Green light given for Israel’s largest solar energy field
Arava Power Company plans to complete $150 million project by mid-2014
View ArticleDeep 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
View ArticleCNN 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
View ArticleFrankincense comes home for Christmas
After a 1,500 year absence, the biblical plant has been resurrected in the Holy Land
View ArticleDrivers 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
View ArticleIn 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
View ArticleIn 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
View ArticleF-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
View ArticleFrench 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
View ArticleWest 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
View ArticleIsraelis, 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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