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Shut Down the New Coal-Fired Power Plants, Says Israel's New Environment Minister

Israel has a new government, and this also means a new environment minister. The new one, Gilad Erdan actually sounds like he's learned something...

Rabbi Sinclair Reviews "Nature's Due" And Its Complicated Biology

I am really not the right person to be reviewing "Nature's Due" by Professor Brian Goodwin from Shumacher College in the UK. It is...

Israel's Sovna Provides Wind Energy In the Urban Environment Where It's Needed

Here's a video produced by my pal Nitsana, on a new wind power company, Sovna, working to collect the wind blowing between and around...

Syria and Jordan's Wihdeh Dam Will Cut Israel's Water Needs Out of the Picture

Little publicity appears to have been made in Israel regarding a proposed joint project between Jordan and Syria to construct a dam across the...

NewDealDesign’s Gadi Amit Designs Charge Spots For Better Place Electric Cars

A little industrial design can make a product go a long way. Take the design of Apple computers, iPhones and accessories. Discriminating consumers often...

Angel's Tips for “Making” Your Clothes Friendly to the Environment

Israel is only just catching on to the eco clothing trend, and for the environmentally conscious it can be a gut-wrenching, guilt-inducing dilemma just...

Middle East Countries Partner With Europe on Water Through EMWIS

(Countries along the Mediterranean Sea basin) Water policy people will like to know about this initiative: Most countries in what is known as the Mediterranean...

Turkey Water Exports To Iraq Will Double Thanks To Biblical Rivers From "Garden of Eden"

Iraqi boys walk along the Euphrates River New water cooperation could be a new beginning for tensions between Turkey and Iraq: Turkey has promised to...

Our Friends From "Friends of the Earth Middle East" Get $750,000 From Skoll For Water Work

EcoPeace / Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) today announced it is the recipient of a three-year, $750,000 award from the Skoll Foundation...

Less Government Bureaucracy Would Solve Israel's Water Crisis

Two interesting articles were published in the past week about Israel's water shortage and possible solutions. In the first one, "Drops in the Bucket,"...

Video on Israel-Jordan Water War On Jordan TV

Clean water, and water resources dominate the news over here in the Middle East. Recently Green Prophet reported on Israel's "water" compensation to Jordan,...

Israel NEWTech, A Government Initiative To Promote And Grow Israeli Water Technology And Innovation

Since its inception, Israeli scientists have always put great efforts into developing solutions to help alleviate their country's chronic water problems. Beginning with innovated "drip"...

Water Relationship Possibilities Between Israel and Gazans In Better Days

As if to add to their current misery, the 1.5 million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip are now facing an acute water shortage due...

Canadian Organization Introduces Household Grey Water Recycling System for the Middle East

As the global community celebrated World Water Day on Sunday, many eyes were on the Middle East.  The region’s ongoing water crisis is a...

British Council Israel Initiates Energy Exchange With Turkish Experts

Those clever clever folk over at the British Council Israel are this week hosting a live video conference with British energy expert Francis McGowan...

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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