Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Karin Kloosterman http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Sat, 18 May 2013 20:32:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A $5 million organic, online boost for two new Israeli immigrants http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/abes-market-gets-5-million-organic-boost-for-two-new-israeli-immigrants/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/abes-market-gets-5-million-organic-boost-for-two-new-israeli-immigrants/#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2013 09:13:40 +0000 Karin Kloosterman http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=100044 A success story for the brave souls who make “aliyah” or who immigrate to Israel, and a success for the world of green as well: two American immigrants to Israel launched an ecological products store, Abe’s Market, in 2009. And only a few years later they have landed financing of $5 million from a number of [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/abes-market-gets-5-million-organic-boost-for-two-new-israeli-immigrants/feed/ 2 High time for the StartUp Nation to develop medical marijuana market http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/high-time-for-the-start-up-nation-to-get-into-medical-marijuana/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/high-time-for-the-start-up-nation-to-get-into-medical-marijuana/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:19:29 +0000 Karin Kloosterman http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=99646 Now that my second child is 12 weeks old, my 14-week maternity leave is almost up. It’s part-time nanny hunting time for me again. Finding a sitter for the second child got me thinking about pot smoking…not that I am a smoker. It’s just that our last sitter Jenny came to our first meeting just [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/high-time-for-the-start-up-nation-to-get-into-medical-marijuana/feed/ 0 The energy to protest with your pocket? http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-energy-to-protest-with-your-pocket/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-energy-to-protest-with-your-pocket/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:17:48 +0000 Karin Kloosterman http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=53168 With last summer’s tent protests, and signs of growing public discontent, one of the biggest outcomes of the recent protest movement in Israel is consumer awareness. The media has played a big role in educating Israeli consumers about what happens in the rest of the world, and it’s high time. But there still are a [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-energy-to-protest-with-your-pocket/feed/ 5 Organic eating, shopping and shipping the Israeli way http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/organic-eating-shopping-and-shipping-the-israeli-way/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/organic-eating-shopping-and-shipping-the-israeli-way/#comments Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:36:16 +0000 Karin Kloosterman http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=41008 While the most serious of green folks will adhere to the 100 Mile Diet, there will always be things you cannot make or buy from local ingredients: olive oil, for instance, cannot be bought locally in most states in America, or in any province in Ontario. It must be shipped in through a personal order, [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/organic-eating-shopping-and-shipping-the-israeli-way/feed/ 0 Hacking is like a tornado on extreme climate change http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hacking-is-like-a-tornado-on-extreme-climate-change/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hacking-is-like-a-tornado-on-extreme-climate-change/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 17:46:54 +0000 Karin Kloosterman http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=31036 Did the Israelis do it? is the big question. A powerful virus called Flame wiped out Iran’s communication network to its oil rigs shutting down crude oil exports. Computer hackers back in 1983 already played War Games, showing how breaching a firewall to US defence agencies could lead to a major war. While hacking in [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hacking-is-like-a-tornado-on-extreme-climate-change/feed/ 0 Can cheap tourists make Israel richer? http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/can-cheap-tourists-make-israel-richer/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/can-cheap-tourists-make-israel-richer/#comments Mon, 28 May 2012 21:17:28 +0000 Karin Kloosterman http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=29592 I travel a lot. A lot more, maybe, than I should. Traveling, especially by air, isn’t great for the planet. Airplanes are a leading source of carbon dioxide emissions, which are causing global warming. So, despite my allegiance to helping save the planet, I am guilty: I always spend a few hours online to find [...]

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