Israel

Time Lapse Video of a Strawbale Geodesic House Build (Video)

April 25, 2011

Image credit: Julia Lachman

Earlier today I posted a great video on how to build a worm tower self-spreading composter. In the process, the new YouTube interface drew me into a whole host of fascinating “how to” videos related to permaculture. One in…

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Green Shopping In Tel Aviv

April 24, 2011

Capitolina chandelier from Hasadna

One of my favorite things to do when I travel to new cities is check out their green shopping scenes. I was recently in the Tel Aviv/Jaffa region of Israel and had a few hours to visit the area shops and outdoor p…

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The Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Israel

January 22, 2011

Take a look at Israel from the inside and witness some of the most spectacular landscapes in the world.

Is Laughter the Best Medicine? For Infertility, It Might Just Be…

January 14, 2011

Image credit: Mark Crossfield, used under Creative Commons license.

We talk a lot about natural medicine and well-being here on TreeHugger. Whether it’s herbal remedies for stress or the public health benefits of cycling, there is no doubt that there…

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Test-Driving the Better Place Electric Vehicle Experience (Plus: See Their Roadside Battery-Swap Station in Action)

December 23, 2010

A cross section of an electric vehicle conversion of a Renault Laguna on display at Better Place in Tel Aviv.

Traffic crawled along the beltway outside Tel Aviv as the sun set in bright orange streaks behind the city. I sat with a group of journalist…

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Put Deposits On Everything, Even Street Furniture

December 21, 2010

Images credit Vincent Wittenberg and Guy Königstein

Deposits are a wonderful tool; I have previously suggested that It’s Time for Deposits. On Everything. Dutch designers Vincent Wittenberg and Guy Königstein have carried the principle a step furth…

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Supersonic Jets Put Crocodiles in the Mood for Love

December 20, 2010

Photos: KhayaL / NASA

If you thought nothing put a crocodile in the mood for love quite like the beady, vacuous eyes and razor-sharp grin of a potential mate, think again. It turns out that, after millions of years on Earth, sometimes all a cold-bloo…

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Israeli Artist Makes Christmas Tree From 5,480 Recycled Plastic Bottles

December 18, 2010

Photo: Israel Ministry of Tourism

Devastating fires that burned 5,000 hectares of forest in the area haven’t kept Haifa, Israel’s third-largest city, from being able to put up a massive Christmas tree in the center of town. It helps, of course, that t…

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Hidden Webcam Exposes Chicken Cruelty 24 Hours a Day

November 9, 2010

Image: Anonymous for Animal Rights

From secret footage of cruelty in a commercial hatchery to shocking pictures of supposedly organic egg production, we know that pictures can play an important role in exposing the abuse inherent in the factory farmi…

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Architects Give Israel’s Waterfronts Fresh Appeal

October 24, 2010

The Tel Aviv Port public space. Image: Mayslits Kassif Architects.

On Saturday mornings, I’ve gotten into the habit of going for a run by the Marmara Sea. The concrete path is worn, and follows a busy road, but the broad view out over the churning sea…

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