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Spend Sukkot Learning How to Eat the Ancient Way at Bel Ofri in the Golan

During the Sukkot holiday, visitors will be able to learn how to make olive oil, sweet wine, bread and cheeses the old fashioned way. Sukkot,...

“Green It” Shop Brings Green Urban Living to Tel Aviv

Green It is Tel Aviv’s new one-stop-shop for green urban living. As the ecological movement becomes mainstream, more and more businesses cater to the green...

Solar Bottle Lights a Bright Idea for the Developing World

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBWi3NtND68[/youtube] This idea is so simple, yet so brilliant.  Maybe it could help light up the Middle East? Filipinos living in simple corrugated metal homes...

Israeli Cyclists From All Over the Country Marked Green Transportation Week

Israeli bikers are hoping that the new year brings them greater cycling convenience and safety. The Israel Bike Association isn’t a quiet or a shy...

Electric Skates – the New Urban Mode of Transportation?

Give up that car and zip around town on… electric skates? Some people just can’t or aren’t willing to walk or bike, but still may...

Rosh Hashanah 5772 Green Gift Guide for 2011

Instead of standard apples and honey, put some creative green thought into your Rosh Hashanah gifts this year. The Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanah...

Meet Me in St. Louis for Sukkah City 2011

Inspired by last year’s Sukkah City in NYC (see one of the past designs above), St. Louis is hosting its own sukkah design competition this...

Michael Tsinovsky Puts Arabic Into Israel’s Melting Pot

Industrial designer Michael Tsinovsky brought together Israel’s many local styles in his ‘asli’ furniture design. When it comes to consumerism, local is almost always better...

IKEA Israel Stops Selling Incandescent Bulbs

There may be a lot of things that IKEA is doing wrong for the environment, but ceasing to sell incandescent bulbs isn’t one of them....

PET Bottles Upcycled Into Art Using Glass Blowing Techniques

PET bottles hark back to their glass bottle predecessors using traditional glass blowing techniques. Plastic bottles have pretty nasty reputations for being bad for human...
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