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Boxed Water, the natural step to weaning ourselves from plastic bottles

With Covid times and one-time use more in demand, Americans consume 70 billion plastic water bottles each year on planes, at offices, at resorts, at school, at home –– only 8% of the U.S.’s plastic waste is recycled. Boxed Water is Better, a company that proposes an interim solution is better for the planet.

What are the UK’s Most Popular Quit Smoking Campaigns?

Shisha pipe is a massive addiction in the Middle East. What can we learn from the UK about quitting bad habits?

Mediterranean oil spill cleaned by EU ambassadors

EU Ambassador to Israel Emanuele Giaufret was joined Friday morning by more than two dozen envoys from EU member states, including 10 ambassadors, at...

Winter floods out Syria’s displaced

Taking cues from the tiny home movement, we are sure colleges and design schools around the world, along with architects, can start planning some better solutions for temporary shelter for the world's displaced – millions from the civil war with Syria, and millions more who end up in countries like Greece from Africa, seeking refuge or maybe just a better life. 

9 Ways to Make Your Dental Practice Green

The use of mercury in the material for dental amalgam restorative and research has shown that it can create adverse effects on the patients and the environment. Green dental practices work with patients to remove the amalgam fillings, replace them with safe alternatives, and dispose of them safely. 

Refugees code their way to assylum

A new project by the City of Tel Aviv is offering a coding course to selected refugees, giving them a jumpstart to a new career path. And in my eyes a chance to influence the machine. 

Beirut design studio repairs people and culture after the blast

Lebanese designers from the much-loved embroidery collective Bokja in Beirut have offered to suture and repair home furnishings damaged in the Beirut explosion on August 4.

It Rained Cannabis In Tel Aviv Today VIDEO

Hundreds of 2-gram bags containing marijuana dropped out of the sky over Rabin Square, for the comfort and delight of the population enduring pandemic...

Plant Sharing Point in Tel Aviv to green your city

Got a plant? Want a plant? Dreamers in Tel Aviv start a new swap.

Houthis hold oil tanker off the cost off Yemen – it could explode any moment

An oil tanker off the coast of Yemen can explode any moment.

Proud Tahini company gets boycotted for being gay

Nazareth-based Al Arz, maker of a popular tahini paste is coming under fire from the Arab population for its support of the Arab LGBTQ community. 

Caroline Chaptini sets Guinness World Record in Lebanon with caps

  After several months of daily solo work, environmental activist Caroline Chaptini, a Lebanese national set another Guinness World Records title, having put together the...

Coronavirus refugees look for safe havens at overseas colleges

Compared to statistics around the world. Israel fared pretty well in managing the coronavirus outbreak. An early lockdown and restriction of global travel and...

How to Make Your Lifestyle Greener

Are you looking to live a greener lifestyle and become more environmentally-conscious? It is clear that now is the time to take action to...

Planet of the Humans: there is also earth-friendly, local mining

Michael Moore's explosive documentary, Planet of the Humans, full documentary can be seen below, shows how the renewable energy business can never be sustainable....

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Elkhorn kernals planted to restore reef diversity

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