11:00 am in designers, furniture, israel, recycled, recycled consumer goods by TreeHugger
Photos: 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 with his down-to-earth but stylish "Shavings" furniture collection....
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8:20 am in alternative energy, Business & Politics, israel, renewable energy, solar power by TreeHugger
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 sector has reason to look ahead—as Business Green reports that the
Israeli government has voted in an ...Read the full story on TreeHugger 
9:27 am in conservation, greece, israel, italy, lebanon, oceans, palestine, Science & Technology, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
The EcoOcean research vessel R/V Mediterranean Explorer. Photo: EcoOcean.
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 action that ended in nine
deaths, and ongoing regional tensions, last year. Meanwhile, a less-heralded seafaring expedition took to the sam...
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10:02 am in activism, israel, solar, solar power by TreeHugger
Image credit: AravaPower
From a
100MW solar farm in the French Alps through
Google's investments in utility-scale solar in Nevada, industrial-sized solar power plants are springing up across the Globe. Now the Israelis are getting in on the act, launching the nation's first 5MW solar field at Kibbutz Ketura in the Arava Valley. And if the video below is ...
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