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Israeli designer creates device that sterilizes milk – off-grid!

Jerusalem's Bezalel Academy of Art and Design - Israel's oldest institution of higher learning - is a prolific incubator of brilliant ideas, with its post-grads...

Growing your own food in America is now a criminal act?

Last week in Florida, a judge ruled on an ordinance banning front yard vegetable gardens. This allowed the upscale village of Miami Shores to...

Olympian David Kiribati dances against climate disaster

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Eco-friendly motivation: 8 compelling reasons to embrace a greener lifestyle

The thought of going more eco-friendly in your daily life may be something that has crossed your mind a few times. Some may be...

Beirut art project pushes for preservation of public space

Beirut art collective Dictaphone Group is combining activism with show-biz in a fight to preserve Lebanon’s public spaces. Their series of interactive performance pieces...

Amazing birdmen jet fly over Dubai

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Beirut architect designs bulletproof Kevlar keffiyeh

People are often defensive when it comes to headscarves, which have strong links to specific religious and cultural beliefs. Now a Beirut-based architect has...

Arab world’s “Banksy” murals 50 buildings in Egypt slum

Green Prophet loves eL Seed, the French-Tunisian artist is the Arab world's Banksy. He specializes in what he calls 'calligraffiti', a brilliant mashup of spray...

Chicago’s urban farming produces fresh veggies all year, 24/7

Hydroponics and new, high-tech urban agricultural techniques are now growing fresh food in the middle of Manhattan and other large metropolitan centers globally. People are...

Japan rents out hydroponic gardens to busy city workers

What do you do if you live in a cramped, workaholic country like Japan and still want to grow veggies in your precious, quality leisure...

Dubai learns from London’s traffic woes

Dubai is one of the fastest growing cities in the world and, as with all major cities, traffic congestion is becoming an ever present...

Satellite Points finger to Persian Gulf for Emissions Under-Reporting

You can run but you can’t hide. Canadian researchers have found a new, satellite-based technology that -accurately- detects polluters from outer space, and caught 39...

10 refugees heading to Rio as first-ever nation-less Olympic team

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) last March defined a plan to create a team of refugee athletes to compete in the 2016 Rio de...

Deforestation quick facts for desert dwellers

This infographic comes via eCO2 Greetings

Israel innovators build the next smart city: meet them in France

In 2014, Israel was ranked first in the world in the field of innovation related to clean technology according to the "Global Cleantech Innovation...

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Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

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Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

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Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

Just 15 kilometers from Tzfat there is a moshav that was founded in the late 50s that was ideologically influenced by organic, vegetarian and vegan principles. My hostess at Ohn-Bar, the tzimmer where I stayed, explained that the people of Amirim were among the pioneers of Israel’s strong vegetarian movement.
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