Tag: negev

5,000-Year-Old Leopard Trap Discovered in Israel’s Negev Desert

It's easy for us to think of modern humans as the sole destroyers of all things living, but...

Pundak Neot Semadar – An Improbable Organic Oasis in the Arava Desert

Sucked dry by an unforgiving sun, my travel companion and I were badly in need of hydration and nourishment...

Tent Cities to House Thousands of African Migrants in Israel’s Negev Desert

A young child sits in a Haitian tent city - a temporary housing solution for displaced refugees. Thousands of...

How Math Can Make Greener Cities

Climatology models applied to urban planning could yield greener cities. If you have ever walked down the street in a...

Israel Ministry Rules Against Unsightly Transmission Lines For Ramon Crater

Thanks to a recent decision by Israel's National Infrastructure Minister, Tourists heading for Ramon Crater won't have to compete...

Indigenous Knowledge and Ancient Farmers at Avdat

Ancient farmers used indigenous knowledge to sustain communities at Avdat in the central Negev as many as seven thousand years ago. ...

Are Bedouins Cutting Down Trees As A Form of Political Protest?

The Mayor of Omer insists that Bedouins are behind the felling of thousands of trees on disputed lands. Every so...

Germany’s Solar Millennium AG Pulls out of Israel Bid

Solar Millennium AG is the next in a string of companies to withdraw its bid from the tumultuous Ashelim...

Sunday Solar to Build Large Solar Array on "Damaged" Negev Land

Israeli solar energy innovator Sunday Energy has been chosen to construct a solar energy panel array in a section...

Immersion Arabic Course in First Solar Bedouin Village in Israel

For many tourists to the Israeli Negev desert, a visit to the Bedouins includes a commercialized camel ride and...

Beer Sheva's Earth's Promise Offers an Alternative Spring Break

For those of you familiar with the typical American college student spring break, you know that it generally entails...

Grassroots Beer Sheva NGO Makes the Earth a Promise

With everything going on over the past month, many of our thoughts have been turned towards the southern area...