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Afcon Industries to Fund Wind Power in Israel

A $100 million investment by Afcon Industries is more than hot wind. It's a testament to put Israel on the cleantech map and the...

Winding Up for More Wind Power in Israel

Israel is no stranger to wind power, but using it as a source of viable alternative energy has been criticized by green groups such...

Will Kenaf Become the World’s New Wood?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPKT_NNupJ4&feature=related We've talked about the wonders of bamboo, but another material, being researched and improved by Israeli scientists may become the new bamboo, the new...

Re-Routing Deadly Electronic Waste

Israelis are known for their advances in high-tech. We brag about it whenever we can. A little known fact is that Israel also generates...

Eco-Skeptic Bjorn Lomborg Lectures Israel on Enviro-Funding

Controversial Danish Eco-Skeptic Bjorn Lomborg is currently in Israel. Today he is due to present a lecture at the Knesset arguing that funds set aside...

Checklight: Mighty Microbes Glow to Keep Water Safe

It reminds us a bit of the canary in a coal mine story – throw a living creature into a dangerous situation, and if...

Electric Car Grid Project On its Way?

By now,  many people have heard of the electric car grid project that Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi is launching with $200 million capital. Agassi...

All about the Dude Shemesh from Israel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-_7kSztkFM   It's Friday, and hey we like videos. Here is a short movie on an Israeli green achievement: the dud shemesh. Israelis were quick to...

The Future’s Next Economic Wave… Water

Ironically, for a planet that over 70% of it’s surface is covered by water, water is becoming quite a commodity. While it may be...

3GSolar (Orion Solar) Creates Dye Electricity

One of the big issues when the topic of eating healthy comes up is the problem of food coloring. Many of these colorings are...

The Smell of Money in Israel

Bank Leumi has a new trick up its sleeve. It has decided to use smell marketing to get Israelis to invest more money. It...

The Dan Zaslavsky Energy Tower that sucks up greenhouse gases

Estimates predict that Dan Zaslavsky's Energy Tower looming tower could create electricity at 2.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, less than a third of the cost of electricity in Israel today.

Breaking the Waves With SDE Energy

According to a company press release the Israeli tidal wave energy company S.D.E. began talks with Sri Lankan officials to construct and install a...

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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