Environment

Twelve marine and environmental studies graduate students from the Middle East and Europe are taking part in a two-week Mediterranean research project off the shores of La Spezia, Italy, to protect the unique ecosystem shared by countries that might not typically have relations.

Israeli students are putting their heads together to create green smart-phone applications that will help environmental causes. Their apps will presented at a clean-tech exhibit in July.

Israel last week presented its first giant commercial solar field that will power three villages in the Arava desert. The energy supplied by the panels will be equal to 7 percent of the energy needs of the town of Eilat, one of Israel's biggest resort towns, according to the Arava Power Company.

Amir and Liat Shahar- Israeli kindergarten teacher and Yoga instructor present a very unique way of educating about the environment. In about a year or so they are planning to release an international animated series, named Leafers.

Israeli company Particle Monitoring Technologies (PML) has come up with a dark laser beam that can monitor, separate and identify the tiniest particles in water, cement and fuel, to help ensure higher standards of water purification and a reduction in CO2 emissions.

Why is an Israeli device that resembles a computerized spider attracting international attention in the field of alternative energy? As Bob Dylan might put it,“the answer is blowing in the wind.”

For Tel Aviv-Jaffa residents and workers sick of skyrocketing gasoline prices and incessant traffic jams, the introduction of a new city-wide pilot bike-rental project this month couldn't have come at a better time.

For most of us who grew up in developed countries, clean water is a given, not something we've ever given much thought. Yet in the United States alone, an estimate of 7 million tons of chemicals are being used in order to clean water every year. What effect do these chemicals have on us and on the environment?

Israel's Ben-Gurion University gets $1.3 million grant to help develop ‘Clever Robots for Crops' that will harvest only the ripest fruits and vegetables.

While eating fish is considered healthy, the effects of mercury - a metal which accumulates in the body - are not and can include damage to the nervous system and liver functions. A new Israeli study shows where all this mercury comes from.

Israel's top golf club is always thinking of new ways to save water. The club even imported a type of grass from beaches on South Africa's and Australia's borders, with grass roots that can grow strong even when sprinkled with salt water.

A hotel for orchids recently opened in Israel, with all the accommodations and pampering treatments this flower loves. The stay costs approximately $0.60 per night, leaving the flower owners feeling confident when they go away on holiday.

An Israeli cleantech company will be providing water purifying systems to Peru and is in talks to do the same in England and South Africa after it invented a unique floating device.

As children, we read stories about bees which taught us to believe that the stingy creatures are only attracted to the sweet nectar of flowers. It turns out that some types of bees just prefer good old plain fruits and vegetables, which makes them invaluable for farmers.

Three Israeli innovators are among 80 people worldwide to be awarded a scholarship to a prestigious NASA graduate program, which will assist the students in executing initiatives aimed at dealing with the pressing world challenges.