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15 Cities Pledge to Cut Back on Emissions

Fifteen of the largest cities and towns in Israel have signed an international environmental resolution to cut down on greenhouse gases emissions, joining 800...

Al Gore to Visit Israel

Israel has lured climate Change evangelist Al Gore to the Holy Land. Come May, Gore is expected to drop in at Tel Aviv University to...

Bangkok Officials Investigate Israeli Water Technology

For years it has seemed that Israel and Thailand were enjoying a trade agreement that should keep both sides happy: we send Thailand our...

Jerusalem of White

Jerusalem, the Holy City for three religions, is often known as Jerusalem of Gold due to the yellowy-pink stones from which the buildings are...

New “Green” Curriculum in Beit Shemesh Schools

Kids in Beit Shemesh schools--religious and secular alike--will soon be learning about environmental issues. A new initiative on the part of Sviva Israel, a...

Israel Number One In Middle East According to Yale and Columbia Environmental Performance Index

Israel was ranked #1 in the Middle East on Yale and Columbia's 2008 Environmental Performance Index, a system which consists of variables that relate...

Liquid Assets at Israel’s Watec Conference

Here is a video recap of Israel's recent WATEC (water technologies), conference. We were there this past November, and collected tons of notes and...

Be Vewy Vewy Quiet… I’m Hunting Smokas

The beginning of this year opened up a new hunting season, hunting smokers! According to Haaretz smokers beware! They’re out to get you! “It...

Tel Aviv Billboards Up Again? That Didn’t Take Very Long…

Barely two weeks after advertisers were forced to cover up billboards along Tel Aviv's Ayalon highway, as a prelude to taking them down altogether,...

Scaaary Air Pollution Video of Haifa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qkZCLg9TbM&rel=1Well it's not that scary, and a bit naive, but it does beg the question: what's really happening in Haifa? Israeli guys that we...

Can Only The Rich Save Our Planet?

Finance Minister Ronni Bar-On has presented, today, the proposals of the committee on green taxation to the government. The proposal suggests a sliding-scale taxation model based upon...

Cheesy Green Police Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uASd-doKOlk&rel=1We have never seen these "green police" in action, but we'd like to believe that they exist, if only in our dreams. This video...

A Spiritual Danger: Have A Nice A**

It was neat to see the billboards are off of Ilan Pivko's tower, in Tel Aviv today. The Ayalon Highway is pretty much free...

On Becoming a Green Fellow

The Porter School of Environmental Studies at Tel Aviv University is looking for a few good green men and women. Think you have what...

Environmental Energy Resources Says Waste Not…

Environmental Energy Resources, Ltd. (EER) is using Israeli-developed technology to set up Romania's first plasma waste treatment facility. The system was developed by scientists...

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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.

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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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