Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Grand Mufti introduces green pilgrimage -

A Muslim Seven Year Plan will turn Medina into a green model city and make the journeys of millions of worshippers to Mecca sustainable.

Friends of the Earth Middle East - newsletter - December 2009 Newsletter

I haven't posted much about the group Friends of the Earth Middle East but I greatly admire their efforts and thought I would post a link to their December 2009 Newsletter that discusses some of their initiatives such as the Good Waters Neighbor and the construction of a Jordan Valley Environmental Education Center in Ouja Palestine. EcoPeace / Friends of the Earth Middle East - newsletter - Good water neighbors

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Netanyahu Deeply Concerned about Solar Energy

"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "The strategic problem of the State of Israel is first and foremost the concentration of oil in the wrong hands and the unjust distribution of wealth in the world. If we develop energy alternatives to oil we will be able to change the global energy balance. I am ready to recruit government and private funds to encourage research and development in the search for alternatives to oil. The most available source we have in plenty - sunlight, solar energy.""

Read the story on the website of the Israeli Ministry of the Environment