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Building Green: Jerusalem’s First Sustainable Housing Development

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Make Your Cooking More Energy Efficient.

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Drinking Water

Bottled water is pretty evil, no matter what way you spin it. Essentially what happens is that a company is pumping water from our...

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Last month we wrote about City Tree, a green oasis in a historical building in central Tel Aviv. This urban environmental group focuses...

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Instead of relying on the paper and styrofoam cups that are provided at work, bring your own mug. Some coffee shops will make your...

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Tel Aviv Puts Jaffa Skyscraper Plans on Hold

Photo by Dan Keinan, Haaretz. A modernist skyscraper was built with no connection to the existing urban context, and plans for a row of similar...

Clean Your Naot

Have your Naot (leather sandals and shoes) gotten dirty? To clean leather shoes, rub with banana peel (the inside of the peel), then wipe...

Pack Your Lunch

Most aluminum foil is thrown out after on use. It's a shame since it can be reused again and again without losing quality. Other...

The Power of the Market

Are there green products missing in your local greenshop? Write to the manager! If you can get enough people to inquire your local greenshop...

Don't Under-Estimate the Quarter

Recycling cans and bottles can be annoying: they clutter up your home, they smell if you don't wash them out. But a little bit can...

Swimming in Salad

Did you know that the bagged salad bought in the supermarket tends to contain high levels of chlorine... often higher than in the average...

Green Action is About Environmental AND Social Change

Environmental and social change don't always go together in green organizations, but the truth is that you can't really make green changes without effecting...

Refill Your Cartridges

Millions of printer cartridges go into landfill sites each year and this is increasing annually. Buying refilled cartridges is a good way to prevent...

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The Christ’s thorn (sidr tree) is also a well-known folk medicine

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