Tag: reuse

Pea pod wine recipes are making a comeback with allotment gardeners

Yes, pea pod wine is a real thing, an old-fashioned, home-brewed country wine made from the leftover pods after shelling fresh peas. It is a sustainable, no-waste practice, often popular among allotment gardeners.

Making Jerusalem a Sustainable City

I personally coordinate a Center for Sustainability in the Ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Romema. Most people would say that is quite unique because that population typically gets a bad rap when it comes to environmental friendliness and that is because the families are large, on average 7.7 children per household and they use a lot of ‘one-time-use’ dishware, therefore producing a large amount of non-recyclable waste.

Leveraging Social Media to Showcase Your Building’s Sustainability

In today’s digital world you need essential online tools for sharing your building’s sustainability journey. With strategic content planning, you can showcase your commitment to the environment, involve your tenants, and inspire others to join the movement.

Will these trash sorting robots make zero waste our future?

Can a garbage collecting robot find me a pile of money in a mattress? Can it spare real-life sorters from the dangers of e-waste? Will they take over jobs and a way of life?

Kuwait’s Environment REUSE 5.0 Exposition Calls for Applications

For the fifth year Kuwait's eco en.v REUSE exposition will showcase green companies, retailers, galleries, restaurants, social initiatives, and...

Aya Kaya’s Online Upcycling Tutorial For Turning T-Shirts Into Bags

Before grabbing another polluting plastic bag, learn how to easily make a cloth bag out of items you already...

Yiuco Marketplace for Handmade Upcycled, Recycled, or Reused Products

Yiuco may be the Middle East's greener Etsy. Etsy, the global online store, has enjoyed great success due to the...

This toothbrush is a miswak

Lebanon Graphic Designer, Leen Sadder, shares with us the design and environment issues behind 'THIS Miswak', an organic and toothpaste-free toothbrush that's also a Muslim tradition. Check out what Leen has to say to critics in this exclusive Green Prophet interview.

Israeli Reuse Conference Claims that Big Opportunities Come in Reused Packages

Reuse conference brings designers and entrepreneurs together, showing that reusing is eco-friendly, fun, and profitable too. The concept of reuse...

Rachel Botsman Makes the Case for Collaborative Consumption

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQa3kUJPEko Moving from a culture of "me" to a culture of "we". Rachel Botsman, a researcher and social innovator, is...

Tel Aviv’s Salon Mazal to Host a DIY Recycled Craft Workshop This Week

Salon Mazal's eco-activists may be a little extreme, but they can still teach you some cool recycled crafts. Salon Mazal,...

Inspire Collective’s ReUse 3 in Tel Aviv positions art as a social cause

Reuse design?  We thought Green Prophet had it pretty much covered.  We've brought you plastic dolls converted into lamps, plastic bags transformed into wallets, beer bottles made into beads, and lots more.  But the surprises keep on coming.