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Eco-Thiopia Festival at "Earth's Promise" in Israel Helps New Immigrants Plant Sustainable Roots

Daniella Cheslow - June 18, 2009

If you are planning to be in Beer Sheva next week, make it Thursday and drop by the Earth's Promise community garden for a...

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Don't Use a Sponge

Jack Reichert - June 18, 2009

Instead of using synthetic sponges for your shower and dishes use a luffa! Sponges tend to collect bacteria and for heath reasons should be...

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Reuse Your Wine Bottles

Jack Reichert - June 15, 2009

There are some very beautiful wine bottles around and it seems a terrible shame to just throw them away. Here are a few ideas...

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Tour of Tel Aviv with Cities of Tomorrow Conference

Daniella Cheslow - June 14, 2009

(Kiryat Sefer resident and activist Miri Kupermintz on the park site. All photos by Daniella Cheslow) A tour of Tel Aviv organized last week by...

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Burj Dubai and the Tower of Babel

Maurice Picow - June 16, 2010

Few building projects have received as much attention and fanfare as Dubai's Burj Dubai 800 + meter skyscraper, that including its top tower will...

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Dubai’s artificial World Islands killing corals pushing nature out of the sea

Maurice Picow - September 12, 2022

Dubai's mega developmental projects, including several artificial islands complexes, are beginning to cause a number of environmental concerns. The artificial islands, which when completed will...

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Masdar City In Abu Dhabi Could Be Practical Community Innovation, Or Expensive Showcase

Maurice Picow - June 16, 2010

Masdar City, a unique and innovative commercial and residential project underway in Abu Dhabi, is being promoted as the first carbon free community in...

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Futuristic Dubai Vertical Farm Uses Seawater to Sustain Crops

Maurice Picow - June 16, 2010

You have to hand it to those United Arab Emirates Gulf states. Their futuristic projects are simply something out of a popular science fiction...

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Urban Planning Conference at Tel Aviv University

Daniella Cheslow - June 4, 2009

If you've been wondering about the skyscrapers threatening to carve up Tel Aviv, or about the atrociously planned residential towers of Beer Sheva (see...

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Play With the Cross-Breeze

Jack Reichert - June 3, 2009

Summer can be brutal in the Middle East, and not everywhere has EWA Technologies' Air Conditioning. But no worries. Many homes DO have built...

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Coming Soon: A Wall of Skyscrapers Between Tel Aviv and Jaffa?

Jesse Fox - June 3, 2009

A year after a municipal planning committee decided to put plans for a row of skyscrapers near Jaffa on hold, the plans are back...

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Emirate-Built Sanaya Amman Towers To Be Jordan's Tallest and First "Green" Building

Maurice Picow - June 17, 2010

Jordan's capital city, Amman, will soon have a spectacular landmark: the Sanaya Twin Towers, which will tower more than 200 meters over the...

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Israeli University Honors Environmental Sculptor Dani Karavan

Maurice Picow - May 31, 2009

Ben Gurion University of the Negev, one of Israel's finest academic institutions, and one in which its environmental and alternative energy projects have received...

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Jordan Real Estate Conference Stresses Green Construction Methods To Arab World

Maurice Picow - May 31, 2009

"Jordan needs to develop sustainable or 'green' construction practices based on traditional concepts with modern material and practices," said Jordan's Princess Sumaya, president...

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England Authorities Look to Mediterranean White Buildings To Help Keep Cool

Lea Aharonovitch - May 27, 2009

A week ago England's Department of Health published practical recommendations to prepare for a potential heatwave which is also the central theme of their...

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