Transportation

GM's Volt Versus the Renault-Nissan Electric "Better Place" Edition

 Chevy's Volt Concept Car - Better than Better Place? In the past year or so, we've posted a number of articles dealing with electric cars...

Haifa University Study Generates a Profile of the Israeli Cyclist

A new study profiles the average Israeli cyclist. If you've read the title, looked at the picture, and are either excited or worried that...

Susita, and Cash For Clunkers, Israeli style

Copying the wildly popular Cash for Clunkers program in the United States, the Israeli government has announced its own plan to get polluting gas...

From the Eyes of an Open-minded “Green” Tourist: Transportation in Jordan

Looking out the hotel window to the streets of Madaba, Jordan. As the average tourist I received my first impression of Jordan with glimpses...

Michigan Looks to Israel to Rev Up Automotive Battery Business

Automotive companies in Michigan are looking to Israeli battery and electric car innovators, like Better Place, to help revive their ailing car industry. Michigan meet...

A DIY Build Your Own Electric Car

Mod your petrol-run car – and make it electric! A lot of car buyers today are interested in cutting their carbon footprint - that's...

Can the American-Danish MethaEnergy Compete With Better Place?

Is a Serenus methenol fuel cell package the best one going? With the opening Monday of the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15)...

Denmark Set to Spotlight Electric Car Initiative at Global Climate Change Conference

For 25 years Denmark has supported the adoption of electric vehicles by excluding them from the hefty 200% tax levied on new cars. However, due...

Press To Test Better Place Electric Cars At Copenhagen

Want to test drive Better Place's electric car at climate event of the year? The biggest international green event of the year is happening from...

ETV Motors Makes Jet Turbine Engine to Recharge Battery Packs in Electric Cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR6SeLkQbmw&feature=player_embedded ETV Motors claims their recently unveiled proof-of-concept vehicle can run for 50 miles on one charge. Watch their video, courtesy of ISRAEL21c. The...

Totally "Ungreen" Environment Monstrosities In The Sky – Then and Now

Hughes' Spruce Goose and the 1933 Soviet Kalilin K7 (above) are some flying ungreen monsters from the past. Green Prophet was at the last Paris...

Make Use of the Commute With Some Scientific Training On The Train

I am one of those people who has set up her life to spend as little of it as possible commuting. I grew up with...

International Electric Car Execs Meet in Tel Aviv to "Standardize" Power Sources

The IEC forum meets in Israel to standardize electric car charging stations so electric car owners can fuel up and road trip around the...

An Electric Scooter Market "Gone Wild" May Have Killed Tel Aviv Man Yesterday

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye, or in this case, his life: A 42-year-old man, Eyal Kolovich, was killed in...

Israeli Parents Organize "Walking Bus" to Transport Schoolchildren

Groups of parents in the Israeli cities of Kiryat Ono, Raanana and elsewhere have organized "walking schoolbuses" to transport children to school in the...

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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

Not all green web hosting is created equal. Some companies buy renewable energy certificates, others use cleaner data centers, and some extend the life of existing servers. We compare six web hosts, including GreenGeeks, SiteGround and Hostinger, to see how their environmental claims stack up against performance, speed and transparency.

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.

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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

Not all green web hosting is created equal. Some companies buy renewable energy certificates, others use cleaner data centers, and some extend the life of existing servers. We compare six web hosts, including GreenGeeks, SiteGround and Hostinger, to see how their environmental claims stack up against performance, speed and transparency.

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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