Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Jewish environmental group increasing efforts as climate debate heats up
By Eric Fingerhut, JTA
As the debate over how to combat climate change heats up in Copenhagen, the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life is ramping up its efforts to . . .
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Peres to attend Copenhagen climate conference
Israeli President Shimon Peres, a champion of green issues, will represent Israel at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in . . .
Monday, December 7, 2009
Jewish groups call for climate change at Copenhagen conference
JTA
Twenty-two Jewish organizations signed on to a call for action on climate change to be presented at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in . . .
Monday, December 7, 2009
Will Israel Get Slammed At Copenhagen Summit?
by Rachelle Kliger, The Media Line
Israel is likely to be criticized at this climate summit over insufficient efforts to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. . . .
Monday, November 30, 2009
U.S.-Israel clean energy projects to get funding
JTA
A research and development foundation will provide up to $3.3 million to fund four clean-energy projects in the United States and Israel, the U.S. . . .
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
‘Ecopreneurs’ See Green in Green
by Starre Vartan
It’s easy being green when there’s plenty of cash floating around. Environmental causes tend to be minimally controversial, and all kinds of . . .
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Farming the Land, Torah in Hand
By Sue Fishkoff
Naf Hanau lives in the Bronx, an odd choice for someone who calls himself a Jewish . . .
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
In Search of a Jewish Environmentalism for the Family
by Lisa Keys, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
I like to think of myself as an ecoconscious kinda gal. My husband, Julian, and I make an effort to tread lightly on this earth. We bring our own . . .
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Balancing resources and lives -- being Jewish and 'green'
By Amy Hirshberg Lederman
Judaism has a lot to say about how to create a balance between using the resources we have and abusing or destroying . . .
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Israel building its first eco-friendly town
By David Shamah, Israel21c
A Mount Gilboa town is set to be the first planned, eco-friendly community in Israel, with infrastructure and services designed not just to . . .
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Teen's green book for kids hits stores
By Rachel Heller
It's never too early to start educating kids about the environment, says Alison Hestrin Lerner -- so the Harvard-Westlake high school senior in . . .
Friday, October 10, 2008
Menorah lights hope for second oil miracle
By Tom Tugend
From Iran to Venezuela, petrodictators are using billions of our dollars to fund terrorism and propaganda against the United States and Israel, noted . . .
Friday, October 10, 2008
Arava spills on solutions to L.A. water shortage
By Lilly Fowler
A recent conference at UCLA's School of Law, "Transboundary Environmental Management in the Arava and Beyond," proposed that Los Angeles might gain . . .
Sunday, August 3, 2008
The Dead Sea is dying and it's a 'man-made disaster' [VIDEO]
By Uriel Heilman
The Dead Sea's rapid disappearance has become a grave concern for environmentalists, industries that profit from the sea and Israel's tourism . . .
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Red-Dead canal idea stirs controversy
By Dina Kraft
The World Bank is conducting a $14 million study of a plan to build a canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. Environmentalists say the canal idea is . . .
Sunday, August 3, 2008
OPINION: Save the Dead Sea by restoring the Jordan River, not by building a canal to the Red Sea
By Gidon Bromberg
The way to save the Dead Sea is by restoring freshwater flow from a rehabilitated Jordan River, not building an ecologically risky channel from the . . .
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Israel invests in clean tech as energy crunch looms
By Dina Kraft
Industry observers say more aggressive government policies, such as underwriting renewable energy initiatives and granting more land for power . . .
Thursday, June 19, 2008
We need public transit—why can’t we get it?
By Robert B. Reich
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
VIDEO: World’s first operating thermal energy field opens in Israel
Israeli companies BrightSource Energy and LUZ II have created a solar power development center -- the word's first, they say. Here is the promo . . .
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Orthodox schools share concern for greener world
By Tamar Sofer
Now that saving the environment has become more mainstream, it has also become more acceptable in Orthodox . . .
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Sinai Temple puts its food where its ‘moral diet’ is
By Jane Ulman
Farmer Phil McGrath had just made his inaugural delivery of 25 boxes of fresh, organically grown fruits and vegetables to Sinai Temple, where . . .
Thursday, April 10, 2008
It’s a nice day for a green wedding
By Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
With our country's growing concern about the environment, many couples are choosing to have eco-friendly weddings. Jewish brides and grooms-to-be in . . .
Thursday, April 10, 2008
On the third night, the seder went green
By Amy Klein
Passover is also called the "Holiday of Spring," a time when green symbolizes new life. The color also represents all things eco-friendly, which . . .
Thursday, April 10, 2008
No food will be wasted if Joseph Gitler has his way
By Orit Arfa
Rescuing excess food from Israeli corporate cafeterias on a daily basis is just one of the projects Joseph Gitler conceived about five and a half . . .
