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Save the Cave Dwellers of Cappadocia (PHOTOS)

Tafline Laylin - May 23, 2012

Nothing is more earth-friendly than carving out an existence in the belly of a cave. Yet, despite its 1985 UNESCO cultural and natural World...

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Investing in Ramallah’s Children Key to Sustainability

Leigh Cuen - May 22, 2012

Ramallah is leading the way as the heart of Palestine's environmental awakening. City-dwellers are planting trees, creating and restoring open, natural community spaces and reviving...

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Simple Wave House is a Minimalist Summer Home for Turkey

Tafline Laylin - May 25, 2012

Turkish designer Gunes Peksen doesn't say much about this concept for a minimalist summer retreat, but it is definitely reminiscent of the Prefab LoftCube...

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Ancient River Valley Reclaimed: Saudi’s Sweet Success Story

Tafline Laylin - May 21, 2012

For hundreds of years, Saudi's Wadi Hanifah River carved out a scenic valley extending from sand dunes and agricultural land pocked with date plantations...

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What Can Rio+20 Do For The Arab World?

Arwa Aburawa - May 20, 2012

We speak to Mohamed Abdel Raouf, a green researcher who will be attending the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) about what it could...

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Street Art Meets Castro Fashion in Shipping Containers

Tafline Laylin - May 19, 2012

After a full year of planning, O*GE's hard curatorial work at the Castro street art project in Jaffa has finally paid off. In one...

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Severe Water Scarcity Could Hit Arab Region by 2015

Arwa Aburawa - May 20, 2012

Although water scarcity is unlikely to lead to water waters, it is still devastating for the development and survival of any nation The latest report...

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Qatar (Still) Has the World’s Largest Carbon Footprint

Arwa Aburawa - May 17, 2012

According to the World Wildlife Fund's latest report, Qatar still has the world's largest carbon footprint It's been a couple of years since Qatar was...

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Dubai Radio Mauls Gulf’s Un-green Malls

Faisal O'Keefe - May 17, 2012

Emirati malls suffer a blistering review in a 21 minute podcast on green retail. Radio station Dubai Eye 103.8 FM (which not long ago featured Green...

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Eclectic HAAZ Art Gallery in Turkey Receives a Sustainable Upgrade

Tafline Laylin - May 17, 2012

It has been a year since the HAAZ Design and Art Gallery in a popular shopping district of Istanbul received a sustainable upgrade from...

Business

Is Urbanizing the Solution to Israel’s Housing Crisis?

Leigh Cuen - May 14, 2012

Forest in central Israel, as seen from Ein Karem Some architects and economists are proposing Israel solve its affordable housing crisis by turning central Israel...

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Lebanon Carpet Fire Causing More Atmospheric Pollution

Maurice Picow - May 14, 2012

Black plumes go airborne from burning Byblos Carpet Factory fire in Lebanon. Lebanon has had more than its share of various air and surface pollution...

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Beirut Activists to Stage Guerrilla Picnics

Tafline Laylin - May 14, 2012

Stuck in the bygone days of rampant Lebanese nepotism, Mr. Bilal Hamad, the Mayor of Beirut municipality, is delaying a plan to open one of...

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Jordan Finally Phases out Ozone-depleting Chemicals

Faisal O'Keefe - May 9, 2012

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has wrapped up a national phase-out of all central cooling systems using chlorofluorocarbons (CFC), reports the Jordan Times: "Jordan's program for...

Cities

Locatat: Building With Materials Sourced Within a 100 Mile Radius

Tafline Laylin - May 8, 2012

Certain buzzwords are developed to help us grasp a concept. To environmentalists, sustainability refers to eating, building and living in a way that will...

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