Boycotting and destabilizing a country’s business heart for political reasons is fine in my books. But boycotting art, schools, or the environment? Spain, with which Israel has a number of high profile collaborative environmental projects in solar energy and in water, have decided to boycott a solar science project from an Israeli academic team because their college is in the West Bank region of Judea and Samaria.
The Israeli team was to have participated in the Madrid-hosted Solar Decathalon to take place next year. A similar event is happening the second week in October in the US.
The Solar Decathalon in Madrid is supported by the US Department of Energy, Philips, Mitsubishi Electric, solar energy companies, Chrysler, DuPont, Velcro and many other large corporations.
According to Spanish News, “On Wednesday Spain disqualified academics from Israeli [sic] from competing in a solar power design event, due to the fact that their university falls into the West Bank region. This is part of a new set of sanctions against Israel relating to its current settlement policy.”
Think Again is a series that provides fun ideas for how to reuse items in your home that you would normally throw out or recycle. Reusing is higher on the “green” food chain than recycling, because getting another use out of an object is always more effective than spending the energy to recycle it. Plus, trying to reuse can force us to be creative! 
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London fashion week show viewers may have been shocked earlier this week when London-based Lebanese designer Ziad Ghanem’s line came down the runway. Initiated by a video introduction asking the viewers to break free from consumerism and follow their own hearts, repeating the line “I lost my head the day I found my heart,” the show was definitely nothing like mainstream high fashion.
The high holidays keep marching on, and after a reflective and sustainable Rosh Hashanah (and Yom Kippur) comes a (hopefully green) Sukkot.
Tel Aviv based designer, Limor Matityahoo, has been involved with crafts for as long as she can remember. Among her many skills, Limor is a textile designer, a makeup artist, a cake decorator, and an interactive product manager. Most recently her curiosity, playfulness and skill have brought her to upcycled and recycled crafts made from plastic bags. And we’re very glad that they did.
Think Again is a series that provides fun ideas for how to reuse items in your home that you would normally throw out or recycle. Reusing is higher on the “green” food chain than recycling, because getting another use out of an object is always more effective than spending the energy to recycle it. Plus, trying to reuse can force us to be creative!