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Vauban, the German Suburb without Cars

Do you ever get the feeling that every time you close your eyes, someone in Europe is doing something brilliant for the environment? Well,...

Nitzana's An Ecological Village That Practices What It Preaches

(Images: Solar concentrator - presents advanced technology for the concentration of solar radiation and various applications of its energy. The Solar Park's Evaporative Cooling...

A Leaky Faucet Can Save You Money

I noticed a drip coming out of the base of my kitchen sink faucet. It was only a few drops, so I procrastinated. Over...

Yediot Acharonot: Beer Sheva is Rebranding Itself

As mentioned earlier this week on Green Prophet, Beer Sheva's new mayor Rubik Danilovich has big plans for this city of 200,000 on the...

Is Israel on the Brink of a Suburban Sprawl-a-Thon?

As the Green Prophet's resident suburbs commentator, I read with interest this week that part of newly elected Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's economic plan...

"The Compost Guy" on Compost Awareness Week

This week marks International Composting Awareness Week, a week meant to be celebrated in Canada and the US, but which as far as I'm...

Looking for the Sustainable in Beer Sheva's Development Debate

While in the center of the country, the concern is to improve food quality, public transportation and vehicle efficiency, in the periphery Israel's decision-makers...

A Dubai Disneyland Coming To Lebanon? Plans Call For Artificial "Cedar Island" Mega Development Deal

(Illustration of Cedar Island, a new artificial island project proposed for off the coast of Lebanon). Environmentalists in Beirut's American University are calling it a...

VIDEO: Shimon Peres Unplugs Jerusalem For Earth Day 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgERZqN5tZ8 While pedal power and falafel oil fueled the Earth Day show in Tel Aviv, Shimon Peres, Israel's president, unplugs the Old City of Jerusalem...

Israeli "Islands In The Urban Stream" Design Conference

(A blueprint for Park Holot, a sand dune park in the Israeli city of Holon) Sustainable designers take note. Next week, April 30, a hip...

Naomi Tsur Is Sustaining Jerusalem From the Inside Out

Naomi Tsur The city of Jerusalem is steeped in history, stretching back to before the Bible's King David ruled the city. Today it is a...

Architect Gil Peled Strives for a 'Carbon-Free House' in Stephen and Rebekah Hren's Book

Carbon emissions from the building environment are globally one of the major contributors to climate change. On average up to 50% of all carbon...

Green Your Holiday

With the holiday season around, kids underfoot, family everywhere, now is actually the perfect time to do some greening. Collect the kids and do...

Could Urban Beekeeping Renegades Buffer Bees From Colony Collapse Disorder?

On a sunny Saturday afternoon in mid-February, a small group of New Yorkers—beekeepers, environmentalists, and a handful of honey aficionados—huddled together in an empty...

Al Qaeda Terrorist Drop-Out, And Champion Skier, Builds "Green" Ski Slopes On Sand Dunes In Qatar

Have those people in the Gulf Emirate state of Qatar gone mad? Or have they simply gotten a case of heat stroke while smoking...

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Food system’s biggest waste may be the farmers we don’t see: Hugh Locke’s new book

Whole Earth Farming: Smallholders and the Great Regenerative Transformation by Hugh Locke is published by George Ronald in September 2026.

Artists warm up former Cold War radio headquarters in Berlin as PEOPLE Festival embraces collaboration and spontaneity

PEOPLE Festival returns to Berlin’s Funkhaus this October, bringing 180 musicians together for a week of collaboration, improvisation and more than 200 one-off performances.

Take your secrets and Bitcoin password offline in this code stitching workshop

Sophie Nadel turns data into something tactile, using embroidery and textiles to explore how we store, hide and understand information.

6 Ways Teletherapy Can Reduce Barriers to Accessing Mental Health Care

Teletherapy can make mental health care easier to access by reducing travel, scheduling and location barriers. Here are six ways virtual therapy can help people connect with professional support more easily.

Can You Work Closer to Home? What to Check Before Choosing a Shared Workspace

A coworking space within walking distance can cut commuting time and give you a reliable place to work, but distance alone does not make it useful. Test the internet, noise, privacy, desk setup, environmental claims and real cost before committing to a membership.

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Food system’s biggest waste may be the farmers we don’t see: Hugh Locke’s new book

Whole Earth Farming: Smallholders and the Great Regenerative Transformation by Hugh Locke is published by George Ronald in September 2026.

Artists warm up former Cold War radio headquarters in Berlin as PEOPLE Festival embraces collaboration and spontaneity

PEOPLE Festival returns to Berlin’s Funkhaus this October, bringing 180 musicians together for a week of collaboration, improvisation and more than 200 one-off performances.

Take your secrets and Bitcoin password offline in this code stitching workshop

Sophie Nadel turns data into something tactile, using embroidery and textiles to explore how we store, hide and understand information.

6 Ways Teletherapy Can Reduce Barriers to Accessing Mental Health Care

Teletherapy can make mental health care easier to access by reducing travel, scheduling and location barriers. Here are six ways virtual therapy can help people connect with professional support more easily.

Can You Work Closer to Home? What to Check Before Choosing a Shared Workspace

A coworking space within walking distance can cut commuting time and give you a reliable place to work, but distance alone does not make it useful. Test the internet, noise, privacy, desk setup, environmental claims and real cost before committing to a membership.

Yazan Al Homsi on Aduro and Rocket Doctor: What Small-Cap Scale-Up Actually Takes

Yazan Al Homsi looks at two very different bets — Aduro Clean Technologies and Rocket Doctor — to show what investors should watch as small-cap companies attempt to move from promising technology to commercial scale.

Breast Mesh Reconstruction Problems: Signs Patients May Notice

Breast reconstruction can be an important part of recovery, but persistent pain, infection, changes in breast shape or mesh movement deserve medical attention. Here are the warning signs patients should know after breast mesh surgery.

What Happens to ABA Billing When a Practice Starts Scaling

As ABA practices grow, so can their administrative footprint. Smarter billing and documentation systems can reduce duplicated work, wasted staff time and inefficiencies while supporting sustainable growth. Meta description:
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