Comments on: Supermodels, Free Parking, Biblical Parchments All Part of Israel's Zany Solutions for Combatting Water Shortage

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:29:22 +0000

That’s pretty sad that they need to resort to this to get people interested in what conservation. However, this does really work, well then it should be expanded to other projects both green and perhaps even address the insane driving habits of all here. J

By: Maurice

Maurice — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:06:01 +0000

All I can do is “read the menu” at present.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:12:01 +0000

Maurice, at this point, given the water crisis, anything helps. And since Bar Rafaelli comes along with Leonardo DiCaprio, it means that big names are now working on big issues. Now we just need another supermodel to convince the government to stop subsidizing water at ridiculous rates for agriculture.

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:11:58 +0000

She’s mouth-watering, I guess, to some guys… 🙂
-Karin

By: Maurice

Maurice — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:48:42 +0000

Just what the hell does Bar Rafelli have to do with water anyway?

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:24:46 +0000

I think offering free parking to save water is just example in Israel that shows how silly it is to have non-experts making green campaigns. Ridiculous.

By: Danielle J

Danielle J — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:40:38 +0000

Great post. I hope to see a new campaign in the near future “Save water, shower in numbers!”

By: Rachel Bergstein

Rachel Bergstein — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:25:30 +0000

I agree! I don’t think that one parking spot will have a big impact on the environment. But since traffic congestion and air pollution are such big environmental problems in Tel Aviv, I just find the symbolic value of this contest to be ironic (and a little amusing).

By: ConsulateIsrael

ConsulateIsrael — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:58:10 +0000

Supermodels, Timers, Biblical Parchments All Part of Israel’s Solutions for Combatting Water Shortage http://ow.ly/tiO

By: Hannah Katsman

Hannah Katsman — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:17:36 +0000

The link “free parking for a year” from Ynet is broken.
I can’t see how that contest can be judged. People who work or travel a lot use much less water than others, not to mention those that live with a boy- or girlfriend most of the time. That being said one free parking spot is a good incentive and not a big drain on the environment, although it might have been nice to choose something else.