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Tasty Water

Are you sick of that sick taste from water bottles? It's great to refill your bottles again and again, but they end up tasting...

National Pollution Prevention: Volunteer

Volunteering is a great way you can raise your awareness during the US National Pollution Prevention week. Can we honestly ask others to make...

National Pollution Prevention Week

It's National Pollution Prevention Week in the USA this week. This is a great time to assess your wasting habits. Where can I waste...

Go Digital

Many companies now offer to send a bill via email instead of it's snail contemporary. Call your bank, phone company and others to see...

Do You Crochet?

If you don't, perhaps you know someone who does? Save your old t-shirts. If cut & sewn into long strips connecting them into one...

Become An Artist

There are so many wonderful things that you can do with odd household throw-aways. Be creative and think outside the box, or INSIDE the...

The Ripple Effect

Harness the power of the ripple. When you drop a small pebble in a big pond it sends out waves in every direction affecting...

Is Sustainability in Tel Aviv an "Urban Legend"? New Film Challenges City Planners to Think Outside the Box

Sometimes it is necessary to confront our decision-makers with what has been called "the threat of a good example" - to bring them face...

Back To School – Reuse Books

With everyone going back to school over the next few days, now is a good time to connect with parents from your children's school....

Plantware's Eco-Architecture To "Grow Your Own" Homes

A bus stop that grows its own foliage as shade? A children’s playground, made entirely from trees? A shelter made from living tree roots...

Smart Shopping

For some there is nothing more rewarding than a new item of clothing. Nothing wrong with that. Right?! You're thinking: "those greenies won't let...

Buy Local

For the most part it's usually better to buy local. This cuts out the emissions created as a result of shipping, getting the product...

Cook in bulk

If you cook in bulk you will be making efficient use of your oven's energy. Cook meals in large quantities, and set aside...

Shades in the Morning

During the summertime if you put your shades (trisim) down in the morning it will help keep your house cooler for the rest of...

Going Green? Why Bother?

The noise about the importance of fixing our climate has been growing louder and louder over the past few years. We can only hope...

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

The backlash against HelloFresh's Pride Month marketing campaign has sparked a wider conversation about food, labor, sustainability, and whether consumers should reconnect with local farmers, butchers, and home gardens instead of relying on subscription meal kits.

Regenerative Wool or Greenwashing? Zentera Responds to Critics

Zentera responds to questions about ZQ wool, animal welfare, regenerative farming, ethical fashion and the fallout from PETA's New Zealand investigation.

The Ocean’s Hidden ‘Dark Web’ Is Being Fished Before Scientists Understand It

Deep below the ocean's surface, in a dimly lit region known as the twilight zone, millions of fish are being caught every year. Scientists say the consequences are largely unknown.

Barnacle glue could fix coral reefs, inspire new advances in building and medicine

Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

Crooked, forked and curved trees are often treated as second-class timber. They are considered less valuable, and not suitable for load bearing walls or support systems in building. If a tree trunk is not straight enough to become a saw log, it is frequently diverted into pulp production or burned for energy. Now, new research from Aalto University could help change that.

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

The backlash against HelloFresh's Pride Month marketing campaign has sparked a wider conversation about food, labor, sustainability, and whether consumers should reconnect with local farmers, butchers, and home gardens instead of relying on subscription meal kits.

Regenerative Wool or Greenwashing? Zentera Responds to Critics

Zentera responds to questions about ZQ wool, animal welfare, regenerative farming, ethical fashion and the fallout from PETA's New Zealand investigation.

The Ocean’s Hidden ‘Dark Web’ Is Being Fished Before Scientists Understand It

Deep below the ocean's surface, in a dimly lit region known as the twilight zone, millions of fish are being caught every year. Scientists say the consequences are largely unknown.

Barnacle glue could fix coral reefs, inspire new advances in building and medicine

Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

Crooked, forked and curved trees are often treated as second-class timber. They are considered less valuable, and not suitable for load bearing walls or support systems in building. If a tree trunk is not straight enough to become a saw log, it is frequently diverted into pulp production or burned for energy. Now, new research from Aalto University could help change that.

Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

Just 15 kilometers from Tzfat there is a moshav that was founded in the late 50s that was ideologically influenced by organic, vegetarian and vegan principles. My hostess at Ohn-Bar, the tzimmer where I stayed, explained that the people of Amirim were among the pioneers of Israel’s strong vegetarian movement.
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