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Desert
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Desert and Desertification

Fish Abudant in Sea of Sand
Fish farming in the desert may at first sound like an anomaly, but in Israel over the last decade a scientific hunch has turned into a bustling business. Read More

 

Desalination Plant of the Year 2006
IDE wins 'Desalination Plant of the Year 2006' award.IDE's Ashkelon desalination plant was declared 'Desalination Plant of the Year 2006 at the prestigious Global Water Awards ceremony in Dubai, 6 March 2006. Read More

 

Israel's Clean Tech Pioneers
Yavne, a hazy industrial corridor in central Israel, seems at first glance an improbable haven for geothermal technology. Its largely barren environs offer no geysers or volcanoes, the essential raw materials for geothermal energy. Yet this small city of 32,000 is home to Ormat Technologies (ORA), a $2 billion multinational listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYX) that builds geothermal power plants around the world, from Colorado to Kenya Read More

 

Solar Energy Breakthrough in the Negev
Watch this video to learn how solar energy developed in the Negev desert can impact the world. Read More

 

Activities

Instructions to Students:
Read the articles above and watch the video.

1. Why do you think the Desalination Plant at Ashkelon won the 2006 Award? What makes its technology unique?

2. Could your community benefit from any of the clean tech industries mentioned in the article?

3. Name two countries that benefit from growing fish in the desert.

4. Describe the solar energy breakthrough developed in the Negev. How does it work? What kind of engineer(s) would be needed to develop and work on this type of project?