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Israeli Green Police to Receive More Arrest Powers

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uASd-doKOlk[/youtube] Are you an environmental criminal?  Don’t mess with the Green Police. Until a few years ago, environmental law enforcement was a big problem in...

How to Become a Middle Eastern Invasivore

Protect the environment by eating the (animal or plant) species trying to invade it.  What does a Middle Eastern invasivore look like? Environmentalists have a...

Israeli Clean Air Act Goes into Effect

Passed in the summer of 2008, Israel’s Clean Air Act went into effect this month. As with its neighboring Middle Eastern countries, things can be...

Canaan Fair Trade Creates Sustainable Community of Palestinian Farmers

Bigger isn’t always better.  Canaan Fair Trade helps small-scale Palestinian farmers survive and thrive. With the modernization of agriculture, farming has become an industry instead...

Blondes Have More Fun Composting

Maybe blondes really do have more fun, and more fun composting too. It’s easier to get Israelis excited about blondes than about composting, but if...

Local Israeli Authorities Take More Control Over Environmental Protection

Who’s responsible for this Tel Aviv tree?  The local Tel Aviv environmental committee. Some of the red tape preventing local environmental issues from being resolved...

Haifa Christmas Tree Made From Over 5,000 Recycled Plastic Bottles

In the absence of all the trees burnt during the recent Carmel fire in Israel, a Christmas tree made from 5,480 plastic bottles stands tall...

Golan Fire May Have Been Caused by an Environmentalist

Sadly, the source of the recent Golan fire in Israel (before the Carmel fire) may have been an “eco-friendly” Rainbow Festival participant. Environmentalists can get...

Trim the Fat and Your Carbon Emissions with… Lipo-Diesel?

Is using human fat as lipo-diesel going too far in the name of environmentalism? In general, most people look for ways to trim the fat. ...

An Insider’s Experience of Exploring Beirut by Bike

What it’s really like to explore Beirut (and especially the new Waterfront District) by bike. Lebanon – and Beirut in particular – have been making...
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