By Yannai Kranzler
How would you respond to sitting on an airplane, digging into the seat pocket in front of you, to discover that your complementary in-flight magazine was dedicated to caring for the environment?
Would you be thankful? Hopeful? Would you laugh? Would you sigh and say, “Well, I’m the one paying them to emit Carbon [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Energy’
The Happy Planet Index: Putting the Eco back into Economics
Posted in ecology, tagged Climate Change, Ecological Footprint, Energy, GDP, Global Warming, Happy Planet Index, HPI on July 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
By Rabbi Julian Sinclair
How are we doing?
Not as well as you might think, according to the Happy Planet Index (HPI) which released it’s third annual ranking of nearly all the world’s countries last week.
The HPI is an alternative to GDP as a measure of national well-being. A country’s HPI score is calculated by multiplying together its life expectancy and [...]
Solar Power Pioneer, Arnold Goldman: How our Electricity can become “Fuel for Life”
Posted in Climate Change, Luz2, Renewable Energy, Solar Power, tagged Alternative Energy, Arnold Goldman, Brightsource, Climate Change, ecology, economy, Energy, fuel for life, Global Warming, green jobs, Policy, power, Renewable Energy, Solar Power on May 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Arnold Goldman has been impacting the evolution of solar power for three decades. His company, Brightsource Industries, is currently working on a solar field in California that will nearly double America’s solar energy output. Brightsource’s Solar Energy Development Center (SEDC) at the Rotem Industrial Park in Israel is the largest solar energy facility in the [...]
Video: Dr. Michael Kagan Introduces “The Plan”
Posted in By Michael Kagan, Climate Change, Judaism, Religion and Climate Change, Taking Action, tagged Jewish Climate Initiative, Climate Change, Environment, Judaism, Global Warming, ecology, sustainability, Energy, Blessing of the Sun, Dr. Michael Kagan, 1981 on April 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In the following video, Jewish Climate Initiative Co-Founder, Dr. Michael Kagan, discusses the significance of the recent Blessing of the Sun and introduces The Seven Year Plan for the Jewish People on Climate Change and Sustainability, at the Vayehi Or: Values and Vision in Energy and Climate Change Workshop in Jerusalem. (More videos from the [...]
Solar Power, Wind Power and Spiritual Power Come Together at Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference in Southern Israel
Posted in Good News, Israel Environment, Rabbi Julian Sinclair, Renewable Energy, Solar Power, tagged Alternative Energy, Aora, Apricum, Arava Power Company, Arnold Goldman, Brightsource, Development, Dobrott, ecology, Eilat Eilot Conference, Energy, Environment, israel, Judaism, Luz2, Rabbi Julian Sinclair, Renewable Energy, Solar Power, sustainability, Yossi Abramawitz on February 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
By Rabbi Julian Sinclair
Two things were clear from attending the International Renewable Energy Conference that took place in Eilat this week.
The first is that Israel is now a world leader in clean energy.
The second is that there is a small but growing group of players in the field who see this not just as a [...]
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