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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

An old computer these days isn't necessarily useless. It doesn't work like it used to, but it may still have a function in your...

Genetically Modified Hype in Israel

A headline in the Israeli press last week went a little like this: “Scientists, activists debate if genetically modified foods are panacea or plague.” Sounds...

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...

Ren Waste makes fuel from trash

Marty has just arrived back from 1955, we hear a sonic boom. Marty turns around and sees Doc Brown's Dolorean drive up behind him....

“Let There Be Water”

Almost every office has one. Sitting in the corner with that strange square body with a big blue head… The water cooler! Ahh just...

An Underground Water Tour of Israel's Domestic Water Pipes

Green Prophet's James goes underground to see what happens below the surface in Israel's water pipes. I will open rivers on the bare heights...

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Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals revived with global campaign against factory farming

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The event will livestream eclipse views from Iceland and northern Spain, where the eclipse will be total, while the 35-member International Space Orchestra, made up of astronauts, scientists, engineers, and researchers—performs a new orchestral interpretation of Voyager by PJ Harvey.

Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

Jewish Climate Network founded so innovators don’t leave their identity at the door

Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

The Hidden Components Powering the Renewable Energy Revolution

A rooftop solar system looks simple: panels, an inverter, a battery and a few cables. But beneath that simplicity lies a bill of materials thousands of lines long, where tiny current sensors, magnetic cores, gate drivers, capacitors and connectors quietly determine efficiency, safety and lifespan. These overlooked components—not the solar panels themselves—are why today's residential solar systems are smaller, smarter and far more reliable than those of a decade ago.

Teen Farmerettes were Canada’s answer to Victory Gardens during wartime food shortages

It is a wake-up call to teen girls on TikTok planning their next Coachella outfit or trip to Sephora: During the Second World War, thousands of young men left family farms to enlist, but the crops still needed planting and harvesting. Ontario's government answered by recruiting high school girls, from ages 16 to 18, to spend parts of spring, summer and fall to fill in for the labor shortage. 

The Early Believers: Investors Who Backed SpaceX Long Before Its Record IPO

SpaceX’s 2026 IPO didn’t just mint billionaires—it revealed the many forms of conviction behind one of the most doubted bets in venture history.

From eco city experiment to global clean energy giant: How Masdar became the UAE’s renewable energy powerhouse

Masdar began as an ambitious eco city in the Abu Dhabi desert. Two decades later, it has become one of the world's largest renewable energy developers, financing billions of dollars in solar, wind and battery storage projects across the globe.
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