As part of our mission to foresee a green, environmentally-sound future for Israel, its neighbors and the world, we’ll be occasionally featuring blogs from the regional blogosphere that also care about all things green, especially those in Arab countries where green issues are relatively undeveloped.
Last week we featured environmental blogs from Lebanon and Jordan, and this week we’ll be featuring some of Egypt’s environmental voices.
Maryanne Stroud Gabbani at Living in Egypt wrote about garbage dumping at the Sakkara archaeological dig sites, and also recently wrote about the wheat harvest in Egypt and how it has changed over the years. The wheat used to be threshed by cattle walking on it, but now these processes are done by machines. The spring ritual of the wheat harvest (which we celebrated this week with Shavuot) is especially emphasized this year because of the recent food price hikes.
For those of you following our 
yes. A trendy oasis, yeah, you could call it that too. But when you’re walking on busy Allenby Street or Dizengoff – the natural environment is probably the furthest thing from your urban experience.
City Tree
I hate to admit it (especially since I’m a vegetarian and like to think of Shavuot as my holiday), but sooner or later the cheese thing is gonna get old. And not in a French, moldy blue cheese kind of way. More of in a self-induced lactose intolerance kind of way.
