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Jesse Fox
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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 United...
Will the Tel Aviv Light Rail Ever Happen? Do We Want it To?
I am not against public transportation. In fact, I am very much in favor. As a person who lives in Tel Aviv and does not...
Jesse Interviews Dov Khenin, Tel Aviv's "Green" Mayoral Candidate
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0goOBK3zb8&feature=related Now that Barack Obama is on his way to the White House and the US seems poised for a “New Green Deal”, could things start...
Yom Kippur: A Day Without Cars in Tel Aviv
Kids on bikes cruise past Azrieli towers. A couple of years ago I read a book called Carfree Cities, which put forward a very convincing...
Public Transportation Day 2008: Still Stuck in Traffic
Tuesday, September 23 was Public Transportation Day in Israel, the local answer to European Mobility Week and World Carfree Day, an attempt to “remind the...
Is Sustainability in Tel Aviv an "Urban Legend"? New Film Challenges City Planners to Think Outside the Box
Sometimes it is necessary to confront our decision-makers with what has been called “the threat of a good example” – to bring them face to...
Solar Energy: Easy on the Eyes Too?
For most people, solar energy conjures up images of rectangular panels on roofs or lined up in rows somewhere in the middle of the desert....
Green MK Dov Khenin to Run for Mayor of Tel Aviv
MK Dr. Dov Khenin announces his candidacy for the office of Mayor of Tel Aviv on Monday, flanked by members of the A City for...
Green Tsunami Washes Over Knesset
Maybe it was the teetering government or the water crisis, or maybe it was just the sticky and oppressive summer heat. Whatever the...
Tel Aviv Puts Jaffa Skyscraper Plans on Hold
Photo by Dan Keinan, Haaretz. A modernist skyscraper was built with no connection to the existing urban context, and plans for a row of similar...
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