By Paul Shindman
Ornithology was the last thing on my mind when I pulled into the parking lot at Kibbutz Yotvata’s highway oasis in the Arava desert. We were on our way home from a vacation in Eilat and with four kids under the age of 10, we definitely needed the pit stop.
It was around 11 [...]

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By Adam Michael Segal
Renewable energy is all the rage these days, and Israel is looking to connect with Canada for help in fuelling up.
To that end, a group of Canadian businesspeople recently attended an information session in Toronto regarding opportunities with the Eilat-Eilot Energy Technological Center.
The centre aims to “develop vertically integrated renewable energy projects [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
Karin, a Canadian-Israeli, meets Prince Hassan of Jordan at a water security conference in Switzerland last week.
It was a meeting of minds, water minds. Water consultants, ambassadors who’ve built water treaties, and government specialists and negotiators from around the Middle East and Europe gathered in Montreux, Switzerland for a two-day workshop on Water [...]

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We already know that Israel and the Province of Manitoba are collaborating on wetlands research. And last year Canada’s water experts from Manitoba were in Israel to learn about the very dry country’s techniques in water conservation.
Last week my friend from Reuters sent me a note that Israel is to host the second Manitoba-Israel Water [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
Jewish religious values can help green The Holy Land.
Noam Dolgin is a Jewish environmental educator and the executive director of the Green Zionist Alliance (GZA). Based in Vancouver, Canada, he travels regularly around North America teaching about Jewish environmental values and Israel’s environment.
Here’s our interview with him:
What are your organization’s core activities, [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
Canadian press eager to try out Better Place’s electric car can get a chance during the COP15 climate change summit happening this month in Denmark.
At the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP15), Better Place will demonstrate the full EV driving experience with Renault cars at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel in Copenhagen December [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
Like Canada, the Israeli public may be ahead of its government by wanting more action to fight climate change. Here is the latest poll from Israel indicating their readiness to fight greenhouse gas emissions at Copenhagen:
In advance of Copenhagen, a new survey shows that Israelis seek action against climate change.
The Israeli public [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
Raising money ain’t childsplay, but the fruits of those fundraising efforts will be. Manitoba and Tel Aviv are collaborating to build a playground in the Ajami neighbourhood of Jaffa, a collaboration that was launched in Winnipeg recently.
The Manitoba-Israel Shared Values Roundtable (MISVR), led by Manitoba Minister of Water Stewardship Christine Melnick, will [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
The Eilat-Eilot International Renewable Energy Conference (www.eilatenergy.com) sent me a press release today that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the TSX) is looking to develop relationships with Israeli clean tech companies.
The Toronto Stock Exchange offers the world’s largest market for clean tech companies, and the world’s eighth largest stock exchange, according to the release.
Israeli [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman

They’re on investors’ hit lists and the green tech media is keen to monitor their progress. Environmentalists and key policy makers around the world urge them on. Israeli solar technology innovators are channelling and shaping the sun’s energy and breaking North America’s dependence on oil.
With organizations like the Cleantech Group, an international business [...]

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