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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...

Fridge Voyeur in Jerusalem

Peeking inside people's fridges is a new series being put on by the BBC, as part of their research into sustainable eating around the...

How to turn an inner tube into a handbag

Elanit collects the inner tubes from nearby garages, cleans them, cuts them up and fashions them into environmentally-friendly products, which you can use.

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Meet Seramic Materials from Abu Dhabi

Based in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, Seramic Materials was founded in 2019 by Dr. Nicolas Calvet and Dr. Jean-François Hoffmann, researchers working at the intersection of renewable energy and materials science. The company grew out of the Masdar Institute ecosystem and is supported by clean tech programs like The Catalyst, with early backing of around $150,000 and more than $2 million invested in research and development over time.

24 7 renewable energy: how solar, wind, batteries and AI SaaS replace fossil fuels

A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency based in Abu Dhabi makes something clear that many in the industry already suspected. When solar and wind are paired with battery storage, they can deliver reliable, round the clock electricity at costs that compete with, and often beat, fossil fuels.

A summer of sugar wax or time for laser treatments? The environmental answer

Green Prophet readers know we write a lot about hair. We have covered the halal and the haram sides of hair removal for Muslims. We have written about sugar waxing, Persian sugaring, threading, and the beauty secrets that came out of the Middle East long before salons started calling them trends. Our articles on sugar wax broke the internet a few times. 

Make paper mache with flowers to create stunning vase

There’s something quietly beautiful about what Rebloom Studio is doing, and it starts with waste. At wholesale flower markets, mountains of unsold blooms are tossed out at the end of each cycle. Perfect flowers, just not sold in time. Most of them are burned or dumped. Rebloom takes that moment and turns it into something else.

Muslim potter shapes the 99 names of God into clay

In a studio in the DC Maryland Virginia area, ceramic artist Alison Kysia is working with clay in a way that feels both grounded and personal. She makes pottery and abstract Islamic sculptures, and one of her recent works focuses on the 99 Names of God in Islam.

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Meet Seramic Materials from Abu Dhabi

Based in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, Seramic Materials was founded in 2019 by Dr. Nicolas Calvet and Dr. Jean-François Hoffmann, researchers working at the intersection of renewable energy and materials science. The company grew out of the Masdar Institute ecosystem and is supported by clean tech programs like The Catalyst, with early backing of around $150,000 and more than $2 million invested in research and development over time.

24 7 renewable energy: how solar, wind, batteries and AI SaaS replace fossil fuels

A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency based in Abu Dhabi makes something clear that many in the industry already suspected. When solar and wind are paired with battery storage, they can deliver reliable, round the clock electricity at costs that compete with, and often beat, fossil fuels.

A summer of sugar wax or time for laser treatments? The environmental answer

Green Prophet readers know we write a lot about hair. We have covered the halal and the haram sides of hair removal for Muslims. We have written about sugar waxing, Persian sugaring, threading, and the beauty secrets that came out of the Middle East long before salons started calling them trends. Our articles on sugar wax broke the internet a few times. 

Make paper mache with flowers to create stunning vase

There’s something quietly beautiful about what Rebloom Studio is doing, and it starts with waste. At wholesale flower markets, mountains of unsold blooms are tossed out at the end of each cycle. Perfect flowers, just not sold in time. Most of them are burned or dumped. Rebloom takes that moment and turns it into something else.

Muslim potter shapes the 99 names of God into clay

In a studio in the DC Maryland Virginia area, ceramic artist Alison Kysia is working with clay in a way that feels both grounded and personal. She makes pottery and abstract Islamic sculptures, and one of her recent works focuses on the 99 Names of God in Islam.

Abortion Pills, Plan B and Mifepristone and what the new US mail ban means

Abortion pills, often confused with Plan B (the morning-after pill), and historically referred to as RU486 (mifepristone), are part of a broader category of reproductive health medications that women have been using for decades. But they are not the same thing.

Recommended Precious Metals Companies: A Due Diligence Checklist for Retirees

The CFTC, FINRA, and NASAA have jointly warned retirees about precious metals fraud targeting retirement accounts. This checklist provides a structured framework for evaluating any company before transferring savings — and illustrates what credible providers look like across 7 measurable criteria.
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