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Cardboard Mounted Deer Heads for the Eco Conscious Decorator

Enjoy taxidermy without the guilt, with a recycled (and recyclable) cardboard deer head. In centuries past, mounted deer (or other animal) heads were considered a...

Beirut Activists Try to “Green the Grey” of Their Concrete Urban Environment

200 Beirut residents reminded others that cities can (and should) be green. Fed up with the absence of greenery in Beirut, 200 residents of the...

Nature Toy Finds Eco-Friendly Ways to Entertain Kids this Summer

Let kids get outdoors and color driveways and sidewalks with Nature Toy’s eco-friendly chalk. With the summer vacation from school fast approaching, many parents are...

Pure Rootz Puts the Preppy in Organic Clothing

The Pure Rootz fashion label brings organic cotton to the Lacoste customer. Whereas organic food has been a relatively easy sell to high-end customers, organic...

Tel-O-Fun (Finally) Brings Bike Sharing to Tel Aviv

Thanks to Tel-O-Fun, now Tel Aviv urbanites with the tiniest of apartments can bike around without the storage hassle. Despite widespread announcements that it would...

Green Houses Open to the Public During Tel Aviv’s Annual Architecture Weekend

Tel Aviv’s architecture weekend takes note of green spaces and green issues. For the past decade or so, Tel Aviv has been undergoing a type...

Liat Yaniv’s Colorful Newspaper World and Upcycled Paper Dolls

Yaniv’s surprisingly colorful dolls are made solely from scraps of newspaper (and no paint!). Israeli artist Liat Yaniv‘s creativity – like that of many before...

Tel Aviv’s Social Economic Academy Teaches Food Politics

With so many food options and food movements out there, what do you choose? Food is a major factor in human health, and in environmental...

Interview with MiKlum Studio, Designers of Furniture Out of Nothing

Singular upcycled wooden boxes called “Frank” combine to create larger design pieces. Tel Aviv has been fortunate enough to experience a recent influx of sustainable...

Ikea Increases Israeli Design Awareness, but What About Sustainable Design?

After ten years in Israel, what is Ikea’s regional legacy? When the Swedish affordable home furnishing company, Ikea, came to Israel ten years ago, it...
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