Tag: Israel
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Bridge Built from Shipping Containers Is Trendy, but Inefficient
Once again, we ponder whether shipping containers make sense for this kind of use. Our curmudgeonly response? Probably not.
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Bread Makes a More Delicious Covering for Radios Than Plastic
What is it about these baked electronics that is so yummy? Whatever you do, don't take a bite.
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FDA Approved Drug Produced in Genetically Engineered Carrot Cells
Genetically engineered plants will be our next drug factories?
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School Desk Designed To Protect Students From Earthquakes and Other Disasters
Israeli industrial design students come up with desk that does double duty
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Israel Hopes To Attract Flocks Of Bird Watching Tourists By Building New Ornithological Centers
Israel invests $10 million for orinthological centers along the Syrian-African Rift Valley Migration Route.
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Israeli Government Moves to Destroy Palestinian Solar Panels
They're the only reliable source of electricity on the West Bank.
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Eco-Heroes Risk Jail, Censure to Green the Mideast
The Middle East environmental site Green Prophet names 11 eco-heroes for 2011 who are working -- sometimes at great personal risk -- to make the region a cleaner, healthier place.
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Recycled Milk Crate Becomes Bike Seat and Basket
Clever reuse and ingenious functionality create a transformer bike-seat and cargo carrier from reused materials.
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Sunny & Biodegradable: Kitchenware Made From Orange Peels
Intriguing biodegradable eating utensils, all made of orange peels that are dried and molded by hand.
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The Week in Pictures: New Zealand Oil Spill, How Steve Jobs Changed the World, and More (Slideshow)
Since the Rena, a Liberian ship, ran aground on a reef off the coast of New Zealand 10 days ago, an environmental catastrophe has been brewing. Oil is spilling into the ocean, harming wildlife and reaching shore.
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Leveling the Playing Field for a Cleaner Mediterranean
Onlookers gazing out over the Bosphorus last week might have been shocked to see a tanker ship and a passenger ferry collide on the busy strait, sending rescue personnel scrambling to
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From Scrap To Stylish Stump: Recycled Timber Furniture By Ubico Studio
We admit it: we can't get enough of stump-themed furniture. And now, from Tel Aviv-based Ubico Studio comes this tongue-in-cheek creation, made from salvaged wood scraps, glued together and skillfully shaped to give the appearance
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Israel Prepares to Frack Its Water Supply Exploiting Oil Shale
Israel is looking to get in on the oil shale - tar sands act, BBC News reports. The article, though mentioning environmental concerns about this so-called unconventional source of oil, essentially soft peddles these and instead focuses on how much oil
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Stylish Recycled Sawdust & "Shavings" Furniture By Yoav Avinoam
Sawdust is a multi-purpose "waste" material that can apparently be reused in many ways: turn it into mulch, throw it by the handful into a composting toilet, or transform it into furniture as Israeli designer Yoav Avinoam has done
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Israel Announces 10% Renewables Target by 2020
The launch of Israel's first 5MW solar field was heralded as a sign of greater things to come—but plans for more than 400MW of Israeli solar were on hold pending clarification of Government incentive schemes. But now the Israeli clean energy
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(Another) Power Station Shut Down By (More) Jellyfish
It's getting to be a recurring problem: jellyfish clogging the water flow that power plants need in order to run. In Scotland less than two weeks ago, they impacted the water intake for cooling at the Torness nuclear
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Reaching Past Borders to Protect the Mediterranean
Countries around the Mediterranean have been abuzz in recent weeks over currently thwarted plans to sail a flotilla of ships to run Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip -- an
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Could Solar Promote Peace Between Israelis and Palestinians?
The launch of a 5MW solar field in Israel would seem to be good news for advocates of green energy. But could solar power also provide a path forward for the peace process in this troubled region? Some activists are hoping so,
