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Reuse

One of the best ways to reduce your waste is to reuse it. If you want to get rid of something, perhaps there is...

Tel Aviv's Urban Farmers Collective is Hosting an Urban Farmers Rooftop Party

It's not every day that you can party with a group of farmers in the middle of a city.  Even rarer, it's not every...

Urban renewal Brings Jews and Arabs Together in Haifa

At the centre of a historic city and seconds away from the Mediterranean Sea, you’d probably expect upscale-neighbourhoods with wealthy residents to match. “But...

Greening Your Car – Tuneups

Getting regular tune-ups, maintenance and having clean air filters will help you burn less gas, pollute less, save money and prevent car trouble down...

Cautious Driving Saves The Environment Too

Use Your Brakes Less, Don't Accelerate Quickly. Look far down the road ahead, even if "far" means half a city block.  Get into...

Green Your Car – Tires

Make sure you have good tires. Different tires affect you MPG in different ways. When you're in the market for new tires, look for...

Good Ol' Home Cooking…

Packaged food is becoming more and more predominant in our society. The busier we get the more we look for instant solutions. The problem...

Have A Good Shabbat

The Shabbat is the Jewish day of rest. According to tradition God created the world in six days and on the seventh day he...

Offset Yourself

Offsetting alone won't save our planet but it certainly isn't anything to scoff at. There are many ways to offset. But probably the best way...

Buy Big

More often than not the bigger package is the better deal. Don't believe me? Check for yourself. Even in Israel where it is harder...

Building Green: Jerusalem’s First Sustainable Housing Development

Roasting in the summer, freezing in the winter? Welcome to life in my Jerusalem apartment, and thousands of others like it. But if buildings...

Make Your Cooking More Energy Efficient.

If you switch your oven off a few minutes before your food is ready it will stay hot enough to finish cooking the food....

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...

Tel Aviv's City Tree Hosts Eco Salons All Summer!

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

BYOM… (Bring Your Own Mug)

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

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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

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