Is it really sensible to squish one million people into this self-sustaining city/building?
Like many of Dubai’s projects The World, which will exacerbate shoreline erosion and habitat loss, and Burj Dabai, reputedly the world’s tallest building, …

Habitat ’67 was a model for sustainable village living, in the city. Based on the model city Haifa, does it translate to the Middle East today?
We recently profiled Moshe Safdie’s LEED certified Peace Building as …

The Dubai municipality seeks to increase the emirate’s green areas by 4% by the end of next year, including new public parks and additional landscaping, ArabianBusiness.com reported today.
According to municipality officials, there is currently the equivalent of …

In a press conference this week, the CEO of Energy City Qatar (ECQ), Hesham al-Emadi, expressed confidence that the $2.6 billion project will be completed by 2012, despite some delays last year due to the …

Karen ponders the possibilities of a new social idea to help the homeless and the environment.
Walking down the street this morning, watching a homeless man rummage through the trash for recyclable bottles and cans, …

Sewage on the streets of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, left more than 120 dead and questions about the country’s green credibility very much open to debate. Photo: Reuters.
We’ve covered the recent Hajj 2009 to Mecca in …

An ancient mosaic recently uncovered in the mixed city of Lod: Stigmatized as a crime infested, religiously divided city, residents of Lod have launched a grass-roots effort to change the face of the ancient city …

Jennifer C. Daniels is a visionary and artist in Florida who poses a good question for the world today — can farms and cities intersect in this modern world? Much of what she discusses applies …

An art collective in Tel Aviv has built a new library in a park for migrant workers, making the city more sustainable.

Green architects and urban planning experts will like this new community project in Tel …

Proposed vertical farms like this one in Dubai may be the only way for supplying food to Middle East countries.

Dickson D. Despommier is a professor of public health at Columbia University in New York, and …