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Dubai’s new air conditioned city to woo the wealthy elite

Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai will soon play host to the world's largest shopping mall - the gargantuan Mall of the World. Comprised of 48 million square...

Hydroponic home box grows fresh food at home on water

The team behind Living Green just won $20,000 to further develop LivingBox, an off-grid, modular system of growing food in urban spaces - without soil!

skyTran’s magnetic sky pods to be tested in obscure Israeli city

Magnetic levitation technology enthusiasts around the world are waiting to see what will happen in Israel, where skyTran has teamed up with Israel Aerospace Industry (IAI) to prove the...

Saudi Arabia group makes pact with Masdar for green energy

Despite the turbulence tearing through the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have solidified their commitment to clean energy with the newly formed Framework...

PV solar bridge for breakout net-zero Falcon Island development

Some projects that cross my desk are blatantly not as "green" as their investors want us to believe, yet have many redeeming qualities. Take Al Hamra Real Estate's breakout mega-development, Falcon Island. It's...

Water Farmers get fresh with aquaponics for food in Toronto

Dream of fresh organic food? Have little land in your town or city but plenty of patience? There is a new city gardening movement...

Israeli tech brings wireless phone charging to Starbucks

Starbucks recently announced a plan to rollout access to wireless charging technology developed by Israel's Powermat -- in all stores across the United States. Powermat teamed up with...

A shipping container village to rescue “shooting” city

As part of an effort to rescue certain Israeli cities from urban decay, the Ayalim Association has built a series of 'student villages' throughout the country. The latest in the...

Israeli cities suck for air

How green are Israeli cities, really? This question might be asked by many; especially in light of its largest city,  Tel Aviv (see photo),...

Tunisia’s phosphate town is dying over our addiction to phosphorus

Today Redeyef, Tunisia, is quite a scene: it's a decrepit French colonial houses are surrounded by mountains of black phosphate sand, radioactive water lakes and...

Holoscenes incites flood of reaction to climate change

Holoscenes is a public art and performance installation that is a visual response to climate change. It's centered around three people-sized aquariums that flood and...

Solar Roadways: energy-generating roads that light up at night

What if asphalt roads around the world were replaced with modular panels that generate energy during the day and light up at night? Our...

Meditative LED bowl lamp recharges with circular motions

Shlomi Mir is one of Israel's most visionary designers whose recent tumbleweed anti-desertification project earned him a Lexus Design Award alongside giants like Toyo Ito. But its his beautiful rechargeable...

Greening your real estate purchase in the Middle East

If you are shopping around for a home in Saudi Arabia or the Middle East there are conventional places to turn to like Craig’s...

Toilet of the future? Holy crap, it’s here!

The 2012 winners of a competition with a cringe-inducing name teamed up with a powerhouse plumbing manufacturer to design a self-contained restroom that could be...

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