Sustainability

When a desert university thinks globally

In only five years, BGU’s Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change has become a global hub for dryland climate research

Prof. Shimon Rachmilevitch celebrates the inauguration of Desert Stars, a community education center in Marsabit, Kenya that the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School helped establish.
Adi Ashkenazi, 29-year-old Tel Aviv-based chef, recipient of Forbes Israel’s “30 under 30” award

Cooking at the cutting edge

Soccer Football - World Cup - AFC Qualifiers - Third Round - Group A - Iran v United Arab Emirates - Azadi Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran - March 20, 2025.

FIFA World Cup 2026 to break records with 3.7 million tons of carbon emissions, Israeli firm finds

"Consumers are shifting away from fast fashion toward more sustainable choices, prioritizing quality, ethics, and environmental responsibility over cheap, disposable trends."

The rise of sustainable fashion: Why consumers are rethinking fast fashion


Qatar World Cup: FIFA’s $200b. missed opportunity for sustainability - opinion

FIFA cannot touch the world or build a better future without putting a sincere emphasis on sustainable practices that directly and indirectly impact all of us.

 WALES AND England play their World Cup match in Al Rayyan, Qatar on Tuesday. Stadium requirements are stringent: a regulated minimum capacity, specific grass types, instructions on retractable roofs and rules on where to allow extra space on the pitch.

IIASA, a world leader in sustainability to hold a symposium in Israel for the first time

The symposium will be led jointly by the Israel Committee for IIASA and the Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology, as well as faculty members and researchers from all Israeli universities.

 Dr. Vered Blass

What is the critical role of investors in advancing sustainable business?

Do the investors steering the climate-tech ship really believe in what they’re doing?

 Illustrative image of investing.

Eilat and Israel: Sand, sea and sustainability - opinion

With its year-round access to sea, sun and desert resources, Eilat is proving to be a fertile ground for R&D into aquaculture, biotechnology and renewable and sustainable energy

 UNDER THE sea at Eilat’s Underwater Observatory.

Future Meat Technologies produces its first lab-grown lamb

Cultivated meat is potentially a good way to produce meat sustainably as it frees up many resources required to raise cattle.

 Future Meat Technologies' cultivated lamb.

Israeli women enjoy more freedom, gender equality than other countries - opinion

While there is definitely still room for improvement, women in Israel can be reassured that we are thankfully in a relatively strong position compared with many of our sisters abroad.

 PROTESTING THE US decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, in Tel Aviv, July 4.

Sustainability is the key to Israel’s future

Attorney-turned-environmentalist Michal Bitterman says a paradigm shift is needed to ensure a safer, healthier Israel

 At a 2018 TEDx event in Jaffa, ‘The Food We Don’t See.’

Israeli startup UBQ teams up with Crescent Garden for a sustainable gardening breakthrough

The planters are the first in gardening supplies to substitute plastic with climate-positive UBQ, a major breakthrough for the horticulture field.

An example of what UBQ Materials can be used for.

Mitrelli's Haim Taib talks to African ambassadors at Africa Day event

“The relationship between Israel and Africa is strategic with the potential for mutual growth. The world has yet to recognize Africa’s potential as a global growth engine. Africa is the future.”

 Haim Taib, founder and president of the Mitrelli Group, together with the African ambassadors to Israel and the president and founder of the Ambassadors' Club of Israel, Yitzhak Eldan.

UN delegation visits Israel to check out its climate tech

The country’s growing interest in ESG principles makes them a prime asset in the world’s fight against climate change

 Avi Hasson with the UN delegation