Karin Kloosterman
Latest Stories from Karin Kloosterman
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Flying By The Skin of Your Teeth Could Be Key To Greening Aviation Industry
Your teeth are only as strong as glass, but they can withstand years of you crunching on granola bars. How is this? The key is that teeth form microscopic cracks jig-jagged in shape, instead of big ones, in order to alleviate sudden impact and stress on
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Bad News For Sea Nymphs and Sirens: A $282 Million Seaweed Deal Heals Broken Hearts
Seaweed liquid morphs into gel to sheath heart muscles after attack Not too shabby considering the product is based on a common brown seaweed: an Israeli pharmaceutical company BioLineRx has just in-licensed a new heart smart remedy to heal hearts after
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Vaccinating With Remembee Against Bee Colony Collapse Disorder
With the deadly swine flu, bird flu and bee colony collapse disorder it kind of makes you feel like nature is biting back. Some good news for at least one of the big problems: the Israeli company Beeologics has developed a vaccine against colony
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Tel Aviv Cyclists Out in "Thongs" To Protest Lack of Bike Legislation
Hot bodies alert! You heard it right. Clothing was optional as Tel Aviv cyclists and roller bladers protested against lack of bike legislation in thongs, and other
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Plastic Irrigation Trays Make The Most of Dew and Weeding Obsolete
They don't look pretty, and not what you'd imagine when you skip through an apple orchard but new plastic irrigation trays make the most out of limited water resources. We've already posted on fog and dew collectors. Here's something new: The company
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Bejewel Mom With Green Bling, Recycled and Sustainable, On Mother's Day
There is no end to pretty recycled treasures and baubles we feature on TreeHugger. But if your mom isn't the type to carry a purse
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The Zayed Future Energy Prize Offers Innovator a $1.5 Million In Prize at the 2010 World Future Energy Summit
Have the latest technology that squeezes water from air using minimal power? How about a new wind energy turbine that pulls energy from the wind most efficiently? Or desalination technology that can convert brackish water to potable water using solar
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Stop Kissing To Stop The Swine Flu
Tips like washing your hands, recognizing symptoms and anti-social behavior are among
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Israeli Cyclists Pump Up The Earth Day Voltage With Pedal Powered Concert
It felt like all of Tel Aviv was out celebrating Earth Day yesterday in Israel as cyclists pedal powered a phenomenal show at Rabin Square. To keep the wattage flowing, spent falafel oil was used as a biofuel backup. TreeHugger was there on the scene,
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Israelis Go For Falafel Power at Earth Day Celebrations to "Bio" Fuel Concert
This year Israel was caught with its pants down and instead of participating in Earth Hour, which Tel Aviv did so terrifically last year, the country was busy watching
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I Am What I Eat In Israel, Take A Peek In My Fridge
We are what we eat, goes the old saying. So looking inside my fridge can tell you quite a bit about my values, and how I put my green ideas into action. Fridge voyeurism, or fridge watching, whatever you want to call it, people around the world are
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I'm Twittering Over Water In Jerusalem
This year, on February 12, 2009 over 140 cities worldwide will be hosting Twestival 2009
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Freak Caterpillar Invasion Eating Its Way Through Liberia
It happens once in a while: That tiny thread holding the fine balance of nature together somehow snaps. This is what's happening in Liberia, right now, the AP reports. Millions of crop devouring caterpillars known as "army worms" are taking over the
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Israel's New Natural Gas Bonanza Could Ignite Conflict With Lebanon
Amidst all its struggles to develop clean and cleaner technologies (and a recent war with Gaza), it seem that Israelis got a huge gift this week: they were celebrating the discovery of a massive estimated 3 trillion cubic feet natural gas pocket found
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Green Beanie Awards For Jewish Environmentalists
In the Jewish community, there are many innovative initiatives
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Daryl Hannah Dives, And Splashes, Into Egyptian Eco-Tourism
Mentioning it a while back when she was being interviewed on TreeHugger, in this video Daryl Hannah –– TreeHugger's favorite foxy environmentalist –– explores eco-tourism holidays in Sinai, Egypt. In particular, she nests for a bit at an ancient spot
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When The Green Side of Israel Gets Tainted Black
Once upon a time, I had a friend who was a glossy magazine writer working on a story for a yoga magazine. Reporting from Israel, she wanted to interview the Ethiopian-Israeli community in Beersheba and ask them why they weren't practicing yoga. For me
