June 22, 2014
8:34 pm

Jerusalem municipality workers clear garbage in the center of Jerusalem Sunday. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

No more plastic shopping bags in Israel

From our blogs A new law may cause a radical change in Israelis’ buying habits

By Batya Sue Sharabi

May 28, 2014
5:56 pm

Greenpeace activists repel from the roof of Tel Aviv city hall, May 28, 2014, to hang a 200 square meter (yards) banner encouraging Mayor Ron Huldai to stop the city's policy of using controversial timber from the Amazon rainforest for city projects. (photo credit: Greenpeace/courtesy)

Activists rappel down Tel Aviv city hall to protest ‘illegal timber’

Environmentalists hang massive banner demanding that mayor stop using wood from the Amazon

By Spencer Ho

May 22, 2014
7:35 pm

Members of the delegation to the Israel-China Economic Summit at the Knesset Tuesday (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Top Chinese official: Arab boycott fears over

From icy aloofness a decade ago, Chinese government and business officials are embracing Israel as a partner

By David Shamah

April 17, 2014
1:18 pm

Illegal waste dumping site in a field in Israel, Nov 21, 2008. (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash 90)

Getting the environment lost in translation

From our blogs Israel has some significant environmental legislation, but understanding those laws is hard for those who aren’t experts in Hebrew ‘legalese’

By Ronen Shnidman

April 3, 2014
12:24 pm

Illustrative photo of Israeli rowers cruise past a sign warning of polluted water outside Haifa on May 18, 2013. (photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash 90)

Israel joins environmental value labeling

From the web AI Monitor: More Israeli companies are adopting the EU’s Environmental Product Declaration

February 18, 2014
2:13 pm

The pergolaed overlook at Ariel Sharon Park (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Once a dump, Sharon park officially opens near Tel Aviv

Major green space, to be three times the size of Central Park when completed, constructed atop former Hiriya landfill

By Times of Israel staff

January 17, 2014
3:19 am

Food writer Mark Bittman wants you to eat more plants. (photo credit: Courtesy photo/JTA)

Food writer Mark Bittman is kosher on food policy

Not the most orthodox vegetarian, Bittman advocates veganism — foregoing meat, poultry, fish, dairy or eggs — until evening

By Uriel Heilman

December 20, 2013
3:05 pm

A Mapal aeration system in action (Photo credit: Courtesy)

‘Bubble tech’ start-up closes deal with huge UK water concern

Israel’s Mapal Green Energy closes deal with Thames Water, which could see its water purification system serving all London

By David Shamah

September 17, 2013
4:56 am

Israelis enjoy a hazy late-summer beach day in Tel Aviv, last week (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Israelis living long, happy lives, study finds

Despite rising pollution and low aliyah rates, government report shows the overwhelming majority of citizens are content, even with their finances

By Lazar Berman

September 13, 2013
8:00 am

Israelis riding their bikes on the empty streets of Jerusalem on Yom Kippur (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Study shows Yom Kippur’s empty roads make for cleaner air

New research finds an immediate drop in air pollution when Israelis mark the calendar’s most solemn day

By David Shamah

August 8, 2013
12:04 pm

Energy and Water Resources Minister Silvan Shalom (center) prepares to turn on the connection that will pump natural gas into a Ramat Hovav factory, the first factory in Israel to use natural gas as its source of power (Photo credit: Courtesy Phibro Israel)

‘Israel’s dump’ now trailblazer for a better environment

Ramat Hovav, once an environmental minefiled, is reborn as an eco-park — and a center for clean-burning and alternative energy projects

By David Shamah

July 31, 2013
1:08 pm

Germany's Jews Go Green takes a core social value -- environmentalism -- and infuses it with Judaism. (photo credit: courtesy)

Jews in Germany connect Judaism to the environment

With 100,000 largely disconnected Jews, activists are linking religious values to social issues and bringing community to Jewish youth

By Nicole Levin

June 6, 2013
10:37 am

An illustrative photo of a chicken (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Empire Kosher fined for environmental violations

Charges include chemical spills, discharge of untreated industrial wastewater, improper storage of solid waste

May 28, 2013
5:06 am

A Better Place recharging station in Tel Aviv (photo credit: Serge Attal/Flash90)

The car’s out of juice, but the Better Place vision may drive on

A day after the pioneering electric car company announced bankruptcy, some argue that the eulogies are premature

By David Shamah

February 11, 2013
7:54 pm

An Israeli train station (illustrative photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Tel Aviv to Eilat fast train moves one stop closer

Environmental concerns overruled; national planning committee still has to approve plan

By Aaron Kalman

Topic: environmental issues

No more plastic shopping bags in Israel

From our blogs A new law may cause a radical change in Israelis’ buying habits

Activists rappel down Tel Aviv city hall to protest ‘illegal timber’

Environmentalists hang massive banner demanding that mayor stop using wood from the Amazon

Top Chinese official: Arab boycott fears over

From icy aloofness a decade ago, Chinese government and business officials are embracing Israel as a partner

Getting the environment lost in translation

From our blogs Israel has some significant environmental legislation, but understanding those laws is hard for those who aren’t experts in Hebrew ‘legalese’

Israel joins environmental value labeling

From the web AI Monitor: More Israeli companies are adopting the EU’s Environmental Product Declaration

Once a dump, Sharon park officially opens near Tel Aviv

Major green space, to be three times the size of Central Park when completed, constructed atop former Hiriya landfill

Food writer Mark Bittman is kosher on food policy

Not the most orthodox vegetarian, Bittman advocates veganism — foregoing meat, poultry, fish, dairy or eggs — until evening

‘Bubble tech’ start-up closes deal with huge UK water concern

Israel’s Mapal Green Energy closes deal with Thames Water, which could see its water purification system serving all London

Israelis living long, happy lives, study finds

Despite rising pollution and low aliyah rates, government report shows the overwhelming majority of citizens are content, even with their finances

Study shows Yom Kippur’s empty roads make for cleaner air

New research finds an immediate drop in air pollution when Israelis mark the calendar’s most solemn day

‘Israel’s dump’ now trailblazer for a better environment

Ramat Hovav, once an environmental minefiled, is reborn as an eco-park — and a center for clean-burning and alternative energy projects

Jews in Germany connect Judaism to the environment

With 100,000 largely disconnected Jews, activists are linking religious values to social issues and bringing community to Jewish youth

Empire Kosher fined for environmental violations

Charges include chemical spills, discharge of untreated industrial wastewater, improper storage of solid waste

The car’s out of juice, but the Better Place vision may drive on

A day after the pioneering electric car company announced bankruptcy, some argue that the eulogies are premature

Tel Aviv to Eilat fast train moves one stop closer

Environmental concerns overruled; national planning committee still has to approve plan

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