Cities

City Tree: A Green Oasis in the Middle of Tel Aviv

You wouldn't generally think of Tel Aviv as a green oasis. A nightlife oasis, yes. A beachy oasis, yes. A trendy...

The Forbidden Fruit of Eden Hills

The Elah Valley. Beautiful rolling hills, a patchwork of gold, green and brown with fields, orchards and pasture steeped in biblical tales: Who wouldn’t...

Car Pool

If you are traveling anywhere, whether to work or the mall, find out if any friend or neighbor need to get to where you...

Slow Food Farmers Market Comes to Tel Aviv

With the Shavuot holiday coming up next week, harvest and cheeses (okay, mostly cheeses) are on everyone's mind.  Shavuot is related to ancient grain...

Use Just Enough

Take care to measure out the right amount of water needed. It takes extra energy to boil too much water. Not only will you...

REAL(ly) Affordable and Sustainable Housing Hits the Negev

What's the next challenge for the World Trade Center's chief engineer? Designing solar-powered houses in the Negev desert that can be built from scratch in...

Get Some Sleep

How many times have you gotten up to go to bed wondering what you had gained from that extra hour or three of television...

Keep it Cool

  Refrigerators and freezers account for about a sixth of all electricity use in a typical home. Over- or under-crowding makes the fridge work harder to...

Plant Some Shade – Why trees are better than artificial shade

According to research by the Department of Energy shade trees can reduce the need for air conditioning by 7% to 40%. If you have a garden, plant a tree. It can decrease the energy you need to cool your space but also provide a place to hang a tire swing, not to mention the offsets.

Batteries

The batteries that you throw out today end up in landfills and incinerators. From here they eventually leak into the environment and can end...

Gil Peled Creates Israel’s First Green Apartment Building

Designs for new technologies to green homes, or even building new ‘eco-friendly’ neighbourhoods from scratch like in Kfar Saba (Green Building or Greenwashing?), are...

Why Doesn't Tel Aviv's Carmel Market Compost (or Recycle)?

Late Friday afternoon at the Carmel Market in the center of Tel Aviv. Shabbat is approaching, and the "shook" is winding down for...

Open Green Houses: Eco-Architecture Tours in Tel Aviv

One weekend a year, Tel Aviv's architectural treasures open their doors and allow the public to learn about and appreciate the urban environment.  In this...

Hydrogen Peroxide

There are a lot of nasties on your fresh food. Do you know what goes into the fertilizer that your carrot sticks grew in? In the...

Green Your Campus

Thanks to the Birthright programme and the array of gap-year schemes, more young people from across the world have the opportunity to visit Israel,...

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Saving Gourmet Wild Plants For The Future

Think of truffles, a gourmet wild food. The European...

Climate change traced in sea turtle shells

It's sea turtles which may in the end save islands in the Seychelles. They may also better help us understand climate change. Like rings on a tree, scientists have found a way to read sea turtle shells and how they are impacted by climate change tells a story. 

Sámi shaman drums: why owning one could get you killed in Scandinavia

For centuries, the Sámi shaman drum was one of the most powerful sacred objects in northern Europe, and one of the most feared by church and state. If ISIS looks bad to us today for its religious fundamentalism, Christians were just as fervent. 

Flying the friendly skies… but can we get out in 90 seconds?

In a real emergency, romance takes a back seat to physics, panic, and how fast 150 people can squeeze through a narrow tube. The Federal Aviation Administration says every aircraft must be evacuated within 90 seconds. That’s the gold standard. But new research suggests that in the real world,  especially as we age, that number might be more aspirational than achievable.

Most of the world’s marine protected areas are polluted by sewage

Research from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the University of Queensland, published in Ocean & Coastal Management, found that nearly three out of four marine protected areas (MPAs) worldwide are exposed to sewage pollution.

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Saving Gourmet Wild Plants For The Future

Think of truffles, a gourmet wild food. The European...

Climate change traced in sea turtle shells

It's sea turtles which may in the end save islands in the Seychelles. They may also better help us understand climate change. Like rings on a tree, scientists have found a way to read sea turtle shells and how they are impacted by climate change tells a story. 

Sámi shaman drums: why owning one could get you killed in Scandinavia

For centuries, the Sámi shaman drum was one of the most powerful sacred objects in northern Europe, and one of the most feared by church and state. If ISIS looks bad to us today for its religious fundamentalism, Christians were just as fervent. 

Flying the friendly skies… but can we get out in 90 seconds?

In a real emergency, romance takes a back seat to physics, panic, and how fast 150 people can squeeze through a narrow tube. The Federal Aviation Administration says every aircraft must be evacuated within 90 seconds. That’s the gold standard. But new research suggests that in the real world,  especially as we age, that number might be more aspirational than achievable.

Most of the world’s marine protected areas are polluted by sewage

Research from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the University of Queensland, published in Ocean & Coastal Management, found that nearly three out of four marine protected areas (MPAs) worldwide are exposed to sewage pollution.

Adamah in Los Angeles wants to make Jewish climate action local, practical and spiritual

At a time when climate anxiety can feel abstract and overwhelming, and being Jewish something people may need to hide in big cities, Adamah Los Angeles is trying something different: turning Jewish values into local climate action with dirt-under-the-fingernails practicality.

How to safely remove astroturf and plastics from your backyard

For families with kids, pets, or anyone trying to build a cleaner outdoor space, removing old astroturf is one of the simplest ways to reduce unnecessary exposure to plastics and heat. Some past studies suggest that if kids have played on these surfaces you need to wash their hands. 

Is artificial turf bad for your health?

Artificial turf, the green plastic stuff that is supposed to look like grass, was sold to many home-owners as a clever compromise: a green-looking surface that makes you feel homey, but which needs no mowing. It survives heavy use, and in dry places like Middle East deserts, and in California or Texas, it can replace thirsty lawns. But it is toxic.
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