Environment

With global air travel expected to reach 5.9 trillion passengers by 2015 and concerns for the environment at an all time high, EL AL, Israel's largest international airline, encourages passengers to book online and by doing to offset their carbon emissions.

Researches from a design school in Israel claim they have succeeded in solving a problem that has been preoccupying airlines for years and has even caused aircraft accidents: accumulation of ice on airplanes. And it's all from analyzing the lotus flower.

Israeli Ben-Gurion University's first Jordanian PhD student discusses his work in desalination and a road to regional peace through science.

In the fields of the Galilee in Israel, big and healthy seeds are grown which some claim could alter the world hunger crisis and shortage of fuel, no less. Kaiima, an Israeli agricultural start-up, is multiplying the genome of plants and making them bigger, stronger and more fertile.

The world's first agricultural "cloud" system will help farmers around the world with pest control; pricing; international regulations, all according to their individual needs.

Israeli geologists have unveiled a new tool that allows researchers to learn critical lessons for the future by understanding patterns of seismic activity in the past.

The implications for Israel of the West’s growing dependence on Middle Eastern oil are troubling for the country. Yet there are two new developments in Israel's energy sector that could well offset these trends and eventually alter its standing.

To stop using chemical pest-control substances, Israeli farmers have turned to the novel method of releasing masses of sterile insect species into their crops.

A new "green" project in Israel intends to recycle the rubber from old tires, and use as many as 1,400 tires per kilometer of new paved highway. In a pilot trial, a 1.1 kilometer section of road was paved using an experimental mixture that included hundreds of recycled tires and a blend of asphalt.

The Israeli Design Museum of Holon’s exhibition: “Post Fossil: Excavating 21st Century Creation” shows the works of 60 contemporary artists from around the world. They illustrate how the design of the future can be inspired by the archaic aesthetics and organic materials of the past.

Israeli-born architect Moshe Safdie is famous for his “Habitat 67″ design. His most recent commission – a pixelated residential complex – will be built in Qinhuangdao, China and will include a host of friendly green design components.

Specialized Israeli VC funds start to invest in clean technology, a market niche that is gaining traction in Israel's established technology sector.

Used in World War I as a choking pulmonary agent, chlorine is now primarily used in drinking water and swimming pools to kill harmful bacteria. EcoVida, an Israeli-based CleanTech company, is introducing a new low cost system to minimize the use of chlorine in water.

Eilat-Eilot conference is a yearly conference of renewable energy which discusses the newest innovations in renewable energy and cleach tech. The 2011 coference, which will be the 4th one, will be held in Eilat - the biggest beach resort city in Israel.

Israeli company IDE is expanding its foreign operations by signing a deal with China’s large Tianjin SDIC electricity company to build four water desalination plants.