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Will You Be A Middle East Climate Refugee? Escape To An Underground Desert Living Unit

Can't stand the climate change heat? Why not move underground? For Reynard Loki and Jennifer Daniels, the future might lie, for some people in places...

Citizens Shut Out as Tel Aviv Debates Skyscraper City

The Tel Aviv City Council held a discussion yesterday on a handful of building plans that, if approved, would effectively transform some of the...

Lebanese Expats Build Suburbia in Bint Jbeil

According to Lebanon's Daily Star, the war-ravaged southern town of Bint Jbeil is remaking itself as a suburban summer getaway for expatriates who left...

BGU Makes Green Plan for Bedouin City of Rahat

As a geography Master's student at Beer Sheva's Ben-Gurion University, this semester I took a class in environmental law and policy with Alon Tal...

New Student Center at Beirut's American University Wins Top Architectural Green Award

Beirut and other cities in Lebanon may still be recovering from the 2006 with Israel; but this has not prevented the construction of a...

Dangerous Gases Other Than C02

There are many gases, aside from C02, that cause harm to our atmosphere. The problem is that not all of them are included in...

Anthropogenic — What Does THAT Mean?

When conversing with the "greenies" you may have come across the word "Anthropogenic" and wonder what it means... anthropogenic |ˌanθrəpōˈjenik| is an adjective that describes...

Beer Sheva Getting 100,000 Sq. Meters of Greenwash

Beer Sheva, the long-suffering capital of Israel's Negev desert, just broke ground on the biggest shopping mall in Israel. Like the other seven malls...

(GWP) Global Warming Potential — What is it?

Probably one of the most important green living tips I could suggest would be to educate yourself. Know what everyone is talking about. So,...

Eco-friendly Sewage Treatment Comes to the West Bank

A new scheme has just got underway for Palestinians to treat their sewage waste and purifying it for agricultural use by using wetlands. Forsaking electricity,...

Recycling the Depressed Development Town Arad

As a means to revive a development town, and a model for an entire country to follow, a super team of organizations have banded...

Palestinian Mall Chain Could Bring Suburban Living to West Bank

One of America's most enduring gifts to the Middle East is the suburban indoor shopping mall. Israel's first was the Ayalon Center outside of...

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

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...

Don't Use a Sponge

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

Reuse Your Wine Bottles

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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Elon Musk’s flying Tesla Roadster is here. My 13-year-old son thinks it’s the future

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