A new super pasta wheat developed in Israel has high nutritional quality, inbuilt pest-protection, and it also tastes great, according to Europe’s most discerning pasta experts. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90. Could Israel become the pasta wheat growing capital of the …
Environment
A windfall for Israel’s ‘waterfall’ sewage treatment firm
Mapal breaks into British market with its unique system for faster and more efficient treatment of wastewater.
Desert university goes green with gusto
Israel’s Ben Gurion University is passionate about reducing its ecological footprint. With a strong environmental flavor to its courses already, it’s no wonder that Ben Gurion University is embracing the Green Campus label with such enthusiasm. It may not be …
Throwing out the garbage together
A project that targets shared environmental hazards in the north convinces Israel’s Arabs and Jews that cooperation is worthwhile. Members of the Forum for Environmental Justice examine some of the environmental hazards in the Galilee region. They meet once …
Israel’s clean tech clicks with Ohio’s
Israel’s privatized clean tech incubator LN Greentech is about to branch out in the US, starting with the state of Ohio. “Israel is our home… but the market is in the US,” Klara Oren, CEO of LN Greentech. Klara …
Environmentalists say no to Red-Dead seas link [video]
Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian environmentalists are challenging a World Bank-administered plan to revive the dying Dead Sea.
Texans tip their Stetsons to Israeli business
ISRAEL21c learns why the second-largest state in the US and the smallest state in the Middle East make good business together. Making links between two “Lone Star states”, Arie Brish, founder of the Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce. While at …
Luring low- and high-tech to the Negev desert
In a tribute to founding Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, two former IDF colonels have set up a technology incubator designed to green southern Israel. Photo by Doron Horowitz/Flash90. Israel’s Negev desert is a development challenge, but a new incubator called …
Quenching your thirst with the sea
An Israeli company is making seawater potable for millions of people worldwide, with 400 desalination plants in 40 countries, producing 2,000,000 cubic meters of water a day. Photo by Edi Israel/Flash90. A worker at IDE’s desalination plant in Ashdod, …
A new wind blows between Israelis and Palestinians
Despite the latest tensions, two companies – one Palestinian and one Israeli – are integrating wind turbines together in the West Bank and beyond. A bridge of peace: The team from Israel Wind Power and Brothers Engineering Group. A …
Quality control for alternative energy success
Israel’s BrightView Systems aims to encourage solar energy use by optimizing efficiency, improving quality and ensuring the reliability of solar panels. At the start of an industry build up – Benny Shoham, CEO of BrightView Systems. For hybrid cars, wind …