Earth Day

Earth Day: A sustainable lifestyle begins at home

In honor of Earth Day, IKEA provides tips and ideas to help you protect the environment – easily, simply, and with precise design.

 KIVIK interchangeable cover – IKEA
 Passover Seder plate with alternative fillings.

As Passover and Earth Day coincide, movement calls on Jews to go vegan

 THE ISRAEL Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Lukasz Borowicz and Trumpet player Reinhold Friedrich

Grapevine April 21, 2023: A consistent presence

 International graffiti artists paint murals in Israel

International graffiti artists paint the Dead Sea for Earth Day


Earth Day: How is Israel helping the environment?

Ahead of Earth Day, we check in: Israeli environmental NGOs and activists help the world, but how are things back here?

 FAIR PLANET site coordinator Hila Kedem checks in with a farmer in east Ethiopia during tomato harvest.

Israel and France launch nanosatellite to monitor vegetation, predict weather

Meet the VENµS probe, which conducts routine flybys of the Earth, and attains high resolution, multispectral images of specific sites around the world.

 The VENµS satellite

L’Oréal reveals sustainability program on eve of Earth Day

In accordance with L’Oréal for the Future, L’Oréal Paris will adopt the ambitious task of reducing its carbon footprint by 50% to a finished product by the end of the decade.

L’Oréal's sustainable skin care products.

Israel to end fossil fuel use by 2050 - Netanyahu at US Climate Summit

Netanyahu's speech was later slammed by climate change activists and environmental organizations.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Leader Summit on Climate hosted by President Joe Biden, April 23, 2021.

Earth Day: Hebrew University opens Academic Center for Sustainability

The academic center will work in collaboration with other projects and research in the university and Israel to promote sustinability and address environmental concerns.

Students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem goes green for Earth Day

Israel's capital city has been investing in a number of different projects to make the city a greener place.

A large ball depicting the earth is filled with empty water bottles at an environmental happening held by the Old City of Jerusalem on "Save Earth Day'. April 23, 2009.

Greta Thunberg tells US Congress: 'Time to do the right thing' on climate

"I don't believe for a second that you will actually do this," she lectured the lawmakers of the House Oversight Committee's environmental subcommittee.

16-year-old Swedish Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks at the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019

Earth Day: China's Ant Group, Israel's KKL-JNF sign MoU

The preliminary MoU will see the two organizations collaborate to tackle environmental issues and encourage sustainability.

The MoU signing ceremony in Israel led by the Deputy World Chairman of KKL-JNF, Mr. Amir Schneider.

Earth Day: Israeli developments protecting the environment

Earlier this week, Israel announced the launch of its new 30-year environmental plan, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050.

The solar field at Kibbutz Ketura.

For Earth Day, Israeli agritech company gears up to fight climate change

The agricultural tech company is hoping to use their network across 100 countries and social media following to demonstrate how small acts can total up to make a big difference.

Some of the 'Cool Globes' on display near Jerusalem's O;d City in 2013 to raise awareness of climate change.

Erdan to ‘Post’: We’re working with US on next steps on Iran

A high-level delegation of Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi, Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen and National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat will arrive with senior IDF officers in Washington.

Israeli Ambassador to the US and UN Gilad Erdan (L) is seen planting trees for Earth Day.