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Green light given for Israel’s largest solar energy field

Arava Power Company plans to complete $150 million project by mid-2014

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Deep Negev heat leads to multi-billion dollar business

New York Times: When American educator Yosef Abramowitz found out that a sunny kibbutz in the Arava desert wasn’t using plentiful solar energy to power the place, he did something about it

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CNN show to feature Arava Power head as environmental pioneer

Yosef Abramowitz made aliya from the Boston area in 2006 to head a 4.95-megawatt, medium-sized photovoltaic field on Kibbutz Ketura

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Frankincense comes home for Christmas

After a 1,500 year absence, the biblical plant has been resurrected in the Holy Land

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Drivers lead an electrifying battle to recharge Better Place

Inspired by the pioneering vision and loving their cars, a group of owners coalesce around perennial entrepreneur Yosef Abramowitz to try to salvage the bankrupt firm

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In the barren south, Israelis and Arabs work to green the Middle East

At Arava Valley environmental program, seeds of cooperation take root among Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians

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In Rwanda, Israeli-inspired youth village is walking on sunshine

East Africa's largest field of solar panels leases land from Agahozo Shalom Youth Village, highlighting the rural area as a center of innovation

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F-35 jets to buzz Independence Day celebrations for first time

Planes to fly 850-km. route from Beersheba in the Negev to Katzrin in the Golan, and most cities in between, as part of annual air show

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French group Solabia buys kibbutz-based algae-maker Algatech

Israeli company spearheads research into microalgae, a valuable source of ingredients for cosmetics and food supplements and a potential future basis of a sustainable food supply

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West Nile fever is back, and coronavirus sufferers told to take ‘extra care’

Environmental Protection Ministry finds infected mosquitoes in Kishon Stream in north; Yotvata, Ketura, Eliphaz and Grofit in south

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Israelis, Palestinians launch joint environmental diplomacy center

Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, Damour for Community Development take quiet cooperation with Oxford University Martin School up a notch to further regional climate work

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