Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 22nd, 2008
Last week, I visited the town of Umm El Fahem with staff members from Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME). FoEME is a trilateral Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian environmental organization that brings environmentalists together to work on issues of shared regional concern. As the Summer 2008 FoEME intern, I am assisting with [...]
Posted in News & Politics on May 30th, 2008
Green Prophet recently highlighted the dilemma of buying organic eggs from a Jewish farm in the West Bank. A little investigation by yours-truly revealed that the picturesque Givaot Olam organic farm is a settlement outpost established with no authorisation from the Israeli government, meaning that the farm is (theoretically) slated for evacuation. (Could even be [...]
Posted in News & Politics on May 14th, 2008
We at Green Prophet have been charting the rising popularity of organic food in Israel for some time now.
One of the biggest suppliers of free-range organic eggs in Israel is Givot Olam, a Jewish farm located in the West Bank.
While you’d think that politics and food don’t mix, there are some who disagree.
Posted in News & Politics on Apr 16th, 2008
Green Ps (that’s a new abbreviation we made up today), are of the notion that only people who are housed, employed, healthy and happy can take on extras like yoga classes and only then start worrying about issues such as climate change and the environment.
That’s why we were happy to see that the [...]
Posted in News & Politics on Dec 25th, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqExPvgI9HA
The Israeli environment school, the Arava Institute, works to train young Israelis - Jews and Arabs alike - on developing a sustainable Middle East. Its graduates are going out into the world and making a big difference, for the environment and in politics. It’s the first model to bring Arabs and Jews together on behalf [...]
Posted in Culture & Design on Dec 23rd, 2007
A few weeks ago, we were driving our “tourist” mom from Canada around the country, when we accidentally took the wrong cut-off and found ourselves somewhere in the middle of east Jerusalem.
Excited by seeing the children riding around on donkeys and the general sense of choas, Mom commented on how very different this place seemed [...]
Posted in Sustainable Lifestyle on Dec 22nd, 2007
Peeking inside people’s fridges is a new series being put on by the BBC, as part of their research into sustainable eating around the world. It is not a new idea, and what people are eating has been well-documented by photojournalists (The Walrus magazine) and also on Internet sites. You can even take a snapshot [...]
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