Environment

Israeli startup Better Pulse is harnessing the power of the cowpea, becoming the first company to use it as an entirely new dairy milk alternative.  Technically a bean and also known as the black-eyed pea, cowpea has a strong spiritual symbolism in many cultures.  For people from West Africa, it is a traditional symbol of […]

Chocolate, the sweet treat that is loved in food, drinks or enjoyed on its own, is a firm favorite worldwide. Global market data company Innova says in 2023, nearly two-thirds of consumers worldwide bought some form of chocolate. And according to international consumer insights firm Statista, the chocolate market is today worth $133 billion – […]

An Israeli startup has found a way to turn plastic waste into black gold – by transforming it back into the crude oil that it originally came from.  Plastic Back uses a proprietary method that takes discarded polyvinyl chloride, better known as PVC, and breaks it down into its components of crude oil and chlorine, […]

Imagine a way to not only generate clean, renewable energy, but also reduce the amount of pollution in the atmosphere while doing so.   That’s the vision of BomVento, a young Israeli startup developing a special coating for the blades on wind turbines that will extract greenhouse gasses (GHG) from the air even as the massive […]

Israeli startup Nayam Wings has taken airplane wings and refitted them as sails for merchant shipping, and in doing so believes it can reduce fuel usage by an average of up to 35 percent per voyage, cutting down on costs and – crucially – pollution.  For an industry that is traditionally slow to evolve, says […]

An Israeli startup is revolutionizing waste treatment, with technology that can transform garbage into proverbial gold and even help mitigate the impact of climate change.   Co-Energy has created a way of making plastic and organic waste into high-demand energy commodities that include electricity, hydrogen, fuel and biochar – a type of charcoal made by processing […]

Just like the plants in our homes, which more often than not meet their demise due to too much water, agricultural crops face a greater risk of being given too much nutrition rather than too little.   When a plant is over fertilized, whatever nutrients it doesn’t need are funneled down into the soil and water, […]

As concrete jungles expand worldwide, trees are among the casualties of human encroachment into natural landscapes. And even many of the trees that have survived in an urban setting are later lost, as the underground infrastructure crucial for modern life usurps the spaces where their roots once grew. TreeTube, an Israeli startup from the central […]

It is not for nothing that there is a popular arcade game in which players try to hit toy moles as they repeatedly pop up from holes in the ground. The small mammals are indeed notorious for repeatedly tunneling under and up into open grassy areas such as fields, golf courses and even private gardens.  […]

Ofek Ron, co-founder and CEO of Israeli food tech company Oshi, believes we can do better – for the environment, for animals and for our health. So three years ago, the entrepreneurial long-time vegan and activist set out together with the company’s fellow co-founders — 3D printing expert Hila Elimelech, and Oshi’s current innovation lead […]

An Israeli venture capital fund is taking a pragmatic, business-centered approach to climate change, believing innovation and technology are key to resolving the challenges it poses.   Capital Nature CEO Ofir Gomeh predicts the entire global economy will undergo a dramatic transformation in the coming years, shifting towards decarbonization and decarbonized industries, with business opportunities as […]

GiraSol Renewable Energy is on a mission to help Israel’s photovoltaic (PV) sites achieve the best performance at solar farm locations all across the country. In the fast-evolving field of renewable energy, GiraSol says, the Israeli solar ecosystem doesn’t just need new technologies—it needs a partner that can bring the best technologies from around the […]

An Israeli startup has developed an egg alternative from discarded vegetable cooking water that tastes like the real thing, and is even creating an artificial shell to give cooks a true culinary eggs-perience.  Fabumin makes its egg substitute at legume processing factories, using wastewater known as aquafaba. This wastewater, the company’s CEO and co-founder Adi […]

As Jews in Israel and around the world mark the harvest festival of Shavuot, NoCamels highlights a company whose technology is helping farmers grow better, cheaper and more sustainably.  The new app developed by the Agriot Group uses artificial intelligence to determine how much fertilizer a plant needs, just by looking at its picture.  Sounds […]

Solar power has growing mass appeal as a sustainable energy solution; according to the International Energy Agency it accounted for 4.5 percent of all electricity worldwide in 2022 – an increase of 26 percent from the year before.  The tricky issue of maintaining and monitoring the photovoltaic (PV) cells that make up the solar panels […]