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Luxury Underwater Discus Hotel Close to Anchoring in the Gulf

The Water Disqus Hotel (WDH) lauded on blogs galore a few months ago is one step closer to reality, and the project's new investment...

Libya’s Oldest Mud City is Critically Endangered

Ghadamès is one of the oldest habitable medinas in the Sahara, and it is made almost entirely out of mud. Built in the seventh century...

Will Building Catastophes Make Smarter Occupants?

Laurie escaped from the Trade Towers 11 years ago and as a building expert looks critically at standards in the Middle East.  Building codes ensure...

The Dihzahyners Paint Up Beirut and it Looks Awesome!

We used to think of Beirut as a brown, concrete city lacking color and green space, but the Dihzahyners are challenging such dreary labels...

Post-Oil Stagnation in Kuwait at the Venice Biennale

Kuwait is making its debut at the 13th Venice Biennale this year, and they're doing so with some serious style. The pavilion features a...

Revolving Crystal Ball Predicts Qatar’s World Cup Ambitions

A giant revolving crystal ball provides a glimpse of Qatar's 2022 world cup ambitions, which aren't looking so sustainable after all. Apriori Communications commissioned Vedran...

Islamic Cemetery in Austria Reinforces Natural Connection to the End

In its purest form, Islam (like most religious and spiritual ideological systems), calls for humanity to retain their connection to the earth. That we are custodians of the planet is an idea that is expressed in numerous Quranic tenets.

Cement Returns to Its Sustainable Roots

Chemists bring one of the oldest materials in building history back to its green roots.  Cement is one of the oldest building materials cooked up...

3,000 Year-Old Public Water Works Unearthed in Jerusalem

Jerusalem’s water consumption during the First Temple period was not solely based on the output of a natural spring, but relied on public reservoirs....

It Took 15 Years to Build This and That’s a Good Thing

Remember the good old days when it took decades to build major monuments? Historians estimate that 30 years passed before the back-breaking pyramids of...

Blücher’s Wallpaper Cleans Sick Buildings

Though wallpaper is not popular in the Middle East, this wallpaper can help repair sick building syndrome. I grew up in a duplex, my mom...

Jerusalem Gets New Environment Science Study Center

A new 2,000-square-meter facility in Jerusalem will be devoted to the study of sustainability. It will be an academic institution from the Council for a...

Egypt Makes Recycling A Priority

Dr. Mamdouh Khalil, a professor of environmental sciences at Cairo University, told Al-Shorfa there is currently a waste disposal crisis in Egypt, because of...

Gaza Unliveable by 2020 and Its Water Undrinkable by 2016

It's all bad news for Gazans - a UN report reveals that that region is under immense environmental stress which looks set to worsen...

UN Launches Climate Change Resilience Project In Western Balkans, Turkey

The incidence and intensity of natural disasters, such as the flash floods last month that killed 12 people in Samsun, Turkey, are expected to...

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The Ocean’s Hidden ‘Dark Web’ Is Being Fished Before Scientists Understand It

Deep below the ocean's surface, in a dimly lit region known as the twilight zone, millions of fish are being caught every year. Scientists say the consequences are largely unknown.

Barnacle glue could fix coral reefs, inspire new advances in building and medicine

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

Crooked, forked and curved trees are often treated as second-class timber. They are considered less valuable, and not suitable for load bearing walls or support systems in building. If a tree trunk is not straight enough to become a saw log, it is frequently diverted into pulp production or burned for energy. Now, new research from Aalto University could help change that.

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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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