Category : JPost - Entertainment

Australia lost a third of its koalas in three years

Australia has lost about 30% of its koalas over the past three years, hit by drought, bushfires and developers cutting down trees, the Australian Koala Foundation said, urging the government to do more to protect the creature's habitat.T...

UNEP, IQAir develop calculator to combat air pollution in cities

The first-ever real-time air pollution exposure calculator has been developed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with Swiss air quality technology company IQAir, and was announced on Tuesday.The first of...

Jerusalem's trees and the people in charge of planting them

Walking to “The Tzomet” – the busy intersection connecting four of north Jerusalem’s main arteries: Bar-Ilan and Shmuel HaNavi streets with Eshkol and Golda Meir boulevards – I saw two municipality men dressed in blue jeans and T-shirts,...

New algorithm can map damage from incendiary devices

A fire damage mapping algorithm that researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) created can identify areas that were scorched by incendiary devices launched from Gaza into southern Israel, a press release on Monday announced...

Passover, climate change & the coronavirus

At our Sedarim around the world last week, asking the question, “Ma nishtanah halailah hazeh?” (How is this night different from all others?) took on deeper meaning as we hoped and prayed that the dark angel of the novel coronavirus woul...

'What to do' ideas in Israel for Tu Bishvat

This coming Monday is the birthday of the trees. Taking place at the very beginning of spring each year, Tu Bishvat reminds us to get out into nature and enjoy all the budding blossoms and green grass growing all around us here in Israel...

Arava region of Israel about to be 100% solar powered

Here’s some great climate crisis news just in time for Tu Bishvat, the Jewish people’s environmental holiday: The Arava region – from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea – is about to be powered 100% during the day by the sun. Yes, that includes...

Trash burning in West Bank is polluting the environment

The Green Israel Forum has noted trash burning in the West Bank which has led to pollution and a harmful environment for residents.Gilad Ach, Director of the Green Israel Forum, said, “The environmental negligence in Judea and Samaria ha...

Israeli and Palestinian cooperation attempts to solve sewage problem

Jerusalem’s problems usually revolve around religion and politics, but now, there are concerns surrounding its sewage system infrastructure. About 150,000 homes in Jerusalem, the majority in east Jerusalem, are not connected to a proper...

Israeli recycling technology aims to revolutionize global waste

By 2050, global production of municipal solid waste is expected to increase from a huge 2.01 billion tons per year to a colossal 3.4 billion tons per year. As the world throws more away, global plastic production and consumption is also rising sharpl...