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Walking tour for a sustainable Israel

Before the short, but icy winter melts into the fierce summer heat, Israel’s Heschel Center for Environmental Leadership will be teaming up with Hazon in New York for a four-day hike along the northern stretch of Shvil Yisrael, the Israel National Trail next week (23 to 27 March).

Water-a-Plenty – Even in Israel?

 We’re accustomed to the doom-and-gloom prophecies of Israel’s chronic water shortage and how the thirst of the growing population of a country that is...

How do Bedouin survive in the desert?

I've been researching Bedouin issues in the Negev Desert Israel for about 5 years, and one of the first individuals I met was Nuri El-Ukbi. Nuri and the El-Ukbi tribe have claims to the land named in Arabic El-Araquib, which is roughly situated between Rahat and Beersheva.

Controversial New Arab City in the Galilee

Probably my best memory of Israel is hiking in the Galilee as a teenager. With its green expanses enlivened with blood-red and yellow flowers...

Water, water everywhere: Oceans

  The wonderful wild weather of last week, and according to forecasts, in the week to come; has inspired a series of special water-related posts....

The Battle for Israel's Palmachim Beach

It's only February and the beach is already a hot topic in Israel, but alas, for all the wrong reasons. Work has got underway in...

Israeli Forests Are Pining Away

While most Israelis take pride in having made the desert bloom, some of the imported "blooms" have been contested over the years as threats...

Young Whale Dies off Israel’s Shore

Bring out the tissues. When we heard the news that a 15 metre fin whale had made it to Ashkelon, in Israel, our hearts...

The Kishon River: Polluted No More?

The Kishon River was once a notorious dumping ground for seven chemical plants, with the result that the entire ecosystem died and the river...

Guesthousing It In Israel: Get Your Eco-Farm On

Israel has a number of Eco-Tourism options. But we suppose, at the end of the day, it all depends on semantics, marketing and what...

Seeking Retreat at Kerem Maharal

Stay in an 11-century Crusader Castle in Israel. Kerem Maharal.

Plant a Tree for Tu B’Shvat…Online

It could only happen in 2008. During the year of Shmitta, which is every seven years, Jewish law dictates that we not work the...

Let it Rain In Israel

It's a yearly ritual in Israel: we worry about rain. We worry when we don't have rain in the winter, when it is supposed...

Timna Valley Residents Fight Gondolas in the the Desert

Timna Valley north of Eilat in the Arava Desert, believed to be the ancient site of King Solomon's mines, is under threat. The pristine...

2007 Report: The Beach is Back!

Citizens and tourists rejoice: the Clean Coast Project of 2007 has ensured that we can hit those beaches in 2008. At least that's according...

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