You might have heard about the forest fire that ravaged much of Israel’s beautiful Carmel forest last week. In addition to the tragic loss of some 43 lives, much of the famous forest was burnt down. In a land where forests aren’t exactly in over-supply, some have taken the damage to the forest almost as hard as others took the devastating loss of life…
And with Christmas just around the corner, Israeli designer Hadas Itzcovitch came up with a novel way of celebrating the holiday with her own eco-friendly design. No need to reach for that axe and inflict still further damage on a still smoking Carmel forest; her design, currently on display in Haifa, is made up entirely of plastic bottles (complete with a fair bit of plastic wrapping and fairy lights). Check it out…

