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Recycled Donkey Dump the Dumbest "Green" Gift From the Holy Land
Now that the Christmas shopping spree is over, and Channukah's wild nights of gorging jelly-filled doughnuts finished, here's the latest in dumb "green" gifts for the holidays. This time we go all the way to the Holy Land for this little treasure: a
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See Innowattech Collect Energy From the Road, In Action
Green sites have been commenting on the "energy parasite": Innowattech, including our own Lloyd. The Israeli company has developed a system using energy harvesting piezoelectric crystals to sequester the mechanical energy generated on highways, the
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Make Evil Eyes Turn Green With Hamsas, A Gift For All Faiths
It's especially noticeable if you live in the Middle East. Over here in
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Between the Pages of Eco-Libris and How they Green the Publishing Industry
Eco-Libris is no stranger to TreeHugger. The company now more than a year old, has been featured here in a number of shapes and forms. Planting trees for the books you buy, puts Eco-Libris in our good book. Here's our latest interview with Raz Godelnik,
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The First Green Drinks In The Middle East To Say "L'Haim" In Tel Aviv
The running joke among some of my friends is that we’ll need to bring hummus (organic hummus?) to the first Green Drinks meeting in Tel Aviv, happening on December 15th from 8-10pm at Gilda. Israelis, God forbid, can’t be expected to go to a meeting
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Using the "Flash" from Lightning To Predict Deadly Floods
Flash floods are the most common natural disaster in the United States, and a leading cause of all weather-related deaths. Over here in the Middle East, with much of the land desert, flash floods kill people every winter season when the rains start.
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EWA Squeezes Water From Thin Air, Like In Old Biblical Times
Ancient Israelites collected morning dew from stones. There are prayers for dew in the Bible, and the recipe for the traditional Jewish bread —— challah —— includes how much dew to use in the batzhek (the dough). So it's not a far-
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Beeologics To Save US Honeybees With New Anti-Viral Medicine —— Have a Colony To Share?
In some circles this is breaking news –– Israeli-US scientists say they have found a cure for honeybee collapse disorder (Colony Collapse Disorder –– CCD), a condition which TreeHugger has been following extensively over the last couple of years.
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Party Like It's 5769 And Have Yourself a Sustainable Jewish New Year
Christian Americans have one. So do the Chinese, Muslims —— and the Jews. I am talking about New Years celebrations. While January 1st is the obviously date when most Americans and Europeans party and drink copious amounts of organic champagne
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Car2Go's Urban Car Share Goes Vroom Through a Congested Tel Aviv
Living in a kibbutz has the makings for a good life. You have no need for money, have your breakfast served like clockwork in the morning, your clothes get washed by someone else, and your kids can play freely unsupervised. Another bonus of belonging to
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Project Interchange's Green Movers and Shakers From Europe Experience Israel Through a Green Lens
Israel is a place, which is never not on the news. A Washington-based organization Project Interchange, is hoping that some of Europe's "green" leaders will get in touch with a little more than the ongoing conflict that they see on the TV.
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What Green Words Are Obama and McCain Really Saying? Ask SpeechWars
This one's fun for the whole family —— who's talking the green talk? Obama or McCain? And since when? SpeechWars, a nifty research tool developed by Jerusalemite Ben Reis, can help you find out what green words presidential candidates are
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A Reader Responds to Project Better Place Getting Wired
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again –– Israel’s electric car scheme Project Better Place –– needs some serious rethinking. Shai Agassi, who founded the company (pictured above), proposes new infrastructure for the swappable batteries, leased and
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Galten's Squeezing Biofuel from the Jatropha Seed
The inedible South American native jatropha plant, could be a winning biofuel alternative, according to the Israeli company Galten. I spoke with Galten’s Doron Levi yesterday. He in Ghana, me from my home office in Jerusalem.
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Rabbis, Sheiks, Lamas and Missionaries See Green Eye to Eye at Israel's Sulha
It's becoming an annual thing and growing every year. Suhla, which means reconciliation in Arabic, is a three day meeting between Israelis and Palestinians. Although they live next door to each other, Israelis and Palestinians have little day to day
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"Run the City" Sight-Jogging Around Israeli Roots, Traditions and Diamonds
We wouldn't be recommending you do it in today's 2,000 degree Mediterranean heat, but come Fall (that's stav in Hebrew) the weather will be more human and perfect for Israel's latest trend in urban eco-tourism: "Run the City."
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Green Your Mosque, Learn Imams in Israel
(Image credit marantzer) Gurus in India are doing it. So are evangelical Christians in America. Jewish rabbis have been doing it for some time now, all over the world. Thanks to an initiative of an Israeli Arab activist Mohammad Rabah Aghbarieh and the
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Humans Evolved to Fear Snakes, Not High-Risk Mortgages or Risks at Traffic Lights
Is technology, made to better our lives, killing us? Kids have stopped playing on trees, and this isn't healthy, reported TreeHugger's Lloyd last week, citing a UK study that found more and more kids
