GeekCon Green 2015

Media & Impressions

Tech Talk: Going geek in the Negev
28.04.2015 The Jerusalem Post (English)

TentTech2013 in the Media

TentTech 2013: Hi-tech’s get their hands dirty with Green-tech
05.05.2013 GeekTime (English)

Listen to TentTech’s Ilan Graicer Interviewed by Michal Caspi on EcoLife Magazine
28.04.2013 Radio Eco99FM (Hebrew)

Green Folk in the Desert: A Car Cooker and Styrofoam Freezer
27.04.2013 Ynet (Hebrew)

TentTech 2013 Press Release: Inspired By the Desert

TentTech 2013, the Sustainable Technology Camp, Presents: A Bacterial Fuel Cell, Wind Turbine Made of Junk, Sand Paintings Robot and a Solar Freezer are some Examples of the Projects Prepared during 52 Hours in the Israeli Negev Desert.

May 5, 2013, in conjunction with the International Earth Day, TentTech, The Sustainable Technology Camp, took place last weekend, for 52 hours, in the Israeli Negev desert. TentTech.org provides a new, unique multi disciplinary platform that focuses on a Hands-on approach to solving environmental challenges.

During the camp, 100 technologists, scientist and artists created over 30 innovative projects and concepts around 4 main topics: Water, Shelter, Green Energy and Communication.

The Camp, held for the second year in a row, is sponsored by the Merage Foundation for the Promotion and Development of the Negev, and Shikun & Binui (Israel’s leading infrastructure and real estate group). TentTech is nonprofit and made possible by the sponsors and volunteer work.

Projects included:

• A bacterial fuel cell that generates electricity from waste material such as urine.
• A wind turbine made of junk parts.
• A sand- drawings robot.
• A solar freezer.
• The Car Oven that uses heat accumulated inside a car for cooking.
• Low cost geodesic domes constructed from recycled materials.
• A portable tent cooler.
• “Plantire” planters made from used tires.
• Kite electricity making electricity out of kite movements.

In addition to the projects the camp featured an exciting range of workshops and discussions addressing sustainability issues.

TentTech.org is the brainchild of Ilan Graicer and Gilli Cegla, both serial high-tech entrepreneurs with extensive resumes. The two essentially decided to hold an “unconference”, in which each participant actively engages in shaping the character of the event. Everything ranging from determining the agenda through cooking dinner is the outcome of collaborative teamwork by the attendees themselves. After having organized numerous “unconferences”, and having generated dozens of ideas and several start-ups, they sought to bring this extraordinary method of work into the realm of green innovation.

Additional information about TentTech can be found here: www.tenttech.org

Photos can be found here: http://tenttech.org/2013photosandimpressions/

Projects list can be found here: http://tenttech.org/2013-projects/

About The Merage Foundation Israel is a philanthropic foundation concentrating on a number of operational areas whose purposes are the creation of positive public discourse aimed at converting the expanse of the Negev into a place of significant importance to the citizens of Israel and to the world. These operational areas include the expansion of the economy, the development of a tourist infrastructure, the enhancement and advancement of the education system, the promotion of culture, and the establishment of a public relations system for the region. The Merage Foundation Israel believes that the geographic diversity and multitude of cultures which exist in the Negev are fertile ground for arts, culture and a unique kind of creativity.

About Shikun & Binui, a member of the Arison Group
Shikun & Binui is Israel’s leading infrastructure and real estate group. The Group’s companies are involved in large-scale projects in Israel and abroad, and have proven achievements in the construction of residential neighborhoods and commercial and public buildings, as well as in the establishment, financing and operation of huge ventures in the fields of transportation infrastructure, ecology, water purification and desalination, and international project development.

TentTech2012 in the Media

TentTech Conference Focuses on High-Tech Sustainability
25.05.2012 Israel Strategist (English)

Green technology meets high-tech at eco-conference
16.05.2012 Ynet (English)

Reinventing the Desert
01.05.2012 Calcalist (Hebrew)

First TentTech Event in the Negev
29.04.2012 Thecom (Hebrew)

Green Technology in the Age of High-Tech
22.04.2012 Ynet (Hebrew)

Green techies gather in tents to solve earth challenges
15.04.2012 Israel21c (English)

What Will a Survival Camp for Geeks Be Like?
15.04.2012 Calcalist (Hebrew)

Apply Now for the 3-Day TentTech Sustainability Tech Camp in Israel
11.04.2012 Green Prophet (English)