Nitrates in drinking water pose serious health problems, but a new low-tech solution from Israel is coming to the rescue.
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.
A year of healing after the great Carmel fire
A massive inferno last December took a devastating toll on the northern Israeli biosphere, but there’s some good news 12 months later. Photos courtesy of the KKL-JNF archive Battling the December 2010 fire. Winter flowers are blooming in the Carmel …
Kite surfing spurs solar energy breakthrough
Israel’s Eternegy can get 40 percent more power from the sun with lightweight solar energy trackers based on the principles of kite surfing. Photo by Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90 Efficient tracking of the sun’s rays, thanks to kite surfing. A kite surfer …
Super strain argan oil now made in Israel
Argan oil, the much-in-demand product of the endangered Moroccan argan tree, is now available in a hardy ‘super’ strain developed in Israel. Argan 100 is a “super” strain developed to grow in Israel. There isn’t much left for chefs to …
Giant storage bags save crops from mold, pests
Israeli-designed GrainPro Cocoons provide a surprisingly simple and cheap way for African and Asian farmers to keep their grain market-fresh. The cocoon in action. When the ancient Israelite Joseph told Egypt’s Pharaoh that there would be a seven-year famine, he …
New VC is watering Israel’s ‘smart gardens’
Seeking startups offering solutions in agro-tech niche, AquAgro II encourages water- and energy-saving ideas to feed the world. Investment companies in Israel have diversified to include green technology investments in their portfolios, but few firms focus solely on accelerating …
Creating sunnier days for Israel’s desert dwellers
Arava Power is working with Southern Israel’s Bedouin community to capture a share of the burgeoning solar power market. Arava Power’s Yosef Abramowitz, center, with Bedouins at the future Tarabin solar field in southern Israel. “Sixty percent of the country …
Growing forests in the desert
Israeli environmental scientists plant hardy trees meant to improve air quality and provide renewable fuel, using ‘unusable’ land and water.
Israel helps former Nigerian rebels trade weapons for land
Ex-freedom fighters from Nigeria are being sent to an Israeli institute to learn vital skills for self-sufficiency. Nigerians learned livelihood skills at the Galilee International Management Institute in Israel. After fighting big oil, ex-rebels from the Niger Delta of Nigeria …
Dead Sea divers discover new forms of life
Way underneath the salty surface of the lowest spot on earth, microorganisms and underground springs thrive.