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Dianne Onstad's Whole Foods Companion, A Charming and Chock-Full Book

With winter upon us, now is the perfect time to get cozy with a pile of books. The latest in our eco-reads book review...

Na Laga'at Brings Slow Food Farmer's Market to Jaffa

The Slow Food movement brought a farmer's market to the Tel Aviv Port (or, namal) this past summer, helping city dwellers enrich their salads...

Volunteer opportunities at award-winning green Jewish website

Our friends at the Jew & The Carrot – an award-winning blog dedicated to food, sustainability and Judaism – looking for volunteers to bring...

Formula should not be baby’s first gift

Soft drinks. Fast foods. Cigarettes. Companies that market these products are well-known for targeting children and teens in order to develop "brand loyalty." But the campaign...

Get Off Prozac And Onto Ecotherapy

Once upon a time people lived in a different kind of harmony with nature (can you imagine yourself pictured above?). Except for the aristocracy...

Green Prophet's Jesse Fox is Gleaning Feeding on Fugee Fridays

(Jesse Fox and a Fugee Friday volunteer, in Tel Aviv, loading some food into a car. Israeli volunteers are gleaning vegetables and fruit from...

Breastfeeding and Judaism: Why Moses' Mother Didn't Put Bottles Into The Ark Of Bulrushes

The Torah doesn't talk much about breastfeeding, as it was taken for granted in ancient times. Moses' mother doesn't put bottles into the ark...

Turning Back The Clock With A DYI Bread Oven Helps Gazans Cook In Difficult Times

Green Prophet welcomes the first post of our new Palestinian writer Rami Almeghari. A contributor to The Electronic Intifada, IMEMC.org, and Free Speech Radio...

Learn From spud! On How To Carbon Offset Your Business

Speak to an average person in Israel who cares about protecting the environment, and they will cross their eyes will cross when you start...

Dancing Camel Brewery supports the Sea

They offer a great local product that serves as a wonderful alternative to imported, carbon-footprint heavy beers (they recently sold their beers at Tel Aviv's slow food farmer's market).  And to top it all off, their brewery in southern Tel Aviv has been the home of some great parties.

The History of Thanksgiving and How to Green Yours!

One of the wonderful customs that the American settlers here in the Middle East has brought over from the old country is Thanksgiving. Here...

Making the Season Last: Tomato Confit Recipe

Tomatoes are still, mercifully, quite readily available. Though we hate to think about it, this won't always be the case. In just a few...

Dr. Bronner’s Soap is Sustainable Development in Israel/Palestine

In my book, Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps definitely gets an A+ for sustainable development and corporate social responsibility!

Bactochem Barcodes Your Organic Beef With DNA Databank

How do you really know that the beef you bought is organic, kosher, halal, or raised with loving kindness? The Israeli company Bactochem has...

Nagaya Organic Gifts: Give the Gift of Sustainability

What could be a more thoughtful gift than a gift that's organic?  Giving someone an organic gift shows not only that you care about...

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Sustainability That Sells: How Profit and Purpose Come Together in the Hive

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Beloved, fortunate, sweet, and royal; an herb with a long and storied history in Asia and across the world. Called by many names, basil has featured in previous Green Prophet articles, so enjoy another serving, a brief history of basil.

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