I watched the slowness of a sloth with curiosity and envy. For days she sat perched above [...]
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Posted in Fashion & Design on Mar 10th, 2008
Tel Aviv is offering organic food not only in form of vegetable boxes, or new organic grocery stores, but also in form of a brand new vegetarian restaurant.
Sarahle Organi is a cute place in Nachalat Benjamin that opened a few weeks ago.
The whole restaurant is very light and friendly and completely redesigned by it’s owner [...]
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Posted in Fashion & Design on Mar 5th, 2008
The almond trees are blooming and the sun is out, which makes many of us start thinking about being outdoors and making summer plans.
Whether you’re an Israeli looking to explore different areas of the country or a visitor looking for a unique way to make a positive change in Israel, the Israeli branch of World-Wide [...]
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Posted in Fashion & Design on Feb 27th, 2008
While the subject of air travel has become a hot topic this week, it’s worth remembering that it’s not just people that travel by jumbo jet – lots of the food eaten in Western countries is flown across the globe before it reaches our plates.
Israel is in a unique position globally in that it produces [...]
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