Proud Tahini company gets boycotted for being gay
Nazareth-based Al Arz, maker of a popular tahini paste is coming under fire from the Arab population for its support of the Arab LGBTQ community.
Karin Kloosterman
Karin Kloosterman is an award-winning journalist and publisher that founded Green Prophet to unite a prosperous eastern west. Those are the countries that lie in the area of what has been known as the Middle East.
She sometimes wears rose-colored glasses, and has shown through her work that positive, inspiring dialogue creates action that impacts people, business and planet.
She has published in thought-leading newspapers and magazines globally, and has also founded flux (www.fluxiot.com), a robot to help people everywhere grow hyper-local, sustainable food using hydroponics and artificial intelligence.
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Saudi Arabia building world’s largest green hydrogen plant at Neom
"This is a pivotal moment for the development of Neom and a key element in Saudi Vision 2030 contributing to the Kingdom’s clean energy and circular carbon economy strategy."
Can smelling cannabis unlock antiviral protection?
Cannabis has a strong smell right? That strong odor has molecules that can work as medicine. Bach flowers on steroids to the rescue.
Electronic waste getting worse, up 20% in 5 years
Last year’s e-waste weighed substantially more than all the adults in Europe, or as much as 350 cruise ships the size of the Queen Mary 2. Another metric: 15 pounds for ever person on earth, every year.
Noradrenaline and how we sleep deep
Having a hard time sleeping during Covid? Or maybe you are sleeping better because you have less stressors from the commute? Or maybe you are self-medicating with CBD? During good, deep sleep, we rarely respond to external stimuli such as sounds, unless they are strong enough, like an alarm clock, or meaningful, like a baby’s […]
Microplastics in our lungs linked to Covid-19 surge?
I wonder all the time about Covid 19. Why now? Why aren’t we stopping it? How did it get to invade us in such a quiet way, with such a profound impact on our lives? Most of us didn’t get the message with the planet heating up. Global warming was one message for the way […]
Moshe Safdie’s skywalk garden puts nature in China’s sky (VIDEO)
Moshe Safdie does it again: a stunning urban jungle and green tube high in the sky of a Chinese city.
Solar “helicopter” moves quick and in 3 dimensions to catch the sun
The “Helicopter” can even function inside a room collecting the sun as the rays hit the open space.
A Lab-Created Diamond for my Forever Love
Remember that story years ago about turning your loved one’s ashes into a diamond? That was the first time I heard about lab-grown diamonds, and well that’s what we are expected to return to anyway, no? Stardust and flecks of diamonds in the sky? Like stars and diamonds, we are carbon-based and to carbon – […]
VIDEO: Israelis 3D print an entire airplane and test pad
The team of students from the Technion in Israel. The big mission is a test pad to launch new, greener solutions for aviation.
Resolving Wildlife Conflicts Humanely in Urban America
As cities in the United States continue to grow, wildlife wandering into big cities is becoming more and more common. In the suburbs, where public parks provide the perfect environment for a variety of animals, countless encounters with wild animals are seen. But how do you deal with these encounters?
Tunisia’s lagoon farms and hanging gardens recognized as world heritage sites
Ramli agricultural systems in the lagoons of Ghar El Melh and hanging gardens of Djebba El Olia provide vital ecosystem services and traditional knowledge preservation.
Biofriendly’s fuel additive makes dirty fuel burn cleaner
Consider the American company Biofriendly has a fuel additive you get at the pump that scrubs smog and increases fuel efficiency by up to 7%.
Caroline Chaptini sets Guinness World Record in Lebanon with caps
After several months of daily solo work, environmental activist Caroline Chaptini, a Lebanese national set another Guinness World Records title, having put together the largest bottle cap mosaic in a public park in the town of Miziara in north Lebanon. The measurement was solely dependent on the complete space area of 196.94 sqm, breaking […]
Hey urban farmers – the lead is still in your soil
We’ve all heard of lead – whether it’s lead-based paint or leaded gasoline. These applications are now things of the past, but do we still have a lead problem? The Soil Science Society of America explores how the poisonous metal is still present in urban soils. Blogger Anna Wade explains, “in the United States, risk […]
Why awesome girlfriends suddenly go psycho
Oxytocin, a peptide produced in the brain, is complicated in that way: a neuromodulator, it may bring hearts together or it can help induce aggression. Or in other words, why perfectly normal partners turn psycho.
The Importance of Your Instagram Bio
Social networks are no longer limited to staying in touch with friends. More and more businesses are harnessing the benefits of Instagram, with different businesses approaching the platform in several ways. Despite the focus of Instagram being picture-based posts, there is still a lot of other areas that need some attention, such as the bio. […]
Near-extinct gazelle brings Israelis and Palestinians to peace-making plan
In some parts of Israel underground or above ground bridges help the animals move, but it's not enough. A new research project might bring them from the brink of extinction.
Investing in bifacial and tracking solar systems safe bet for future
Using data from NASA, double sided, tilting solar panels create 35% more energy, on average, than immobile single-panel photovoltaic systems, while reducing the cost of electricity by an average of 16%.
Ceramic tile factory Turkey produces roof tiles as bird shelters
Ottoman traditions of building mansions for birds, a tile factory Hitit Terra in Turkey had a new idea: turn some of the tiles for roofs into nesting boxes for birds
Renewables hands-down cheaper than coal, new report
Renewable power is increasingly cheaper than any new electricity capacity based on fossil fuels, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published today finds. Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2019 shows that more than half of the renewable capacity added in 2019 achieved lower power costs than the cheapest new coal plants. The report […]
A holy high? Ancient cannabis traces found at Jewish shrine
Holy high? For the first time archeologists reveal that psychoactive cannabis was part of ancient worship rituals in the Holy Land.
Upcycled oranges are used for CBD in Japan
CBD is a molecule that's not only found in cannabis and hemp oil. Japanese researchers squeeze it from oranges too.
CBD, the echinacea of 2020
What we are experiencing as a human race is unprecedented. The COVID-19 crisis gives us lots of different challenges in how we face stress and anxieties. But before that, some might argue that their lives were more stressful being part of the daily grind. Some of us have turned to Zoom yoga classes, cooking healthy […]
Calculate your cities’ solar power potential
Viganella is a village in Italy where the sun never shines. So locals installed a giant mirror to project the sun’s rays back onto them. Image via The Atlantic. There are companies and apps that do it already from the comfort of your own home: you can check the solar panel potential output from your […]