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Hebrew University Launches One Million Dollar Program in Support of Cleantech Development

Yissum, the Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is launching a 1 million U.S. dollar program to support the development of...

From a Deserts & Drylands Conference in Sde Boker (part 2)

Events and frenetic discussion, both academic and activist in nature, have continued apace here at the 2nd Drylands and Desertification Conference here in Sde...

Looking to the Vadose Zone to Rehabilitate Groundwater Pollution

Planted in Israel's Negev Desert is an academic oasis of scientists and their students. They are studying a natural resource that may be more...

Hebrew University Recognized as World Leader in Movement Ecology

The significant role of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in developing the study of movement ecology has achieved international recognition through extensive coverage in...

Project Better Place Unveils Prototype of Electric Car Recharging Station

Though Green Prophet is skeptical about Shai Agassi's Project Better Place, we are watching the developments of the project with interest. This week, the...

BotanoCap Delivers Pest-Fighting Essential Oils To Make "Organic" Standard Practice

The chemical pesticides used in modern agriculture and in the home are poisoning our planets' animal life, waterways and ecosystems. They enter our bodies,...

Strategic Solution's Floating Gas Pipes Could Avert Red-Dead Environmental Catastrophe

Those who have been following the Red-Dead canal proposal, and all its controversies, know that a lot is at stake. The Dead Sea is...

Ben Gurion University to Host International Desertification Conference

Convening at the Ben Gurion University’s Sede Boqer campus on December 14-17, over 350 people from 40 countries are expected to meet and map...

The flash before the flood

Flash floods are the most common natural disaster in the United States, and a big killer in the Middle East too (see Relief Web's...

Seawater Greenhouses in Qatar and Abu Dhabi

Green Prophet loves to find potential everywhere - so how about desert seawater greenhouse construction in Qatar? They are also doing this in Abu...

EWA Goes From Solar Air Conditioning to Squeezing Water From Thin Air

Besides the wonderful team of people I get to work with, one of the best aspects of working with the newservice ISRAEL21c is that...

Whether you hang or dry electric this solar energy clothes dryer is for you

A solar clothes dryer works with the power of the sun.

Solar Technologies FZE Plans To Build Middle East’s Largest Solar Panel Plant in Dubai

Israel touts some of the world’s best solar technology advances (see our extensive solar energy company guide here), but its Middle East neighbor Dubai,...

Conference on Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility in Tel Aviv

Businesses play a huge role in our everyday impact on the environment.  The way that businesses conduct themselves - ranging from what services or...

Emefcy's An Electrifying Solution for Wastewater Treatment

Industrial and municipal waste doesn't go away when we flush it down the drain. It takes an enormous amount of energy for treatment plants...

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Recipe: Nettles Malfatti

Springtime foraging yields a harvest of wild greens to cook at home, like nettles. Make delicious nettles malfatti dumplings with this recipe.

Yalla Parkour – A Gaza documentary of the movement before the war

Yalla Parkour, directed by Areeb Zuaiter, captures this culture from within. The film follows Zuaiter’s long relationship with Ahmed Matar, a parkour athlete in Gaza, as she reflects on loss, memory, and belonging after the death of her mother. What begins as a personal search gradually opens into a portrait of how movement shapes young lives under constraint.

The holy sidr tree can stop desertification

Al-Rumaydh describes the Sidr less as a single organism and more as a working ecological unit. Its deep roots reach down toward groundwater, while lateral roots spread wide to catch surface moisture. Its dense canopy slows wind instead of blocking it abruptly, reducing erosion.

Our hair shows that banning lead works

An analysis of hair samples conducted by University of Utah scientists shows precipitous reductions in lead levels since 1916.

Sony builds the world’s first global supply chain for renewable plastics in high-performance electronics

The supply chain includes chemical and materials heavyweights such as Mitsubishi Corporation, Neste Corporation, Toray Industries, Mitsui Chemicals, Idemitsu Kosan, ENEOS, Hanwha Impact, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre, and SK Geo Centric, among others.

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