Sustainability

The food Israel wastes each year could feed a country, so why doesn’t it?

Leket Israel CEO Gidi Kroch addresses the rising cost of food waste, his solution, and the community that emerged around it. “We provide an economic solution to food loss”

One of Leket Israel’s Logistics Centers: An economic endeavor
A DIESEL fashion installation at Ramat Aviv Mall.

How 300 kg of jeans scraps turned into a stunning art installation at Ramat Aviv Mall

 Wadi Attir in the Negev, aims to promote sustainable agriculture among Israel's Bedouin community, January 28, 2025.

Wadi Attir shows how infrastructure can transform Negev's Bedouin communities - opinion

A staff member from the Local Ocean Conservation shows a tag on the back flipper of a young Green sea turtle that was caught by a fisherman in Mida Creek, in Watamu on May 19, 2025.

‘Conservation efforts work’: Green sea turtles no longer an endangered species


Tikkun Olam: How pain from injustice leads to service - opinion

To be able to rebuild what was lost, an individual or community must, to begin with, have some awareness of the magnitude of that loss, to recognize that it is even worth grieving over.

 REPAIR THE WORLD runs a beach cleanup along San Francisco Bay.

StartUpRoots: Feeding the hungry, educating, and promoting sustainability

StartUpRoots is a nine-year-old nonprofit working with a variety of religious schools to instill a Jewish values-focused appreciation for vegetable gardening.

 STUDENTS AT Netanya’s Rigler School prepare microgreens for sale.

Jerusalem's 3rd annual Gag Eden Festival aims to spread green roof word

The title is a play on Gan Eden, “Garden of Eden,” and translates as “Roof of Eden.” Not a bad utopian image to aim for.

 MUSLALA MAKES good environmental use of its roof- top perch.

Israeli ingenuity transforms food tech landscape

Experts say it will take visionary efforts to address the pressing challenges of efficient resource utilization and emissions reduction in the food industry. Israel aspires to play a pivotal role.

 Meat.The End’s chickpea burger

Israeli delegation combats desertification in Chad

In an effort to deepen Israel-Chad relations, and to help Chad to implement creative, sustainable agricultural solutions, an Israeli delegation visited the African country.

Photo from the KKL-JNF agriculture delegation's mission in Chad.

'Israel Earth Prize': Win a million shekels for environmental innovation

According to Union Motors, the Toyota importer in Israel, the aim is to promote environmental initiatives in Israel for a better world.

 Win a million shekels for environmental innovation

Israel to power Zambia with $100m. solar-wind energy project

The $100 million investment in the power station was finalized last week during the visit of Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema to Israel.

 From right: Gigawatt Global CEO Josef Abramowitz, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, President Isaac Herzog and a Zambian student studying in Israel at the President's Residence in August 2023.

SodaStream pledges 100% renewable energy by 2023

SodaStream entered a corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) with the global renewable energy platform Enlight.

 Enlight's Solar Project.

This Israeli agritech firm battles two global crises - opinion

Rehovot-based Grace Breeding develops all-natural, biological-based fertilizers that have been proven to boost yields while using only half the amount of nitrogen required by standard fertilizers.  

Grain field

Muslala merges sustainability, architecture, bees in east Jerusalem

The center’s overarching mission is twofold: to economically empower local women and young adults and to champion urban initiatives centered around sustainability and ecology.

 TAREQ MASSAR, creator of the Muslala Sinsila Center, on the roof decked out with wooden planters.