Sunglacier collects water from thin air
The SunGlacier Machine is installed on top of the Dutch Pavilion in Dubai.
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What is digital sustainability?
Digital sustainability refers to the use of digital technologies that can have a positive impact on the environment. While most startup founders just want to cut a fast back, like those in advertising, the trend has just started with the success rate for digital sustainability initiatives sitting at only 4%. The number is expected to […]
7 Ways to Make Your Home More Sustainable
As the earth feels the effects of climate change and energy bills continue to rise, taking steps to make your home more sustainable and eco-friendly can save you money and help protect the planet.
6 Biking Tours That Are Perfect for Fall
Fall is a great time to go biking. Some trails have bike paths through beautiful foliage. Find out the best bike tours that are perfect for this fall.
Environmental Awards and Prizes
List of global environment prizes.
Leading lab-grown diamond companies
Blood diamonds, or diamonds mined from countries that use slave labor and low wages to harvest diamonds are out. Vintage diamonds are in, but if you want maximum bling and want to buy a few carats, your best bet in style and cut will be a lab-grown diamond.
Marine Pollution in Kuwait and what we can do to protect our ocean
A short primer on the problems with marine pollution in Kuwait: oil spills, dredging, sewage discharge and ballast water from ships.
Greening the pride parade, Tel Aviv
Pride parades have come a long way since the 70s in New York. Israeli activists look to see how the largest pride parade in the Middle East can do better, environmentally speaking.
Frankincense resin could slow Covid impact
Plants from the past and used in the Bible may help us against modern ailments. Research studies to produce medicines capable of fighting COVID-19 from frankincense trees in Oman are being jointly undertaken by the University of Nizwa in Oman and the University of Oxford in England
Food in season in March
If you live in the near Middle East or the middle Middle East, or are just visiting - take this handy guide with you to find and taste what's in season for the month of March.
Lebanese eco-activists tell Iraq to keep their stinky oil
Greenpeace has released a global report that the estimated average number of premature deaths in Lebanon as a result of fossil fuel induced air pollution.
See-through worm repairs brains
A team of Hebrew University researchers have successfully used genetic engineering as a first step to what one day may allow scientists to genetically repair damaged brain circuits.
When biopsies were so 2021
Invasive biopsies can determine if a tumor is cancerous, when blood tests won't do. But going in and cutting up a cancer tumor, with a skin like an orange often spreads the cancer. A new test might eliminate biopsies forever.
BMW makes sustainable aluminium with Dubai’s Sun
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced that the BMW Group is the first customer for EGA’s CelestiAL aluminium, made with the power of the desert sun.