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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...

Tour of Tel Aviv with Cities of Tomorrow Conference

(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...

Burj Dubai and the Tower of Babel

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

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

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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Barnacle glue could fix coral reefs, inspire new advances in building and medicine

Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

Crooked, forked and curved trees are often treated as second-class timber. They are considered less valuable, and not suitable for load bearing walls or support systems in building. If a tree trunk is not straight enough to become a saw log, it is frequently diverted into pulp production or burned for energy. Now, new research from Aalto University could help change that.

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

The backlash against HelloFresh's Pride Month marketing campaign has sparked a wider conversation about food, labor, sustainability, and whether consumers should reconnect with local farmers, butchers, and home gardens instead of relying on subscription meal kits.

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Barnacle glue could fix coral reefs, inspire new advances in building and medicine

Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

Crooked, forked and curved trees are often treated as second-class timber. They are considered less valuable, and not suitable for load bearing walls or support systems in building. If a tree trunk is not straight enough to become a saw log, it is frequently diverted into pulp production or burned for energy. Now, new research from Aalto University could help change that.

Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

Just 15 kilometers from Tzfat there is a moshav that was founded in the late 50s that was ideologically influenced by organic, vegetarian and vegan principles. My hostess at Ohn-Bar, the tzimmer where I stayed, explained that the people of Amirim were among the pioneers of Israel’s strong vegetarian movement.
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