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Palmachim: Battle of the Beach Revisited

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I have to admit I thought they were fighting a losing battle. Despite the justice of their cause, it seemed that the odds were...

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Israeli Company Spotless Creates Sustainable Advertising For Roads

Lea Aharonovitch - February 15, 2009

Usually the advertising industry is not considered to be a very ecological industry. Think about the amount of useless junk mail you get to your...

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Abu Dhabi is Proving Ground for Futuristic Podcar People-Mover

Daniel Pedersen - November 10, 2011

Masdar's PRT pod cars. The playground of the rich, Abu Dhabi, is not just a place for playing kick-the-golden-can. Instead of simply finding ways to...

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Abu Dhabi to Build the Gulf's Largest Solar Powered Hot Water Project

Tyson Herberger - June 16, 2010

Jordan's Millenium Energy Industries (MEI) has announced a project to provide 1.3 million liters a day of hot water for a new development in...

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Designing from Nature at Jerusalem's Green Design Seminar

James Murray-White - January 27, 2009

Green Design - From Theory to Practice (see preview post here), a major international architectural seminar took place this week here in Jerusalem, bringing...

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Geotectura to Build Israel's Greenest Building at Tel Aviv University

Green Prophet - January 26, 2009

Within a few years Israel's greenest building will be located at Tel Aviv University (TAU). That's the goal of Joseph Cory of Geotectura. He...

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Support Bedouin treeplanting and Green education with a Tel Aviv shakedown!

James Murray-White - January 18, 2009

Our resourceful friends at the Bedouin NGO Bustan are refusing to allow the current tension in the South of Israel affect them. Despite having to...

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Sustainable Architecture Conference in Libya is Looking for Participants

Karen Chernick - June 17, 2010

Here at Green Prophet we've covered a variety of conferences, with the most recent being a seminar in Jerusalem about architecture (coming up on...

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Documenting the Demise of America's Largest Community Garden

Jeffery Yoskowitz - January 15, 2009

I went to see Scott Hamilton Kennedy’s documentary film, “The Garden,” at Tribeca Cinemas in Manhattan, part of docs on the shortlist for the...

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Tel Aviv “City Rats” Give New Ideas to Urban Planners

Green Prophet - January 13, 2009

"Rat tracks" made by rats in two city plans: Manhattan-style (left) and New Orleans or Jerusalem-style (right). In both plans rats cover the same...

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Upcoming Green Design Conference: The Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture

James Murray-White - January 11, 2009

During these tough times in the south of Israel and Gaza, it's heartening to discover that some events are continuing, and that the determination...

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Architect Elias Messinas Brings Green Architecture to Israel

Karen Chernick - January 6, 2009

Last week we wrote about Kibbutz Kramim, a cooperative in the Negev that is currently working on building a multicultural model of environmental sustainability...

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Is Gianni Versace’s Refrigerated Beach One Excess Too Far in Dubai?

Daniel Pedersen - July 28, 2022

For those of you who hate scorching your feet on hot beach sand, the developers of one of Dubai's latest luxury hotels has the...

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Israel's First Municipal Reuse Center Sounds Like The Salvation Army

Karin Kloosterman - December 27, 2008

Collecting everything but the kitchen sink, and well, maybe even that, Israel gets its first municipal center for "recycling and rational resource use," announces...

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Audit Your Energy and Water Usage

Jack Reichert - December 20, 2008

One of the best ways to save is by auditing your consumption. Take next month's bill and set your energy/water usage as your benchmark As the...

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