Transportation

Israeli Electric Cars on the Fast Track – Says Company’s Power Supplier

This guy (Maurice) will have to wait till 2012 to have an electric car Contrary to reservations being made about the Better Place...

Critics Fear Better Place Is “Charging” A Monopoly

EV's phone home: While charging EV's at home are most convenient, the Israeli EV company is going for a monopoly - making customers charge...

13 “Better Place” Cars Hit the Streets of Israel To Test “Charge”

With all the hype, 13 Better Place EV cars are finally being imported in Israel to test charge spots. They are being tested as...

Will This Year’s Hajj Pilgrimage be Greener Than Ever?

Even with the completion of the "Mekkah Metro" scenes like this are bound to continue during the Hajj for years to come. As the 2010...

Ungreen News: Israeli PM Travels in Million-Dollar Armored Audi

A green choice? Fit for a Mexican drug lord, with cigar moistener, the outside view of the Israeli PM's new Audi A-8 Security. Worth...

San Francisco Taxis Make The Switch To Better Place Electric Vehicles

San Francisco plans to join the EV fray with an electrified taxi fleet. In the short-term, electric vehicles (EVs) aren't so sustainable. Although they...

Tel Aviv Light Rail Train Chugs Away, Slowly

Will Tel Aviv's much-needed light rail train, ever, we ask again, ever, come to light? After more than 30 years of planning, and on-off...

Will Israel be a Leader in Introducing Electric Cars? Ask the Tax Man!

There's more involved in running an electric car in Israel than just the electricity. The year 2011 is deemed by some to be the...

Better Place Gets a “Charge” With GE Partnership

GE's  handsome designer car charging post the Watt Station even "talks" to drivers! Entrepreneur Shai Agassi's Better Place electric car battery exchange infrastructure projects will...

Tel Aviv Will Ban Trucks During Morning Rush Hour to Reduce Congestion

Will a simple morning truck ban solve Tel Aviv's traffic problems, or is the problem much more complicated? Anyone driving into Tel Aviv on a...

Denmark Prepares to (Slowly) Enter Electric Car Network

Better Place taxicab debut in Tokyo. A rollout of exchange spots is planned for Denmark. Better Place's battery exchange network will be launched soon in...

10 Hyper-Miling Techniques for Greener Driving

Your mileage can vary —with driving techniques that save fuel. Here at Green Prophet, we’re in favor of increasing “green” mass transportation and reducing...

Traffic Accident Deaths In Iran Could Push Greener Transport

Many accidents occur because of deficiency or lack of safety facilities in the car. Producing cars with seatbelts have been obligatory for Iranian car producers since 1999. But most of the cars that were produced before that date do not have seat belts.

Egyptian Bike Rack Design Competition Part of 350.org’s Global Climate Change Work Party

The (designing) pen is mightier than the sword - protest climate change by thinking of cool bike rack designs. To protest the rise of greenhouse...

Segway Owner Dies in Freak Accident – by Segway

Death by Segway: Jimi Heselden, owner of Segway, dies in a freak accident. They are used in Tel Aviv as a novel way to...

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The Sustainable Moving Checklist Every Household Should Follow

The most important step is the one nobody enjoys. Six weeks out, walk the house room by room and decide what has earned a place on the truck. Anything you wouldn’t pay to ship is moving out of habit.

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The Sustainable Moving Checklist Every Household Should Follow

The most important step is the one nobody enjoys. Six weeks out, walk the house room by room and decide what has earned a place on the truck. Anything you wouldn’t pay to ship is moving out of habit.

6 Best Eco-Friendly Web Hosting Providers That Don’t Sacrifice Speed

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Prêt-à-porter made with algae

Danit Peleg is reinventing 3D-printed fashion with algae-based biomaterials, AI-powered design and made-to-order manufacturing. Can circular fashion become commercially viable?

Oil Spill Cleanup Crews Face Hidden Health Risks 

Oil spills grab headlines for black beaches and struggling wildlife. Fewer stories follow the people who scrub those shores. Workers and volunteers often spend days breathing fumes and touching tar. Their health matters as much as the coastline.

Walk of Water offers $9,000 for water stories that nobody sees

The 2026 Walk of Water Photostory Contest is offering $9,000 in prizes for photographers documenting the hidden side of water, from wastewater and pollution to sanitation workers, public health and clean-water solutions.

Kids plant mangroves in Ajman, adding 45 more trees to the UAE’s coastal forests

Twenty-six students planted 45 mangrove saplings at Al Zorah Beach in Ajman, joining a much larger Gulf-wide push to restore mangrove forests and protect vulnerable coastlines.

NEUMÜHLE’s plain cotton hoodie is making a surprisingly radical statement

NEUMÜHLE’s simple cotton hoodie shows how much hidden complexity is built into modern clothing — and why designing garments from a single material can make recycling easier.

The ancient factory that never sat idle: what Tel Shiqmona can teach modern architects

A 2,700-year-old industrial site on Israel’s Carmel coast shows how ancient craftsmen reused the same spaces for different seasonal jobs — a lesson in flexible architecture that still matters today.
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