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A guide to greening your home lighting

We had just settled into a quiet cottage near the Dead Sea. Despite the intense heat outside our windows, we were still excited about...

Eco-Rabbi: Parshat Korach – Using The Land to Cover Up Our Mistakes

This week’s Bible segment describes revolution and miracles. The leadership of Moses and his brother Aaron are questioned and God comes and backs up...

Jeremy Zauder Reviews 'The Emerald Planet' by David Beerling

"The illumination is made possible thanks to the emergence of an exhilarating new discipline, one that integrates unprecedented knowledge of plants as living organisms with...

Brigitte Cartier Creates Baladi Recycled Design

Baladi, a word that Israelis adopted from Arabic, means "national" or "of the country". It is also the name that French-born Israeli designer, Brigitte...

Amit Brilliant’s Recycled Wallets from Hebrew brands

According to that old expression, beggars can't be choosers. But Israeli designer Amit Brilliant proves that saying wrong with her line of recycled wallets,...

Fred Pearce's "Confessions of an Eco-Sinner" on Where Stuff Comes From

“We face the most almighty hangover, as the toxins unleashed by our century-long binge work their way through the earth’s system. We have to...

Waste Not, Want Not: Doron Sar-Shalom Recycles With Style

It's one thing when designers take brand new ready-made materials and transform them into something else. It's another thing entirely when designers take...

Shulayim Eco Design Studio Brings Art Lovers and Treehuggers Together

Strolling down the glitzy northern part of Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Street this week, something strange caught my eye among all the designer gowns and...

EcoMum and Friends of the Earth on Flame Retardants and Killer Cribs

I recently wrote about Environment California's report on Formaldehyde in nursery furniture and the potential threat to our children's health. Well, Friends of the...

We Have Two Winners!! Yoav Kotik Giveaway and Cool Reuse Ideas

For those of you following our Great Green Prophet Giveaway with Yoav Kotik, we are proud to announce our two winners - Rebecca Markowitz...

Israel’s Heschel Center

The Heschel Center educates Israelis about nature, science and society.

Eco Rabbi on Parshat Naso: Nazir – Making Changes in Our Lives

When attempting to incorporate new elements and habits into our life what is the best way to do this? If I want to be...

Review of 'God in the Wilderness'

Here is the first in the summer season of Green Prophet 'eco-reads festival': environment-focussed books , some sharp and caustic, some funny or fact-filled,...

Arik Levy’s sustainable lighting

Forget the eco-friendly lightbulbs. Arik Levy's got a new solution: Teaming up with couture lighting company Saazs and other noted designers, the invention is...

Green Shavuot Activities (Because You're Gonna Need a Break From All That Cheese)

I hate to admit it (especially since I'm a vegetarian and like to think of Shavuot as my holiday), but sooner or later the...

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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