Sustainability

The rise of sustainable fashion: Why consumers are rethinking fast fashion

"Consumers are shifting away from fast fashion toward more sustainable choices, prioritizing quality, ethics, and environmental responsibility over cheap, disposable trends."
Rises on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange – Green Screens.

The scarcity doctrine and Israel’s historic weakness as a global strength - opinion

Harvesting coffee cherries that contain the coffee beans used to make coffee.

Strauss coffee initiative brews opportunity for women farmers in the Global South

Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

'Pollution without borders': Gaza sewage flows north, contaminating Israeli waters


Israel-Bahrain water sustainability cooperation can help avert crisis

In the long run, a Middle East alliance for water sustainability can have a positive impact on saving the Dead Sea, which is lacking regional cooperation. 

 EXTENSIVE COASTAL development in Manama.

Solar energy can now be stored for up to 18 years, say scientists

One step closer to charging our electronics with on-demand solar energy.

 Gigawatt Global's 7.5 MW Solar Field in Burundi

IMF expects 'significant' pledges for new Resilience and Sustainability Trust

Officials expected significant pledges to come in, although it could take longer to reach the full target, Craig Beaumon said.

International Monetary Fund logo is seen outside the headquarters building during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, US, April 20, 2018.

Tel Aviv unveils new eco-friendly shading, lighting system pilot

This new innovative pilot will provide an innovate, flexible and lightweight system in Tel Aviv's Atidim Park that, depending on the time of day, will either provide shade or light.

 LumiWeave

Judaism's view on climate change, planetary conservation

Dramatic technological innovations have altered the equation.

 MAN IS co-architect with God in refining Creation.

Earth Day: How is Israel helping the environment?

Ahead of Earth Day, we check in: Israeli environmental NGOs and activists help the world, but how are things back here?

 FAIR PLANET site coordinator Hila Kedem checks in with a farmer in east Ethiopia during tomato harvest.

The impact of deforestation goes beyond carbon emissions – new study

In the same way that an umbrella disperses rain and keeps the person underneath dry, forests play the same biophysical role with heat.

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 17, 2019.

SupPlant closes $27M funding round, continues to help farmers save water

SupPlant intends to bring its technology to markets around the globe

 SupPlant's latest crop insight device/

Social Fund investments lead to less charitable donations -TAU study

Investment firms have marketed ESG (Environment, Society and Government) social investments as a way for investors to achieve financial returns while also making a social impact.

 A person holds inflatable Earth as climate activists including Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future stage a protest demanding more action whilst G20 climate and environment ministers hold a meeting in Naples, Italy, July 22, 2021.

How does composting work in Jerusalem?

One-third of all the organic waste sent for recycling in Israel came from Jerusalem (whose population accounts for only 10% of the total for Israel). 

Compost heap (INGIMAGE)