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Green spaces make bigger babies

Karin Kloosterman - July 28, 2014

Not great news for mothers-to-be who live in cement-enroaching cities like Beirut: according to a new study pregnant women living near green urban spaces...

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San Francisco’s plastic ban sends seismic wave around the world

Faisal O'Keefe - October 13, 2021

Look West, Middle East - for a failsafe way to ween off one-use plastic bottles! Banning plastics is the best first step to eliminating...

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

Tafline Laylin - July 10, 2014

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...

Cities

Hydroponic home box grows fresh food at home on water

Tafline Laylin - April 10, 2023

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!

Cities

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

Tafline Laylin - June 27, 2014

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...

Cities

Saudi Arabia group makes pact with Masdar for green energy

Tafline Laylin - June 26, 2014

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...

Cities

PV solar bridge for breakout net-zero Falcon Island development

Tafline Laylin - June 24, 2014

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...

Cities

Water Farmers get fresh with aquaponics for food in Toronto

Karin Kloosterman - September 28, 2014

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

Cities

Israeli tech brings wireless phone charging to Starbucks

Tafline Laylin - June 16, 2014

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...

Cities

A shipping container village to rescue “shooting” city

Tafline Laylin - June 16, 2014

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...

Cities

Israeli cities suck for air

Maurice Picow - June 14, 2014

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

Cities

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

Linda Pappagallo - June 6, 2014

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...

Cities

Holoscenes incites flood of reaction to climate change

Faisal O'Keefe - June 6, 2014

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...

Cities

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

Tafline Laylin - May 30, 2014

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

Cities

Meditative LED bowl lamp recharges with circular motions

Tafline Laylin - May 28, 2014

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...

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