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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...

Hugo Tour Fires Up the "Tour Engine" Between Cycles of Hot and Cold

After 30 years spent servicing Israel's military aircraft, engineer Hugo Tour decided to redesign a car's internal combustion engine to make it twice as...

Israel Railways Teams Up With Better Place To Refuel Electric Car Commuters

 Refueling newly developed electric cars in Israel may be one step closer to being commonplace with an agreement reached between Israel Railways and the...

New Israel Vehicle Green Tax Stiffs Hybrids

A new Israeli government "green tax", scheduled to come into effect next month on new imported cars, is being contested by car importers, and...

Study Says World Driver To Go "Total Electric" By 2030

Although the year 2030 is only some 20 years away, many drivers in developed countries may be driving electric powered cars by then. This...

Ford To Replace Spark Plugs With Freakin’ Lasers by 2011

In a move that is sure to be a stepping stone to the flying car, Ford is currently testing a new type of laser...

15K Israelis Retrofit Hotrods, Cars and Trucks To Power With Propane

It's much less expensive than regular refined gasoline, and they won't let your car into a below ground shopping mall parking lot if you...

Tel Aviv Cyclists Use Their Hot Bodies to Protest the Naked Truth About Urban Cycling in Israel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNqEkIjLxdc Around two weeks ago, the Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislation decided not to support a bill that would encourage bike riding as transportation.  The...

Looking for Green Innovation at the Paris Air Show

With the aviation industry reeling from increasing fuel costs, dipping profits and those pesky upcoming environmental regulations, airlines are scrambling to become more efficient,...

Peace Cycle Takes Bikers Through West Bank

We've posted here before about a Walk About Love, a hike for Israel and a bike ride to benefit Israel's environment. This October, get...

Go Hybrid and Pay Less Car Tax in Israel

The Israel finance ministry is planning new regulations on car purchasing, with special discount incentives for purchasing hybrid cars, according to Reuters. The new changes...

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Street Vegan in Sri Thanu is a must-stop family lunch spot on Koh Phangan, Thailand

If you’re anywhere near Sri Thanu on Koh Phangan, Thailand, around the yoga centers: Zen Beach, Haad Yao, or Salad Beach—make time for Street Vegan. It's vegan and so satisfying that one meal might convince you that eating plant-based is not a compromise. I suggest for any vegan restaurant owner or chef to come to this modestly-priced venue to learn from a master.

Plants can eat dust and grow – should we stop dusting them?

Dusty plants? Let them eat their hearts out.

Paris Modest Fashion Week offers style without exposure for Muslims

France is home to around 5 to 7.5 million Muslims according to estimates, and Özlem Şahin, head of the organization behind Modest Fashion Week, has described Paris as "one of the leading modest fashion capitals in Europe".

Kids are vaping. The media shock that made them stop

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Baby teeth read like tree rings paint a picture of toxins in early life

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York offers a striking insight into how the environments we are born into can quietly shape our brains years later. By analyzing naturally shed baby teeth, the ones tucked under pillows for the tooth fairy, researchers have reconstructed a detailed timeline of exposure to environmental metals during pregnancy and early infancy.

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Street Vegan in Sri Thanu is a must-stop family lunch spot on Koh Phangan, Thailand

If you’re anywhere near Sri Thanu on Koh Phangan, Thailand, around the yoga centers: Zen Beach, Haad Yao, or Salad Beach—make time for Street Vegan. It's vegan and so satisfying that one meal might convince you that eating plant-based is not a compromise. I suggest for any vegan restaurant owner or chef to come to this modestly-priced venue to learn from a master.

Plants can eat dust and grow – should we stop dusting them?

Dusty plants? Let them eat their hearts out.

Paris Modest Fashion Week offers style without exposure for Muslims

France is home to around 5 to 7.5 million Muslims according to estimates, and Özlem Şahin, head of the organization behind Modest Fashion Week, has described Paris as "one of the leading modest fashion capitals in Europe".

Kids are vaping. The media shock that made them stop

On one side: aggressive anti-vaping campaigns from the FDA, Truth Initiative, and state programs, backed by over $100 million in annual spending. On the other: a public health crisis. Screenshot

Baby teeth read like tree rings paint a picture of toxins in early life

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York offers a striking insight into how the environments we are born into can quietly shape our brains years later. By analyzing naturally shed baby teeth, the ones tucked under pillows for the tooth fairy, researchers have reconstructed a detailed timeline of exposure to environmental metals during pregnancy and early infancy.

Shebara hotel Saudi Arabia – is it eco-luxury dream or desert illusion?

A new breed of luxury has landed on the Red Sea, mirrored pods floating above coral reefs, reflecting sky and sea like something not entirely of this Earth. Energy powered by solar powers, drinking water pulled from the sea using desalination. 

Roof sisters changing culture men’s work in Canada

All-women roofing team Summit Sisters installs a sustainable metal roof in Ontario as climate change forces Canadians to rethink asphalt shingles and choose longer-lasting, eco-friendly roofing options.

Poop in the East River shows the city’s rat problem and what people like to eat

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