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Abandoned Building Becomes Urban Bat Habitat in Israel

Sometimes the urban environment is an ideal place for wild animals. Here's an example: In 2006, Petach Tikva's two hospitals merged to form the...

Can the Cedars of Lebanon Survive Climate Change?

"So Hiram, King of Tyre, gave King Solomon timber of cedar and timber of cypress according to all his desire."-Book of Kings vs. 24 A...

Permaculture and Green Communal Living Through Eco-Israel

Last year's Eco-Israel group on a trip to the North. Photo courtesy Naomi Katz. Although winter has come to Israel belatedly in the season's heaviest...

Using Black Gold to Build a Greener Future: A Visit to the UAE

Last month, I had the unexpected pleasure of visiting Abu Dhabi and Dubai, two of the seven tiny kingdoms that together make up the...

What To Do on Tu B’Shvat in Israel

Tu B'Shvat is the Jewish holiday marking the beginning of a new year for trees, and is usually celebrated by planting trees and exchanging...

From Beer Sheva to the Negev: Hiking Out of Rocket Range

As a Green Prophet studying at Ben Gurion University, for the last two weeks I have been out of school due to rockets on...

Katan Adventures Puts the EcoloJEWcal (and Ecological) in Travel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WqjOn1sxQw For those of you out there who may have been planning an eco tourist trip to Israel but have... ahem... postponed your plans for...

An Eco-Farm Blooms Under Rocket Fire From Gaza

While rockets fly overhead, Bat-Zion Benjaminson tends her garden. The religious mother of four hopes to establish an eco-village in the moshav (cooperative community)...

Daryl Hannah Splashes Into Sinai Eco-Tourism

Green Prophet would love to invite the Splash icon to Israel and other Middle Eastern countries. See the video below where Daryl Hannah, the...

A Distraction From The Conflict With More Eco-Travels In Vietnam

(Plastic bags on the trees in Vietnam) With the bombing and chaos in Israel and Gaza right now, it's a little hard to focus on...

Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Israel and Jordan Compete For Wonders of the World: Get Your Vote On!

Several Middle Eastern countries are competing to have their natural treasures listed on the new "Seven Wonders of the World" online competition. Some friendly...

Non-Kosher Turkeys Are Going To The Wolves in Tel Aviv

It's holiday time, joked Prof. David Eilam. He and the head of Tel Aviv University's Zoology Department Prof. Micha Ilan escorted me around Tel...

Musings on the Environment and "Where Things Come From" In Vietnam

Today's guest post comes by way of my friend Tania Guenter, who I met years ago when she was living in Tel Aviv. The...

Organic Goat Herding in Israel: The Podcast

GreenProphet.com is trying out audio podcasting! Click here to listen to a morning with volunteer goat herder Robert Lavenstein. You can read along with the transcript below.

Reflections On A Day Hiking Through Jordan Valley's Wadi Qelt

Green Prophet recently wrote about the rise in environmental activism and awareness amongst Palestinians, including conservation biologist and educator, Sami Backleh. In this guest...

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A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency based in Abu Dhabi makes something clear that many in the industry already suspected. When solar and wind are paired with battery storage, they can deliver reliable, round the clock electricity at costs that compete with, and often beat, fossil fuels.

A summer of sugar wax or time for laser treatments? The environmental answer

Green Prophet readers know we write a lot about hair. We have covered the halal and the haram sides of hair removal for Muslims. We have written about sugar waxing, Persian sugaring, threading, and the beauty secrets that came out of the Middle East long before salons started calling them trends. Our articles on sugar wax broke the internet a few times. 

Make paper mache with flowers to create stunning vase

There’s something quietly beautiful about what Rebloom Studio is doing, and it starts with waste. At wholesale flower markets, mountains of unsold blooms are tossed out at the end of each cycle. Perfect flowers, just not sold in time. Most of them are burned or dumped. Rebloom takes that moment and turns it into something else.
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