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Plastic For Free

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Creativity and Sustainability

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Ran Morin: What to do when you have no roots?

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Poetry lovers take note: from January 8-9, Tel Aviv University will be hosting a conference on literature and the environment, entitled "Poetic Natures: The...

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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...

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The Christmas Sale Just for Jews

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Eco Rabbi on Solar Panels and Charity

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Homage to Israel’s Environmental Sculptor, Dani Karavan

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Dani Machlis' Artspace for the Everyman

(A photo from one of Dani Machlis's online galleries) In Israel, space is limited, but it doesn't have to limiting. Take for example Dani Machlis...

The Qu’ran on the Environment

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The Shmita year and its connection to the environment

Thousands of years before green became hot, the Jewish people were observing the Shmitta, or shmita, a sabbatical year. The Shmitta is documented in the...

Israeli Clothing Company Goes Green

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