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Masdar's PRT pod cars. The playground of the rich, Abu Dhabi, is not just a place for playing kick-the-golden-can. Instead of simply finding ways to...

Abu Dhabi to Build the Gulf's Largest Solar Powered Hot Water Project

Jordan's Millenium Energy Industries (MEI) has announced a project to provide 1.3 million liters a day of hot water for a new development in...

Designing from Nature at Jerusalem's Green Design Seminar

Green Design - From Theory to Practice (see preview post here), a major international architectural seminar took place this week here in Jerusalem, bringing...

Geotectura to Build Israel's Greenest Building at Tel Aviv University

Within a few years Israel's greenest building will be located at Tel Aviv University (TAU). That's the goal of Joseph Cory of Geotectura. He...

Support Bedouin treeplanting and Green education with a Tel Aviv shakedown!

Our resourceful friends at the Bedouin NGO Bustan are refusing to allow the current tension in the South of Israel affect them. Despite having to...

Sustainable Architecture Conference in Libya is Looking for Participants

Here at Green Prophet we've covered a variety of conferences, with the most recent being a seminar in Jerusalem about architecture (coming up on...

Documenting the Demise of America's Largest Community Garden

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Tel Aviv “City Rats” Give New Ideas to Urban Planners

"Rat tracks" made by rats in two city plans: Manhattan-style (left) and New Orleans or Jerusalem-style (right). In both plans rats cover the same...

Upcoming Green Design Conference: The Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture

During these tough times in the south of Israel and Gaza, it's heartening to discover that some events are continuing, and that the determination...

Architect Elias Messinas Brings Green Architecture to Israel

Last week we wrote about Kibbutz Kramim, a cooperative in the Negev that is currently working on building a multicultural model of environmental sustainability...

Is Gianni Versace’s Refrigerated Beach One Excess Too Far in Dubai?

For those of you who hate scorching your feet on hot beach sand, the developers of one of Dubai's latest luxury hotels has the...

Israel's First Municipal Reuse Center Sounds Like The Salvation Army

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Audit Your Energy and Water Usage

One of the best ways to save is by auditing your consumption. Take next month's bill and set your energy/water usage as your benchmark As the...

Print With less Ink – Ecofont

How many times have you printed out a final draft and found out that it wasn't as final as you had thought? I always...

Green Prophet Interviewed in Jerusalemite

We've hit the one-year anniversary of Green Prophet, and what a year it's been! And just in time for the event, Green Prophet's Karin...

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The Christ’s thorn (sidr tree) is also a well-known folk medicine

Christ’s thorn jujube (Ziziphus spina-christi) also known as the sidr tree is a real, identifiable tree native to the Middle East, and it appears—directly or indirectly—in Islam, Judaism, and later Christian tradition. The connections between the three faiths are not theological agreements but overlapping uses, names, and symbolic associations rooted in the same landscape.

Farm To Table Israel Connects People To The Land

Farm To Table Israel is transforming the traditional dining experience into a hands-on journey.

The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, explained

In Islamic tradition, there is a point where creation ends — a boundary that marks the limit of what any created being can reach. That boundary is called Sidrat al-Muntahā, often translated as “the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary.”

The Air Tea Kettle creates a new way to meet plants and herbalism

Air Tea is a new technology. Instead of drinking tea, you inhale herbal vapor through warm air extraction. There is no water and no combustion. The warm air releases essential oils that are often lost in hot water and digestion.

Why Health Systems Are Reaching a Turning Point

Health emerges from a continuous energy and material flow from water through food to human physiology. Technical energy systems support this cycle through water treatment, agriculture, and infrastructure.

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