Tag: buy local

10 Smartphone Apps to Green Up 2013

Did December gifting or a year-end bonus put a new smartphone in your hand?  Check out ten mostly-free apps...

Etsy “Local” Stores in Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Dubai

Regional Etsy shops unite to form old-fashioned collaborative studios, online. Etsy, the online handmade and vintage shopping platform, has done...

Bezalel, Israel’s Art Academy, Shops Imported for Local Architecture

A starchitect from Japan? As Israel's oldest and leading arts academy, shouldn't Bezalel be a locavore when it comes...

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...

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,...

Rehabilitate and Detox Your Lifestyle in Time for the New Year

Detoxing your lifestyle of non-green habits doesn't have to be as dramatic as drug rehab. It can be simple and...

Omani Handicrafts Facing Extinction Versus Machine Made Imitations

At stake for Oman is the extinction of traditional handicrafts in the face of cheaper, machine made imitations.  Man...

Subsidized Sustainable Food Tour in Israel in November

At Green Prophet, we often post on organic vegetables and dairy products being grown in Israel; this November...

Give Gifts That Are Local, Handmade, and Most Original

When shopping for gifts for people that we care about, we usually want the gifts to convey a variety...

Learn From spud! On How To Carbon Offset Your Business

Speak to an average person in Israel who cares about protecting the environment, and they will cross their eyes...

Hearty Roots Puts the Community in CSAs

It's always exciting to get farm-fresh organic produce delivered to your door through a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) scheme,...

Two Books 'Spiritual Compass' and 'Free To Be Human' Direct Us To Act Local

Guest reviewer Jeremy Zauder relishes two views of ethical development in a special double review this week: part of...