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A Green Prophet Finds West Bank In Water Crisis Too!

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Kudos to the Government of Israel for Going Green!

One of the wonderful elements of the open market is that we actually do have the power to make changes. You don't like the way...

Israel is Growing Green Kindergartens

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Why is the Society for the Protection of Nature (SPNI) in Israel Supporting Settlements in the West Bank?

Should Israel's premiere environment preservation group support settlement activities? Regarded as one of, if not the, most respected environmental NGOs in Israel, the Society for...

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Anyone who has ever experienced Bedouin hospitality will know that the kettle is always on in a Bedouin home: brewing either the strong bitter...

Israel's Water Levels Go From Red to Black

Every Israeli knows what the Sea of Galilee's (a main source of Israel's drinking water) red line means. It's bad. It means...

Controversial Red-Dead Sea Canal on Hold – But why?

Last month Green Prophet wrote about the controversy over the so-called “Peace Canal” or “Peace Valley” lauded by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in his...

Zalul's Protecting the Lachish River

Sea pollution closes the beaches in Bat Yam. (Credit: Zalul Environmental Association) For a long time now, Israel's water resources haven't been getting the respect...

Ingestible Sunscreen by LycoRed's Based on Tomatoes So You Don't Become One

Lycored has been in the natural food coloring business for some time and realized the amazing anti-oxidant properties found in tomatoes could be used...

Palestinian Agro-Industrial Park: A Sustainable Plan?

Leaders from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority concluding talks in Tokyo yesterday with the announcement that they plan to start building an agro-industrial...

Regional Environmental Hazards and the Red-Dead Peace Conduit

Desalination plant in Israel Earlier this week, Michael Green wrote about Shimon Peres’ “Peace Valley” project, which will create a canal from the Red Sea...

Erez Steinberg is Good for Green and Good for Business

There are lots of green businesses out there - cleantech businesses, organic farmers, environmentally conscious designers, and plenty more. But what about businesses...

Gideon Greenspan Shifts Gears to Catalog Carbon

From creating the world's most popular puzzle website (and a Time Magazine top 50), Israeli-British entrepreneur and hightech whiz Gideon Greenspan decided to change...

EcoMum on Swim Nappies and Diapers for Baby

Summer is here, the pools are open and the sea is beckoning. Let's pack our bags get our swimsuits and go for a swim....

BrightSource and Luz II Create World's First Solar Thermal Field Pilot in Israel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNY_-1Fsd2k The Israel cleantech world is buzzing over BrightSource and its subsidiary Luz II. The companies recently invited the press to visit the world's first...

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Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals revived with global campaign against factory farming

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Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

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A rooftop solar system looks simple: panels, an inverter, a battery and a few cables. But beneath that simplicity lies a bill of materials thousands of lines long, where tiny current sensors, magnetic cores, gate drivers, capacitors and connectors quietly determine efficiency, safety and lifespan. These overlooked components—not the solar panels themselves—are why today's residential solar systems are smaller, smarter and far more reliable than those of a decade ago.

Teen Farmerettes were Canada’s answer to Victory Gardens during wartime food shortages

It is a wake-up call to teen girls on TikTok planning their next Coachella outfit or trip to Sephora: During the Second World War, thousands of young men left family farms to enlist, but the crops still needed planting and harvesting. Ontario's government answered by recruiting high school girls, from ages 16 to 18, to spend parts of spring, summer and fall to fill in for the labor shortage. 

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Masdar began as an ambitious eco city in the Abu Dhabi desert. Two decades later, it has become one of the world's largest renewable energy developers, financing billions of dollars in solar, wind and battery storage projects across the globe.
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