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Karin Kloosterman
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Green Prophets Start at Home: The Living Room
We’ve already had a green kitchen party, we’ve learned about ways to conserve water while greening the old bathroom; we’ve even talked about ways to...
Re-Routing Deadly Electronic Waste
Israelis are known for their advances in high-tech. We brag about it whenever we can. A little known fact is that Israel also generates and...
Upycled cinema chair by Guy Arzi
Rocking chairs seem to be making a comeback these days. They are great for breastfeeding, great for reading. Great for hanging around in a forest....
Shmita year, an introduction from Israel
Our readers have also been asking about organic gardening during the shmita (or Sabbatical) year in the land of Israel. Are there any loopholes around...
Creating The “Good Energy Initiative” In Israel
Environmental entrepreneur, Eyal Biger (right), the founder of Israel’s Good Energy Initiative. For every car that drives, every plane that flies and every appliance that...
Young Whale Dies off Israel’s Shore
Bring out the tissues. When we heard the news that a 15 metre fin whale had made it to Ashkelon, in Israel, our hearts filled...
DYI Home for About a Thousand Bucks
We’ve been to visit the straw bale legends Bill and Athena Stein in Arizona. Israelis are getting into their own groove building with strawbale....
Can Eco-Playful Sabras Do Bamboo?
Israelis, as the saying goes, are like a cactus fruit, because they are prickly on the outside but sweet in the middle. We kind of...
Israeli and Palestinian Slow Food Chefs Design Recipe For Peace
In 1994, Jerusalem chef Johnny Goric cooked a lunch and dinner for Yassar Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, during their peacemaking talks. He was...
The Electric Car Hype Intensifies
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmOW0z__AMI&rel=1[/youtube]We’ve been a little skeptical about the electric car project proposed by Shai Agassi. Israel relies still on heavily-polluting coal power plants; and a great...
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