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So what did COP21 in France conclude?

Faisal O'Keefe - December 23, 2015

The Paris Conference of Parties has officially ended with 195 nations signing up to a partially legally binding program of measures for curbing climate...

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Water, Wars and an Uncertain Future

Faisal O'Keefe - December 12, 2015

As the world awaits the release of the final draft agreement emerging from the COP21 climate talks - expected this morning - longtime expert...

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Climate change disasters doubled – eating up world’s food security

Karin Kloosterman - November 26, 2015

Droughts, floods, storms and other disasters triggered by climate change have risen in frequency and severity over the last three decades, increasing the damage...

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Time to settle the debate? Oldest ful and hummus beans found in Israel

Karin Kloosterman - November 23, 2015

Prehistoric cave men are thought of as club-wielding brutes who roast animals on logs, but the latest findings about pre-historic man suggests that he...

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Electronic skin helps sensors heal themselves

Karin Kloosterman - November 22, 2015

Scientists at the Technion in Israel have used a new kind of synthetic polymer to develop a self-healing, flexible sensor that mimics the self-healing...

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Brooklyn’s Gotham Greens builds world’s largest urban rooftop farm

Karin Kloosterman - November 22, 2015

Growing green roofs is now mandatory for new buildings being built in Canada and France. Middle Eastern countries facing dire food and water insecurity...

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Experience the (new, artificial, and made-in-America) Middle East! Coming to Dubai in 2018

Faisal O'Keefe - November 9, 2015

American media giant 20th Century Fox has teamed up with United Arab Emirates Al Ahli Holding Group to build a theme park in Dubai,...

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UBER Middle East delivers puppies on-demand in the most adorable fundraiser!

Faisal O'Keefe - November 5, 2015

It's raining cats and dogs in Amman, Jordan now, closing roads (flooded underpasses), some schools, and many offices. It's the usual drill for a...

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Crazy heat dome will mean no one can live in Arab Gulf by 2100

Maurice Picow - November 1, 2015

Just when we got excited about Dubai's solar trees, seems like innovations like this will not be enough to save the Middle East. In...

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EU schoolkids build food waste charter includes doggy bags and free food

Faisal O'Keefe - November 1, 2015

The European Charter against food waste was just presented at Milan Expo 2015, two weeks before the end of the six-month-long world’s fair which...

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Israeli Humus Bar promotes peace, one falafel at a time

Green Prophet Guest - October 21, 2015

The rise of violence between Palestinians and Israelis has escalated this month straining a region where wider conflict is causing the largest human migration...

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Israelis design 3D-printed home for NASA village on Mars!

Green Prophet Guest - October 15, 2015

Israeli design team Tridom won honorable mention in NASA’s 3D Printed Habitat Challenge for their ‘Bubble Base’ building, a prototype for future human habitation...

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Sukkat blessing for urbanites: All aboard the pedi-sukkah!

Green Prophet Guest - September 27, 2015

Sukkot is upon us, the annual holiday when Jews are commanded to live inside a sukkah - a small hut-like structure that commemorates the...

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Verizon selects 12 Internet of Things startups that may change your world

Karin Kloosterman - September 25, 2015

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is America's #1 mobile provider and the company just announced finalists for their international Powerful Answers Award which will grant $1...

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Amman Jordan’s approach to pollution is upside-down

Faisal O'Keefe - September 18, 2015

The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) this week announced expansion of its "tidy-roofs" campaign, which kicked off last June to tackle residential buildings deemed unsightly by...

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