Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Food & Health on Dec 1st, 2008
Dancing Camel, one of Tel Aviv’s great small, local breweries, makes absolutely delicious beer. From Pomegranate Ale to Cherry Vanilla Stout… they know what they’re doing. Coming from a female non-beer drinker, you can take my word for it. I would never drink the stuff unless it was good. They offer a great local product [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Nov 29th, 2008
The winter months are fast approaching, and more of us are feeling the need to look for things to keep us warm - whether it be soup, sweaters, slippers, or socks. And for those of us who are trying to be green, the more we can avoid using electricity and non-renewable energy for our heating [...]
Posted in Cars & Transportation on Nov 26th, 2008
Israel may soon have its first green airport. The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) has ordered the management of Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv to draw up a plan transforming Ben Gurion into “a leader in environmental protection.”
The plan must provide solutions for the reduction of air pollution, water pollution and noise pollution. Use [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Nov 22nd, 2008
Flash floods are the most common natural disaster in the United States, and a big killer in the Middle East too (see Relief Web’s report on Yemen). And OneWorld blog here on the Yemen flash flood which recently displaced more than 20,000 people. Because of the unpredictability of flash floods, they’re a leading weather-related cause [...]
Posted in Cars & Transportation on Nov 22nd, 2008
A couple of months ago we wrote about how the Israeli Ministry of Tourism is investing millions of shekels towards developing clean, green, eco-friendly cycling tourism. That’s great, but how can we make green transportation part of our everyday lives - and not just something we enjoy on the weekends or on vacation? How can [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Nov 9th, 2008
Biotech companies in Israel are announcing layoffs. Global financial woes will no doubt filter through to the clean tech industry as well.
Atlantium, when I covered the company for ISRAEL21c last year they seemed so hopeful about the future… has also announced layoffs recently. Fifteen people were let go.
CEO Ilan Wilf said in Globes, [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Nov 5th, 2008
Now that Barack Obama is on his way to the White House and the US seems poised for a “New Green Deal”, could things start heading in that direction in Israel as well?
While on the national level, a new green party aims to secure a couple of seats in the Knesset, one of the outgoing Knesset’s most [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Oct 26th, 2008
Businesses play a huge role in our everyday impact on the environment. The way that businesses conduct themselves - ranging from what services or products they provide, to what means they use to provide them, and what kind of energy consumption habits they have - all effect their carbon footprint. And since we live in [...]
Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Oct 21st, 2008
Sunday’s New York Times featured an environmental article (”Extreme Approaches Toward Living a Green Life”) with an interesting twist. After describing what many everyday Americans, such as fellow green bloggers Sharon Astyk (of Casaubon’s Book) and Colin Beavan (of No Impact Man), do in their daily lives to alleviate their negative impact on the environment [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Oct 13th, 2008
If you were going to use one word to describe Israel, the word “construction” would be a definite possibility. Visitors who come to Israel within intervals of only a few years are often shocked at the rapid development in the country. At only 60 years old Israel is constantly building and developing, and sometimes it [...]
Join our fan club!
