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Environmental Activism… in a friendly way

 With the panoramic view that I have from my window, I tend to find myself awed by the sunset. Often, I tell myself how...

Plastic For Free

  When I moved to Israel I started to understand, that not everywhere in the world things are going the same way. I grew up...

Creativity and Sustainability

For all of us green writers, here's a creative & green challenge that came my way this week: a new US journal; Hawk and...

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

Uprooting is a common theme in this part of the world: the Jewish Torah is compared to being a Tree of Life, and people...

Upcoming Events: “Poetic Natures” Conference in Tel Aviv

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...

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...

Dumpster Diving, Tel Aviv Style

Dumpster diving is a sport

Olive Oil Lubricates Peace in Israel and Palestine

Munching on a Druze pita with Labneh, olive oil, and some zaatar spice. The Irish call it "the troubles"; over in Israel, they euphemistically call...

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...

The Christmas Sale Just for Jews

While the Christians are busy unwrapping their presents around the world for Christmas, the LA-based clothing company American Apparel, decided to launch a sale...

Eco Rabbi on Solar Panels and Charity

Haaretz reported today that the tender for building a massive solar power plant in the Negev will not be given preference to Israeli companies....

Homage to Israel’s Environmental Sculptor, Dani Karavan

"Mending" is the theme of environmental sculptor Dani Karavan, whose massive works can be found from the barren deserts of the Negev all the...

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

I was out walking about a forest around Jerusalem today and kept hearing gunshots firing off from the Arab village across the way. They're...

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...

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Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Here’s what we found

Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Starbucks tested precision-fermented milk from Perfect Day in 2021, but is it hiding in your latte today?

Alien chemistry crashed through a roof in New Jersey

meteorite crashed through a New Jersey roof carrying ancient salts, organic compounds and amino acids. After a few too many visits to Ontario’s Crystal Cave — and my own mysterious fireball in the forest — I have questions about the alien chemistry falling around us.

Adidas wanted to sell one shoe. Then it stepped into a global culture war

Adidas Israel featured amputee runner Shalev Biton in its Single Shoe campaign, designed to let people who need only one shoe buy one instead of a pair. The local campaign has since sparked international boycott calls and an apology from Adidas.

Scientists make lead-free perovskite solar cells that can weather the elements

Scientists have developed a “raincoat” for lead-free tin perovskite solar cells, helping them withstand air, moisture and heat while maintaining high efficiency.

Europe’s mountain plants are paying off an extinction debt

Europe’s mountaintops may look richer in plant life, but rising species numbers are masking the disappearance of alpine specialists as temperatures climb.

AI is finding cancer tumors faster, but this jury is out on whether outcomes are being impacted

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GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are changing more than waistlines. Fashion researcher Katie Baker Jones explains how weight-loss drugs could reshape clothing sizes, body positivity, textile consumption and the fashion industry.
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