It was already morning in Israel yesterday when the news of the US elections came in. Our outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was quick to offer a generic welcome to Senator Obama, hours later Tsipi Livni, our Foreign Minister offered hers. I got their email alerts from the Government Press...

America's bee colonies are collapsing. It's a big mystery, with much at stake. Green websites like TreeHugger have been on the case since the phenomenon was brought to the media's attention in 2006.

For some background see:

Where Did the Bees Go?
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It's not every day, that I see a story like this one -- the city of Petach Tikva, near Tel Aviv, has found a novel way to catch dog owners who are not stooping to scoop their dog poop. Dr. Tika Bar-On, a veterinarian who I spoke...

Obama said this about solar power. McCain said that about climate change. You no longer have to spar with your "green" friends over who is saying what for the next election, thanks to SpeechWars, a handy little application that let's you compare, word-for-word what America's presidential candidates...

I talk with scientific researchers every day, and can't help but notice a growing trend: what was once relegated to the realm of naturopaths, witchdoctors and alternative practitioners, is now becoming mainstream science. Drug hunters --- scientists looking for the next breakthrough drug -- are turning to...

Gal Luft is the most hated man in Riyadh, Detroit, and Des Moines, according to Esquire Magazine who's voted him as one of America's brightest in 2007. Luft, who also happens to be Israeli, is pretty vocal in Washington about getting America off foreign oil....

I've lived in Israel for almost a decade and was beginning to think that environmentalism in this part of the woods was a Jewish thing. Israel is bursting at the seams today with NGOs fighting for fair trade, climate change, urban planning and pollution, with a little,...

One would think that members countries from the OEPC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) in the Persian Gulf who are sitting on a quarter of the world's oil reserves would like to stall the development of clean technologies and thereby the creation of alternatives to oil,...

More than a decade before the new millennium, Prince had written a song about it. "Party like it's 1999," became a classic and North Americans even used it to usher in the New Year.

According to Andrew Simms, a UK climate change specialist, the world has about 100 months...

With the skyrocketing gas prices, more families are taking family vacations close to home. I've noticed an increase of tent ads in the fliers being sent to my parent's home in Canada, and suddenly all my spoiled friends are "slumming it" by going camping. What's happening?

My dad who...

Israel and its surrounding region suffers greatly from water shortages. Water is a national concern, and if there is one thing that concerns everyone beyond security issues, it's the amount of water in the Sea of Galilee, known by locals as the Kinneret. The national news reports regularly on...

VISA issues aside, eco-touring is no longer a concept found only in the West. More Middle Eastern organizations are starting to cater to the ecologically minded and are marketing eco-tours.

Whether it's a trek on...

The Dead Sea, shared by Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians isn't listed as one of the Wonders of the World, but it should be. It is ominously still, and its beauty breathtaking. Chunky crystals of salt wash up on shore like diamonds, cutting through a black silky mud. Pink mountains,...

Two weeks ago TreeHugger founder and green visionary Graham Hill spoke about the sustainability of beauty in design. "We save beauty," Graham said. Beautiful things of quality stay with us. We tend to save and protect them. I agree with Graham, especially when it comes to items of design...

Okay, we admit it, we were kind of intoxicated too at first. Shai Agassi, of Project Better Place, had a new vision for the way electric cars can be built, sold and refueled. The handsome, charismatic businessman took that vision to investors who followed. Today, with Renault-Nissan signed on...

It's been a busy week few weeks for us Israelis. After recovering from George W. Bush's visit which shut down Jerusalem's main arteries for a couple of days, the tiny nation welcomed Al Gore. He was at Tel Aviv University to collect a $1 million Dan David Prize...