Sustainability

Saudi Arabia postpones 2029 Asian Winter Games at NEOM after repeated delays

The postponement marks a setback for the kingdom, which has committed to hosting several major events over the next decade.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman announces a zero-carbon city called "The Line" to be built at NEOM in northwestern Saudi Arabia, January 10, 2021.
One of Leket Israel’s Logistics Centers: An economic endeavor

The food Israel wastes each year could feed a country, so why doesn’t it?

A DIESEL fashion installation at Ramat Aviv Mall.

How 300 kg of jeans scraps turned into a stunning art installation at Ramat Aviv Mall

 Wadi Attir in the Negev, aims to promote sustainable agriculture among Israel's Bedouin community, January 28, 2025.

Wadi Attir shows how infrastructure can transform Negev's Bedouin communities - opinion


Earth Day: How is Israel helping the environment?

Ahead of Earth Day, we check in: Israeli environmental NGOs and activists help the world, but how are things back here?

 FAIR PLANET site coordinator Hila Kedem checks in with a farmer in east Ethiopia during tomato harvest.

The impact of deforestation goes beyond carbon emissions – new study

In the same way that an umbrella disperses rain and keeps the person underneath dry, forests play the same biophysical role with heat.

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 17, 2019.

SupPlant closes $27M funding round, continues to help farmers save water

SupPlant intends to bring its technology to markets around the globe

 SupPlant's latest crop insight device/

Social Fund investments lead to less charitable donations -TAU study

Investment firms have marketed ESG (Environment, Society and Government) social investments as a way for investors to achieve financial returns while also making a social impact.

 A person holds inflatable Earth as climate activists including Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future stage a protest demanding more action whilst G20 climate and environment ministers hold a meeting in Naples, Italy, July 22, 2021.

How does composting work in Jerusalem?

One-third of all the organic waste sent for recycling in Israel came from Jerusalem (whose population accounts for only 10% of the total for Israel). 

Compost heap (INGIMAGE)

This week in Jerusalem: Happy house

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 WILL TALBIYEH'S verdant Rose Garden be the site of a cafe?

Bringing chickpea benefits to more consumers worldwide

Ingredion announces equity investment in InnovoPro, a day before 'World Pulses Day 2022'.

 Chickpea burger

Climate-smart agriculture helps us grow more with less - opinion

Our world needs to find ways to grow more produce on less available land, using less water, and in a more climate-friendly way.

 WHAT FOOD problem? Osher Ad in Jerusalem’s Givat Shaul.

Israel's Transportation Ministry plans cutting car use in half

"Sustainable traffic — the way to promote quality of life in the city"

 THE LONELINESS of the Covid bus passenger.

TAU helps crack mystery of photosynthesis in fast-growing algae

This discovery will play an important role in future studies in the fields of agriculture and sustainable food.

 Alga Chlorella Ohadii.