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#occupygezi In-Situ Architecture Made with Scrap Materials (Photos)

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Jordan’s US Embassy Sees Power in SOCCKET Balls

A couple of Harvard students have enlisted the world’s most popular sport as a generator of portable power.  SOCCKET ball, the brainchild of Jessica...

“Dubai’s Skyscrapers are Cheap” and “Anonymous” says Architect Franky Gehry

Frank Gehry, considered one of the world's most important architects, said in a recent Foreign Policy interview that its "cheap" skyscrapers makes Dubai look...

Byblos, the ‘Best Arab Tourist City’ in Lebanon Offers Lessons in Greening too

Byblos, the world's oldest continuously inhabited city in Lebanon has been named the Arab world's best tourist city by the United Nations World Tourism...

Beirut Terraces Make Sustainable Vertical Villages for Lebanon City

As part of a larger master plan to rejuvenate the downtown Beirut area, Swiss Architects Herzog & De Meuron have designed "The Terraces," a...

Burj Khalifa on Google Street View

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Solar-Powered Water Drop Building Produces Drinking Water from Dubai Air

Orlando De Urrutia has designed what he says is the world's first building to get its water from the air. Called the Water Building...

IKEA and UN Unveil Prefab Solar-Powered Refugee Shelters

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Today is World Refugee Day. Some good news for a change: Refutrees is a new non-profit that's turning the traditional aid-centric model of development...

Dubai Green Store Dubbed “World’s Most Sustainable Building”

Gundeep Singh used to own a yacht and a porsche before he turned over a green leaf to open what is now known as...

Taksim Redux? Lebanese Protest Over Loss of Beirut’s Ancient Jesuit Garden Park

In a Middle Eastern city with paltry green space, residents gather to object to new development that will destroy one of their few public...

Environmental Protests of the Middle East Show Eco Awareness in Arab World

During the last six years, the words energy security, water security, and food security could be found a lot in the Arab media. Since...

Saudi Arabia Sinks $26 Billion in Green Buildings

Saudi Arabian investment in 76 new environmentally savvy construction projects is estimated to exceed $26 billion, according to Faisal Al-Fadl, Secretary General of the...

Jordan’s Grassroots Efforts to Manage Municipal Trash

The city of Amman in Jordan where I live is experiencing a deteriorating level of municipal services, most notably in garbage collection and public...

Egypt Gets Testy Over Ethiopia’s Giant Renaissance Dam

As Ethiopia continues with its plans to build the Grand Renaissance Dam in order to meet the country's burgeoning energy shortfall, Egypt is starting...

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