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Upycled cinema chair by Guy Arzi

Rocking chairs seem to be making a comeback these days. They are great for breastfeeding, great for reading. Great for hanging around in a...

Eco mom greens the nursery

All that new furniture and "essential" items you are all being told are necessary for your baby are NOT. Swap and borrow furniture from friends and family.

The sustainability guide to the bathroom

Green Prophet took you on a whirlwind tour of a green kitchen party. Now  we head to the bathroom. Some first steps in making...

Michael Pollan: In Defense of Food

So while our thoughts remain on what we eat and where our food comes from, Green Prophet would like to recommend some seasonal reading material in the shape of Michael Pollan's In Defence of Food which critiques Western diets and the modern obsession with nutrition:

Buying Fair Trade from the Hands of Local Craftswomen

Israel offers such an incredible potpourri of cultures. They all seem to melt together through Rachel Oren's Ethnicware.There you can find one-of-a-kind cushions handcrafted...

Sde Eliyahu’s Organic Gift Package and Tour

Just in time for Tu B'shvat is a Sde Eliyahu organic gift package that you can pick up after an on-site bio tour. The...

Etsy: The Ebay for Handmade Goods

A great place for marketing your handmade goods is the online arts and crafts website, Etsy. While standing in the rain selling your wares...

Can Israel Bag the Bag?

The hot environmental topic this season, seems to be about banning the bag - the plastic bag that is.Zalul 's blog Clear has reported...

Climate change evacuation skirt

Yael Mer's "Evacuation Skirt" was designed tongue-in-cheek. But it can save you in a climate-related flood.

To Eat, or Not to Eat?

One of our earliest and most popular posts to date is on cheap organic food in Israel. It got us wondering, what is our...

Upcycling records into business card holder

You can find your own Tina Turner or Kenny Rogers records and upcycle them into a business card holder.

Making the most out of matkot

Israelis love playing matkot. It's like table tennis without a table. And a hard small black ball like a squash ball. It makes an...

Manuella Design Dolls Never Run Out of Steam

We stumbled onto Designist Dream last week "where art and design and the Holy Land meet," after the missus in the house gave Green...

Comme Il Faut’s “House in the Harbor” Goes Against Sweatshops

Hipsters from the Comme Il Faut fashion house in Israel have opened their own mini-mall, an "anti-mall" they say, in Tel Aviv's port. It...

Feel Better with Herbs of Kedem and Ancient Hebrew Medicine

Ancient historians have described the export of ointments from the Judean Desert throughout the Roman empire and beyond, at least until the 2nd century...

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Peoria Charter Services: The Smart Way to Travel in Comfort and Style

Traveling in a group can often become stressful when transportation is not planned properly. Whether it is a corporate outing, school trip, wedding event, sports tournament, or family vacation, choosing reliable transportation makes a huge difference. This is where Peoria charter services become the ideal solution for smooth and comfortable travel.

Elkhorn kernals planted to restore reef diversity

The project centers on “Flonduran” corals, which are offspring of Florida elkhorn corals bred with elkhorn corals from Honduras. These new corals are being evaluated alongside Florida elkhorn corals of the same age that are outplanted side by side in natural reef habitats to assess whether the new genetic diversity can enhance coral resilience and reduce coral bleaching during Florida’s warm summers.

Signs of Shavuot: Grief, Love and Choosing Life

Shavuot is a holiday heavy with symbolism. While it marks the end of the counting of the omer, it also functions as a miniature jubilee. The fiftieth day like a tiny echo of the fifty year cycle. And in each of the seventh years during that cycle, acts of rest and liberation are performed, especially in the fiftieth year.

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