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Green Globe Certifies Dubai’s Wild Wadi Waterpark (UPDATE)

Faisal O'Keefe - February 26, 2015

You read that right. An outdoor water park in shadow of the Burj Al Arab*, featuring a heated/cooled wave pool, multiple water slides and two artificial...

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Olive Oil Without Borders has a recipe for Middle East peace

Faisal O'Keefe - February 21, 2015

The olive branch as a symbol of peace is rooted in ancient Greek culture, but the link between the fruit tree and conflict resolution continues...

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Become an eco-warrior in 12 free, easy steps

Faisal O'Keefe - February 19, 2015

What are the worst things we do to the environment without realizing we are causing harm? As another blizzard bears down on Amman, Jordan, I'm...

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Will the next Bill Gates be from Ras Al Khaimah?

Green Prophet - February 18, 2015

In a bid to make the future of the United Arab Emirates more sustainable Google has recently sponsored a local community project called Innovation...

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Insect farms to meet feed demand for animals, and us?

Faisal O'Keefe - February 13, 2015

World population is projected to reach 9 billion by 2050. Rising incomes in emerging economies lead to greater demand for meat-rich diets. As the...

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Cairo is growing green with living walls on the up!

Catherine Ellis - February 20, 2015

Egypt isn’t exactly renowned for its vast green spaces and pioneering environmental policies. Its capital is the biggest city in the Middle East and...

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Australian bankers turn to make agtech sustainable in business and practice

Green Prophet - February 12, 2015

There is a new precedent being set in Australia where the National Bank, the country's biggest agribusiness lender, is changing policies to encourage more farmers...

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Drones show how pigs get a raw deal in factory farms

Maurice Picow - February 9, 2015

Animal abuse in the meat processing industry can be particularly disturbing. Whether this involves severe animal abuse in a kosher poultry slaughterhouse; or cruelty to...

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Wadi Drone for conservation flies through Emirati national park and scoops top prize

Catherine Ellis - February 9, 2015

It flies over mountains and through valleys, taking in the vast landscapes and diverse wildlife beneath it. Only this isn’t a bird, it’s a...

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Loans for rooftop solar are heating up in Egypt

Faisal O'Keefe - February 7, 2015

Two Egyptian banks are moving into green lending with an initiative to finance rooftop solar power systems for residential consumers. National Bank of Egypt...

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How cannabis will feed the world

Karin Kloosterman - October 9, 2023

I didn’t mean to go to pot. But after of researching urban food movements in a bid to save the world from hunger,...

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Dubai fog and urban canyons through the lens of Daniel Cheong

Faisal O'Keefe - January 21, 2015

Winter storms hammered much of the Middle East last week with strong winds that rose seas and dropped snow from Egypt all the way to...

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Environmental “rights” and wrongs when you are injured at home or work

Green Prophet - February 18, 2015

Asbestos poisoning, exposure to chemicals or dangerous situations at work which put you at risk, or worse in the hospital and out of work. In...

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Solar retreat in the Liwa Desert: futuristic functionality or lipstick-on-a-pig?

Faisal O'Keefe - June 6, 2019

An unnamed client hired London-based Baharash Architecture to design a luxury home that could fully function off the energy grid. That's a tall order...

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Frozen Middle East needs some “global warming”

Faisal O'Keefe - January 9, 2015

A winter storm is banging around much of the Middle East. Precip’s teamed up with gale force winds, causing first-world headaches like clogged transport,...

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