Transportation

Moroccan Students Unveil Plans for Solar-Powered Electric Vehicles

Sixty percent of Morocco's fuel reserves consists of petroleum and 23 percent of the country's energy is derived from coal, according to the DESERTEC Knowledge...

MUV-e’s Folding Electric Trolley Goes from Land to Bus to Train

The MUV-e folding e-scooter from Israel can be personalized, linked to your smart phone, carried with you on the bus and stored in small...

New Renault Twizy Electric Car Being Tested in Tel Aviv Rental-Share Plan

More than a skateboard, less than a car; that's Renault's new electric Twizy Tel Aviv's serious pollution and car parking problems which were partially alleviated...

Moovit App Makes Public Transportation Easy and Fun

Israelis are not only clean tech startup masters but also - increasingly - big fans of public transportation, which is why Moovit  makes such...

Driving in Desert Fog – A Survival Guide

Got the Foggiest Notion How to Drive in Desert Fog?  Camel caravans and soaring sand dunes demand backdrops of sun-bleached skies (or star-strewn heavens).  But...

Better Place EV Car Company to Close North American and Australia Operations?

Not long after firing its replacement CEO, the Israeli electric car company Better Place has alluded to Forbes that it will likely close its...

Tel Aviv City Workers Busted for Fake Handicap Sign and Fine (VIDEO)

 If we hadn't seen the footage, we would never have believed that Tel Aviv's municipal workers would paint a fake handicap sign around a...

Jerusalem Pulls Off Israel’s No Pants Light Rail Ride

A few thousand New Yorkers stripping down to their Calvin Kleins in January ..but how's that behavior fly in a Middle Eastern city with...

Twizy Mini Electric Pilot Planned for Israeli Town

The Israeli electric car company Better Place is seeing rough times (it just hired its third CEO in as many months after firing two others),...

Plasan Greens Chevrolet’s 2014 Corvette Body

The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette 2014will be lighter and stronger, thanks to the Israeli company Plasan High performance sports cars, including the  gold Mercedes sports coupes...

Cadillac’s ELR and Eco Luxury Cars Fit for the Middle East

Cadillac's 2014 ELR; a luxury plug in hybrid for only $55,000 Luxury cars, including biofuel driven gold Mercedes sports coups and sports cars like  gold...

Zerotracer: A Globetrotting Electric Motorbike With its Own Helmet

The Swiss-made Zerotracer motorbike strutted its super efficient stuff at Masdar City and the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi last week. Designed...

Billionaire Arab Prince Buys Planet’s Largest Private Jet

Look! Up in the sky! Is it an office complex? A concert hall?  A Turkish bath? Or a parking garage? No, it's the new...

Renault’s Electric Mini Car is More Electric Bang for Your Buck

Not exactly the 2014 Corvette, this smaller and cheaper electric model may be popular for older purchasers and the eco-aware in the Middle East This...

After Pep Talk to Better Place Car Buyers Last Week, New CEO Fired

Is Better Place hiring a new CEO? In a surprising article in the Israeli business newspaper Globes today, Israel's electric car network company Better Place seems...

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

The backlash against HelloFresh's Pride Month marketing campaign has sparked a wider conversation about food, labor, sustainability, and whether consumers should reconnect with local farmers, butchers, and home gardens instead of relying on subscription meal kits.

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Zentera responds to questions about ZQ wool, animal welfare, regenerative farming, ethical fashion and the fallout from PETA's New Zealand investigation.

The Ocean’s Hidden ‘Dark Web’ Is Being Fished Before Scientists Understand It

Deep below the ocean's surface, in a dimly lit region known as the twilight zone, millions of fish are being caught every year. Scientists say the consequences are largely unknown.

Barnacle glue could fix coral reefs, inspire new advances in building and medicine

Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

Crooked, forked and curved trees are often treated as second-class timber. They are considered less valuable, and not suitable for load bearing walls or support systems in building. If a tree trunk is not straight enough to become a saw log, it is frequently diverted into pulp production or burned for energy. Now, new research from Aalto University could help change that.

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

The backlash against HelloFresh's Pride Month marketing campaign has sparked a wider conversation about food, labor, sustainability, and whether consumers should reconnect with local farmers, butchers, and home gardens instead of relying on subscription meal kits.

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Zentera responds to questions about ZQ wool, animal welfare, regenerative farming, ethical fashion and the fallout from PETA's New Zealand investigation.

The Ocean’s Hidden ‘Dark Web’ Is Being Fished Before Scientists Understand It

Deep below the ocean's surface, in a dimly lit region known as the twilight zone, millions of fish are being caught every year. Scientists say the consequences are largely unknown.

Barnacle glue could fix coral reefs, inspire new advances in building and medicine

Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

Crooked, forked and curved trees are often treated as second-class timber. They are considered less valuable, and not suitable for load bearing walls or support systems in building. If a tree trunk is not straight enough to become a saw log, it is frequently diverted into pulp production or burned for energy. Now, new research from Aalto University could help change that.

Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

Just 15 kilometers from Tzfat there is a moshav that was founded in the late 50s that was ideologically influenced by organic, vegetarian and vegan principles. My hostess at Ohn-Bar, the tzimmer where I stayed, explained that the people of Amirim were among the pioneers of Israel’s strong vegetarian movement.
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