Jesse Fox

Jesse Fox is hoping to complete a graduate degree in urban planning at the Technion sooner rather than later. In the meantime, he is working at green NGO’s,volunteering with African refugees and writing as much as he can to try and get the word out. He is also a regular contributor at TreeHugger.com. Originally from North Carolina, Jesse has lived in Memphis, Boston, Quito and the Arava before finally settling down in Tel Aviv. There he can occasionally be found chilling at the beach. Jesse can be reached at jesse (at) greenprophet (dot) com

Rawabi, the First Planned Palestinian City

Tractors carving up the face of a hill in preparation for the new town. (Photo credit: Green Prophet) About a...

Tel Aviv Requests Public's Help in Boardwalk Redesign

A rendering of Tel Aviv's new central promenade: stairs leading down to the beach, a paved lower level,...

Can Israel’s Wind Power Sector Compete with Solar?

Photo by sla514 via Travelpod. In Israel, renewable energy has become almost synonymous with solar energy in its various...

Will Solar Fields Cover Israel's Last Open Spaces?

Empty land in Israel's Arava desert. (photo by Jesse Fox) A conflict may be brewing between an emerging renewable energy...

Israel, Egypt Considering Joint Solar Energy Project in Sinai

Israeli Minister Ben-Eliezer addressing the Eilat energy conference this morning. (photo by Daniel Cherrin). Israel and Egypt are discussing a possible...

A New New Central Bus Station for Tel Aviv?

"I used to get off at the old bus station, and to me it was like another country..." goes...
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Israel's Public Housing Blocks to Get Solar Roofs

Solar panels at a testing site in Abu Dhabi. (photo by Jesse Fox) According to a report published this week...

Citizens Shut Out as Tel Aviv Debates Skyscraper City

The Tel Aviv City Council held a discussion yesterday on a handful of building plans that, if approved, would...

Coming Soon: A Wall of Skyscrapers Between Tel Aviv and Jaffa?

A year after a municipal planning committee decided to put plans for a row of skyscrapers near Jaffa on...

What's Next for Israel's Green Movement – Meimad?

Ofer Kot, #10 on the Green Movement - Meimad's list of candidates for Israel's Knesset, spent election day in...

Using Black Gold to Build a Greener Future: A Visit to the UAE

Last month, I had the unexpected pleasure of visiting Abu Dhabi and Dubai, two of the seven tiny kingdoms...

Will the Tel Aviv Light Rail Ever Happen? Do We Want it To?

I am not against public transportation. In fact, I am very much in favor. As a person who lives...