Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Culture & Design, News & Politics on May 7th, 2008
There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness
-Mahatma Gandhi
It was my first year of university and I had just settled into city life. There were lots of friends, parties - a great social scene. Burdened by the cost of having to support myself, I eyed the fancy clothes [...]
Posted in News & Politics on Apr 14th, 2008
There is a renewed interest for Israelis to go back to their desert-dwelling roots. Maybe today’s post will inspire more…
Ten miles from Mexico, nestled in a humid valley in Arizona we arrive in Canelo for a straw bale building workshop. This is a place where 11 year olds drive, breakfast with songstress Barbara [...]
Posted in Culture & Design on Apr 11th, 2008
Though I’ve been busy with my mom visiting, I haven’t forgotten the fun at last weekend’s HaSalon Israeli designer home accessories fair in Tel Aviv. And that’s because one of these supergreat industrial crate benches is now in my living room.
Lool 82 is an Israeli design collective that creates funky home accessories from benches and [...]
Posted in Culture & Design on Apr 11th, 2008
The ever-useful blog Life Goggles, is enamored with Yael Mer’s evacuation kayak skirt and slipper rocker inventions which first appeared here on Green Prophet.
And of course, the wildly popular StickyStains of Yael’s boyfriend Shay Alkalay, who we featured in an Israel21c article here.
Today, take a gander at an extension of [...]
Posted in Urban on Apr 1st, 2008
Want to know the best place to cloud-gaze in Canada, how to recycle bottles in Berlin, or where you can climb into a treehouse in Tel Aviv? The Green Map System gives us another way of looking at our world — and the movement is starting to take hold in Israel. (See our last post [...]
Posted in Culture & Design on Feb 29th, 2008
Israeli clothing company Bagir outfits about 1 in 6 UK men. A fraction of those men are set to become more chic with Bagir’s Eco-Gir, a suit made from 100% recycled materials, 30 PET plastic bottles.
The company is also set to become the first in the world to label its products with a carbon label.
How [...]
Posted in Culture & Design on Feb 5th, 2008
Rocking chairs seem to be making a comeback these days. Two weeks ago we featured Yael Mer’s simple and stylin’ Slipper Rocker, slippers and a rocking chair rolled into one.Today we bring you the recycled creations of Guy Arzi and his “Rocky Chair.” We wonder what movie might have inspired him?
Posted in Culture & Design on Feb 3rd, 2008
We’ve been to visit the straw bale legends Bill and Athena Stein in Arizona. Israelis are getting into their own groove building with strawbale.
Watch the time-lapsed video and the creation of a straw bale geodesic dome, at Kibbutz Lotan in the Arava Valley.
Lately, we are of the notion that it’s more green to build and [...]
Posted in Living Greener on Feb 3rd, 2008
Greening your life, doesn’t require you to overhaul your house. In previous weeks, we discussed small ways you can green your kitchen and your bathroom; we’ve even started a series for greening your baby. This week, let’s take a look at the bedroom.
When John Lennon and Yoko Ono recorded the song Give Peace a Chance [...]
Posted in Culture & Design on Feb 1st, 2008
Israelis, as the saying goes, are like a cactus fruit, because they are prickly on the outside but sweet in the middle. We kind of think Israelis are like bamboo too: strong as steel but soft and smooth. (If you are into eco-chic, you’ll know why we are talking about bamboo.)Thanks to Designist Dream, we [...]
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