Transportation

Anywhere You Go FreeGo, Electric Scooters in Tel Aviv

When it comes to transportation around Tel Aviv, there are a number of alternatives to driving a car. For longer commutes, riding public...

Zero S Motorbike Gives "Electric" Thrills In Cities and Sand Dunes

(Zero S electric road bike goes from 0 to 50 km/hr in just 2 seconds, and can maintain speed for 2 hours on single...

Israel's Ben Gurion Airport To Get Green Facelift

Not only are Middle Eastern airlines such as Qatar Airlines and airports getting involved in "greening up their act." Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, one...

As Better Place Tests Battery Replacement Technology in Japan, Is Better Place the Best Electric Car Company?

Shai Agassi’s Better Place electric car company seemed to be on the right track with their conception of a totally electric family sized car. The...

Lebanese Auto Dealer Signs On To Eliminate Its Carbon Footprint

Knowing how much carbon dioxide your company is producing is the first step to reducing it. Good news from this sphere in Lebanon: the...

Go On "Hajj" To Mecca and Medina On Saudi's New High Speed Train

Millions of Muslims go on the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina every year. A new high speed train planned by Saudi Arabia...

Will Israeli Hightech Workers Lose Their Leased Cars and Pay Taxes on Parking Spots As The Government Goes Green?

(View of parking lot below Azrielli Center in Tel Aviv) They giveth and then taketh away: The recently Annual Report issued by the Bank of...

Etihad and Qatar Airways Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Etihad Airways from the United Arab Emirates has signed an agreement with Masdar (the same group developing the world's first carbon neutral city), to...

Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Train To Cut Through Heart of Precious Nature Reserve

If all goes to plan, passengers will not get to see the beautiful Yitla Stream, or what is left of it, on the train...

India's Tata Nano Could Change the Mobility of Millions

Green Prophet first met Gal Luft, an Israeli-American lobbyist and alternative energy educator in Washington for the Set America Free Coalition, when Karin covered...

Innowattech's Coming To Sidewalks and Electric Avenues, Near You

Prof. Haim Abramovich, from the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. We'd written about the energy harvesting company Innowattech earlier on...

Best quotes from Jaime Lerner about sustainability

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Environment 2020 and Green Commuting Events This March In Tel Aviv

The Ministry of Environmental Protection in Israel lists two important green events for the end of March. Get your pedals on the bike spinning:...

Powerful 150hp Natural Gas Sedan From Iran

Iran Khodro, a Peugeot partner for producing its line of  405 and 206D sedans, announced the production of what it claims is the world's most powerful...

Does Israel Really Need the INFINITI Luxury Car?

Attention being given by TV and other advertising media regarding a new line of luxury sport vehicles being introduced into Israel makes one wonder...

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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.

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Dusty plants? Let them eat their hearts out.

Paris Modest Fashion Week offers style without exposure for Muslims

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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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