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Rain’s Quantity and Quality

We’ve had several rainstorms this year but it seems that they are not enough. This winter's meager rainfall has done nothing to replenish shrinking...

Support Sea Shepherd to Save the Whales

We look at the pioneering activism of the sea Shepherd Conservation Society, who exist under the directorship of Captain Paul Watson, to protect and preserve whales and all the creatures of the sea, from human cruelty and exploitation.

The Battle for Israel's Palmachim Beach

It's only February and the beach is already a hot topic in Israel, but alas, for all the wrong reasons. Work has got underway in...

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...

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Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Here’s what we found

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meteorite crashed through a New Jersey roof carrying ancient salts, organic compounds and amino acids. After a few too many visits to Ontario’s Crystal Cave — and my own mysterious fireball in the forest — I have questions about the alien chemistry falling around us.

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