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Will Israel's Ben Gurion Airport Be the First In The Middle East To Go Green?

Israel may soon have its first green airport. The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) has ordered the management of Ben Gurion Airport in Tel...

Cicleta Sprint Bicycle Messengers Take Over Tel Aviv

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Air Pollution from Transportation Costing Arab Countries $5 Billion

Air pollution from transportation is costing Arab countries $5 billion in damages, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Environment and Water recently announced....

Israeli Ministry of Tourism to Invest 20 Million NIS in Promoting the Cycling Tourism Industry

You first heard it here on Green Prophet a few months ago - the Israeli Ministry of Tourism is spearheading initiatives to promote eco-friendly,...

World Usability Day Launches Global Transport Challenge

World Usability Day was founded in 2005 as an initiative of the Usability Professionals' Association to ensure that services and products important to human...

Yom Kippur: A Day Without Cars in Tel Aviv

Kids on bikes cruise past Azrieli towers. A couple of years ago I read a book called Carfree Cities, which put forward a very convincing...

Public Transportation in the USA

Although there are Israelis who hop between Eilat and Tel Aviv on a plane rather than brave the four-and-a-half hour Egged bus ride, for...

The Cycling Nightlife in Jerusalem

Who ever said that there’s no nightlife in Jerusalem? When it comes to pubs and clubs, Tel Aviv surely has the edge by a long...

Public Transportation Day 2008: Still Stuck in Traffic

Tuesday, September 23 was Public Transportation Day in Israel, the local answer to European Mobility Week and World Carfree Day, an attempt to "remind...

Car2Go brings car sharing to Tel Aviv

It was bound to happen, sooner or later.  After the kibbutz - the classic Israeli collective community where members shared everything - urban car...

Neot Semadar: An Eco Village in the Southern Negev

If you choose to live in the heart of the Negev desert - or any desert for that matter - chances are, you're pretty...

Carbon Neutral Car Rentals with Avis Israel

Israel's tourism industry has made some serious changes recently.  The Ministry of Tourism announced a few months ago that it was going 'green' for...

Electric Cars in Gaza: Necessity is the Mother of Invention!

The Gaza Strip seems like the last place in the world where we would hear good news on the environmental – or any –...

My Parents and the Pleasures of Owning a Prius in Israel

My parents are not your typical candidates for owning a hybrid car. They’ve been loyal owners of gas-guzzling Volvos for at least 20 years,...

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What Qualities Help Nurses Thrive in Their Careers?

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