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Isaac Berzin, Israel’s "Green Giant"

Dr. Isaac Berzin, founder of Greenfuel Technologies, was recently profiled in Ha'aretz. Berzin, a Ben-Gurion University and MIT-trained chemical engineer, and Boston-based Greenfuel Technologies...

Israeli Company Saying "Yes" to Carrots

An Israeli company has discovered that bottling the beta-carotene goodness found in carrots (and other orange vegetables and fruits) is beneficial for skin and...

Solar Energy Hope Floats With Geotectura's Enegy-Collection Balloons

They say hope floats. Israel's premiere environmental architecture firm Geotectura has certainly taken this statement to heart. Joseph Cory a designer at Geotectura,...

Ayala Water & Ecology to Remediate Israel’s Sh*t Mountain With Aquatic Plants

Not long ago Eli Cohen, the founder of Ayala Water and Ecology, was invited to New York City to propose solutions for cleaning the...

15 ways to hack your old computer into something useful and great

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Genetically Modified Hype in Israel

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New "Cleantech Israel" Group Meets in Herzliya

Cleantech Israel, a new group that enables entrepreneurs, investors, academics, government officials and others to meet and exchange ideas about Israel's renewable energy, water,...

Green Energy or Greenwash in Tel Aviv?

For better or for worse, Israel has become a leader in the technology industry. Innovations like solar power and drip-irrigation help to conserve scarce...

Israel Chemicals Harvests the Good of the Earth

With the world markets being down in the dumps it's heartening to see that some are still making it. Israel Chemicals Ltd., which harvests...

Israel Chemicals: Switching to Natural Gas

Israel Chemicals has signed a deal with the Yam Thetis consortium to buy 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas until 2015.  And apparently...

Go Green Quickly to Avert Energy Crises, Say US-Israeli Economists

Analysts from Tel Aviv University and San Francisco offer sound solutions for looming energy crises: With electricity rates soaring as much as 150% since 2001,...

Israeli Green Funds Turn Red

It may pay to invest green, but Israeli green funds are momentarily in the red, reports the Israeli business newspaper, The Marker. Israeli green mutual...

The Water Crisis and the Electric Car

The public discussion of Israel's water problems intensified last week, with Israel's most respected newspaper, Ha'aretz, calling on water authorities to shift to regulating...

Water Pact Between Israel and China

Hebrew University, sent Green Prophet this press announcement today. Water seems to be the talk of the town these days: Possessing only 6.2% of global...

A Green Shekel? Ethical Financial Investment in Israel

Brits amongst us might well be familiar with the concept of 'green' or 'ethical banking' through publicity surrounding the Cooperative Bank and Triodos, or...

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