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A Virtual Graduation Speech to the Class of 2099 at Tel Aviv University

"Forget Sunscreen, Be Resouceful" Good afternoon, Class of 2099: I can't be here in person to address you, since I passed into oblivion long ago. But as...

International Environment Science Project Olympiad In Turkey Now On

Who knew that for the last 16 years Istanbul has been host to the International Environment Project Olympiad? According to Todays Zaman an international...

Leora gets to grips with Michael Crichton's 'State Of Fear'

Michael Crichton’s “State of Fear” is a thriller, telling the story of eco-terrorists artificially creating extreme weather events in order to convince the world...

Shavuot Eco Activities (For When the Cheese Is All Eaten Up)

With only one week left until Shavuot (this vegetarian's favorite holiday since she can eat everything on the table), many of us may be...

James Laps Up 'When the Rivers Run Dry' by Fred Pearce

A review on the cover of this book by Fred Pearce describes it as “a world tour of hydrological madness” (Sunday Times), and that,...

Sixth Annual Eco Cinema Festival in Jerusalem this Week

Last year fellow Green Prophet James gave us a recap of the annual Eco Cinema festival in Jerusalem, and sure enough the organizers of...

Were Israelites the First True Environmentalists?

(Modern-day Israelites "glean" at a Tel Aviv market to help feed African refugees in Israel.) Chapter 25 of the biblical Book of Leviticus relates...

Tel Aviv Has a Farm, E-I-E-I-O

If the city folk won't come to the farm, then the farmers will come to the city.  Unfortunately, though, many times when the farm comes...

Harvest Rainwater and Build Wind Turbines At Vertigo Dance Company’s Eco-Workshops

Awareness of the environment has become a way of life for members of the Eco-Art Village established by the Vertigo Dance Company in the...

Gil Reviews 'Solar Homesteading Simply,' a DIY e-book by LaMar Alexander

Providing self-sufficient and affordable shelter remains a major challenge for humanity worldwide. Decent and healthy living conditions are still required in many parts of...

Israeli Activists Urge Pope To Help Clean Up Jordan River

(Thousands of Christian pilgrims get baptized in Israel's Jordan River every year. Are they risking their lives by immersing in the polluted waters?) It's the...

The Arava Insitute Teaches Palestinians, Jordanians and Israelis To Solve Water & Environment Issues Together

(Cousteau interviews students from the Arava Institute in Israel. It's a unique learning center that offers environment degrees to students from around the world.) We've...

Daniella Unpicks Israel's Relationship With Land and Housing In Amiran Gonen's "Between City and Suburb"

If you’ve heard about the demise of the kibbutz movement, then you may also know that financially strapped communal farms have recently climbed out...

Egypt Culls 300,000 Pigs In Response to Swine Flu Virus

At the time of writing this post, there are 6 confirmed cases of swine flu now in Israel. Out of fear that the virus might...

Ronald Macintyre Excavates 'The Nature Of The State'

Reading has its own geography. I read this book The Nature of the State while I traveled back and forth from the West Highlands...

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Elkhorn kernals planted to restore reef diversity

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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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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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Finally, the most damning thing about McDonald's is in how incredibly boring it is even compares to their competitors. While McDonald's is ubiquitous, that ubiquity only makes their mediocrity all the more McShitty.

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