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"Mother Told Me Not To Touch Garbage" and Other Reasons To Make Recycled Art in Tel Aviv

("Secret Artist" and his "Velvet on the Ground" photo at the Tel Aviv Carmel Market recycled art installation. Photo credit Asaf Ravid. ) A few...

Powering Down on Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur, which starts tomorrow evening, is a time of reflection, atonement, and looking forward to the year ahead.  It is also the only...

Julian gets to grips with green business in a double book review

A couple of years after former Sierra Club President Adam Werbach founded  ActNow, a sustainable business consultancy, he signed up Walmart as a client....

Annual Green Sukkah Conference Taking Place Again in Kibbutz Ein Shemer

The high holidays keep marching on, and after a reflective and sustainable Rosh Hashanah (and Yom Kippur) comes a (hopefully green) Sukkot. The ecological greenhouse...

First Solar Powered Movie in Israel to be Screened in Tel Aviv Next Week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZjsJdokC0s&feature=PlayList&p=B8D76CD6FCA6389B&index=0&playnext=1 Watching a movie about the environment is one thing.  But watching a movie about the environment that is powered with solar power?  That is...

Meet Inbal Limor Who Is Upcycling Jaffa's Junk Into Art

Green Prophet loves to feature Middle East designers and artists who are turning junk into art. Meet Inbal Limor, who we've featured before as...

Have a Sweet and Green Rosh Hashanah

With the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) coming up this week, many of us are reflecting on the past year and making resolutions for...

Israel Firm "WaterSheer" Sends Emergency Equipment to Typhoon-Battered Taiwan

TAIPEI, TAIWAN -- When Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan in early August, causing massive landslides in the southern part of the country, Israel, as soon as...

A Solar-Powered Comet Lights Palestinian Villages

Palestinians in the south Mount Hebron region of the West Bank endure a complicated political situation and a stark reality. In this exceptionally poor...

Bill McKibben Talking in Beer Sheva

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiYWXEuktO0 Legendary American environmentalist Bill McKibben is paying the region a visit in early September. On Monday, September 7th McKibben will speak at 9.30 AM...

Jordan Water Company Organized Water Festival for Kids, With a Focus on Conservation

Last week we heard about the Jordan Water Company (Miyahuna) going into private homes in Amman and installing water conservation devices, but now they've...

Green Ramadan Org Plans to Focus on the Environment During Ramadan

A new NGO, known as Green Ramadan, plans to make Muslims and non-Muslims more aware of protecting the environment. Daniella touched on the new...

Istanbul Considers 3rd Bridge Over Bosphorus

With one half in Asia and the other in Europe, the cultural hub of Turkey has long depended on two bridges to link the...

Chicago Muslims Launch Green Ramadan

Suburban mosques in Illinois are preaching carpools, recycling and reduced meat consumption this month as part of a Green Ramadan campaign launched by the...

Jordan Bankrolls Cheap Vegetables for Ramadan

Jordan  opened 15 lower-cost vegetable markets Saturday in several cities in honor of Ramadan, the month-long Muslim fasting holiday that began Friday. According to the...

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Elkhorn kernals planted to restore reef diversity

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