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James Murray-White
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Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Special guest desert dwelling activist and academic Lucy Michaels, gets to the heart of the matter with a classic eco text: “The burnt cliffs and...
Upcoming Green Design Conference: The Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture
During these tough times in the south of Israel and Gaza, it’s heartening to discover that some events are continuing, and that the determination to...
Recycling and Deifying Donkey Dung in Israel
The Christmas season in Europe is often silly season for the world’s media outlets, when they outdo each other to find the strangest, weirdest and...
From a Deserts & Drylands Conference in Sde Boker (part 2)
Events and frenetic discussion, both academic and activist in nature, have continued apace here at the 2nd Drylands and Desertification Conference here in Sde Boker,...
Studying the worldwide effects of desertification in Sde Boker
Israel's pioneering Desert University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), is currently hosting the 2nd biannual 'Drylands, Deserts and Desertification' conference at their deep desert...
Stolen Harvest by Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva isn’t a writer to pull punches. By the twelfth page of 'Stolen Harvest' (2000), she announces a damning verdict on Western food production:
Alanna Mitchell's Dancing At The Dead Sea Is a Journey to the Heart of Environmental Crisis
“My story gathering has led me all over the world. Each journey took me to a perfect example of one facet of the problem or...
Kazakh Yurts in an Organic Desert Garden
A little out of place, a yurt in the Israeli desert offers a neat eco-treat. Feeling jaded from all the holidays in this country, we...
Gil brushes up on his "Natural Finishes"
Today’s book review, part of our ‘eco books review festival’, is by guest writer Gil Peled: Jerusalem-based Israeli eco-architect Gil (who trained in architecture in...
Enduring Protracted Tales of Eco-sheds in "Almost Green"
Freelance writer James Glave has successfully turned the planning and construction of a shed on his property in British Columbia into a thriving trade. His...
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