Environment
All-In-One Kit Turns Urban Roofs Into Energy-Producing Gardens
A bird’s eye view of the skies above Basel, Copenhagen and Paris will reveal – aside from the spectacular views – rooftops that lately have been blooming with abundance of greenery. These rooftops adorned with vegetables and other vegetation are known as green roofs and have become mandatory for new and freshly renovated spaces in […]
October 01, 2023
Compost Drum Turning Muck Into Money, Shrinking Israeli Landfills
An Israeli company wants to reduce the nation’s numerous landfill sites with its organic waste disposal system. EcoCity Green’s solution takes a wide range of organic waste and converts it into marketable compost on site, in what company founder and CEO Erez Wolf says is a unique, low-energy, low-cost process. “This is the game changer […]
September 19, 2023
How Online Gaming And Food Reviews Can Help Save The Planet
Imagine saving baby turtles just by playing your favorite online game or clearing pollution from the ocean simply by leaving a review of a new restaurant. Israeli startup Dots.Eco lets you do just that, teaming up with customer review websites, gaming companies and other online organizations to reward daily online interactions with steps to save […]
September 05, 2023
Essential Oil Pesticide Keeping Crops Healthy And Organic
An Israeli startup has created an organic formula for protecting plants against insects and fungi using an essential oil as its base ingredient. BotanoHealth’s BH-B spray uses thyme oil, which co-founder and CEO Yaniv Kitron tells NoCamels has known anti-mold and anti-fungal properties. Pest attacks on crops are expensive. According to the US Food and […]
August 29, 2023
Green Garments: Startup Turns Old Clothes Into New Plastics
An Israeli startup is developing a way to make brand new plastic products from the moth-eaten shirts, torn pants, and other unwanted clothes that we normally throw away. TextRe uses synthetic fibers such as polyester and nylon from textile waste, and combines them with certain substances, including a reduced amount of plastic and other unnamed […]
August 22, 2023
Looking For Sustainable Protein? Try A Pinch Of Fruit Fly Powder
The next time you see a fruit fly buzzing around your bowl of apples and oranges, you should think twice before swatting it away. These tiny insects may be the solution to a better-balanced diet and a more sustainable future in agriculture, according to Israeli startup Flying Spark. The Rehovot-based company, which was founded […]
August 20, 2023
Hot In The City? Startup Using Plants To Cool Urban Areas
An Israeli startup is countering the effects of rising urban temperatures by making cities greener, with smart infrastructure that helps create green walls, roofs and pergolas to bring down the heat. Growing urbanization has led to phenomenon known as the urban heat island effect. This is when temperatures in a city increase relative to outlying […]
August 13, 2023
Special Strain Of Wheat Makes Durable, Eco-Friendly Straws
Up in a small northern Israeli town, a startup is growing fields of genetically engineered wheat that can withstand the challenges of climate change – but it’s not cultivating the grain for food. The specialized seeds yield wheat with thicker and larger stalks that are being used to create biodegradable yet durable drinking straws. Blue […]
July 20, 2023
Startup Rents Roofs For Solar Panels, Sells Owners Cheap Power
For decades, the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) has enjoyed a monopoly on power supply in the country. But in the last five years Israel has moved to end this monopoly, and allow other companies to enter the field. And for one innovative solar energy firm, this means a real opportunity to make the country more […]
July 16, 2023
Israelis Engineer High-Yield Seed Oil For Better Biofuel Production
An Israeli company has developed genetically engineered versions of the ancient castor bean – and their higher yields and higher oil content are helping nations power their vehicles with greener fuel. The castor bean – which despite looking like a bean is actually a seed from the Spurge family of flowering plants – has been […]
July 11, 2023
‘Secret Sauce’ Makes Plastic-Free Packaging A Real Alternative
While restaurant chains and cafes are doing their part to preserve our environment by using eco-friendly single-use items and packaging, often the greener alternative is less than durable. A startup in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, northern Israel, says it has developed a “secret sauce” – comprising natural and synthetic materials – that makes environmentally friendly utensils […]
June 22, 2023
Clearing Carbon From The Air With A Fridge And A Balloon
Dozens of huge balloons are taking to the skies over Germany. They’re not carrying passengers eager to witness stunning views, but rather fridge-like containers that suck harmful carbon emissions out of the air and freeze them. It may seem like a strange way of tackling the climate crisis, but Israeli startup High Hopes Labs insists […]
June 12, 2023
Giant Ice Trays Cool Buildings Using Green Energy
Summer is almost upon us, and with it, mass use of air conditioning that takes up around 40 percent of all electricity consumption in buildings, something that energy grids simply cannot support. That’s why one Israeli company is using ice as a cheaper, greener method to cool office blocks at those times of the day […]
June 05, 2023
Coffee Goes Green With Home-Roasted Beans
Getting fresh coffee into our hands usually exacts a huge carbon footprint, requiring thousands of air miles and myriad packaging at every stage of the production chain. Coffee machines normally use beans that have already been roasted, which involves a resource-heavy heating process as well as shipping beans from one place to another over extended […]
May 10, 2023
Solar Farm To Generate Power For 250,000 Israelis
Israeli farmers are providing a parcel of land each for solar panels to generate renewable power for a quarter of a million people. The country enjoys an enviable 300 days of sunshine a year, on average, yet nearly 70 percent of its electricity is produced by burning natural gas from its massive reserves in the […]
May 09, 2023