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Green Designers’ Cloudy Thinking

Faisal O'Keefe - April 2, 2012

Rotterdam-based architects MVRDV were smacked with a powerful backlash after unveiling their design for The Cloud, a pair of posh residential skyscrapers located in...

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Sea of Galilee RisesTwo Meters, But Still Runs Short of Water

Maurice Picow - March 30, 2012

Despite recent and heavy rains in Israel, the Sea of Galilee is still three meters lower than it should be Unusually heavy rains have...

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It’s Game Over for Global Warming Unless We Act This Decade

Tafline Laylin - March 28, 2012

Scientists warn that we are about to hit a tipping point beyond which it will be impossible to curb runaway global warming. Scientists gathered at...

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Dubai Malls That Fail to Recycle Waste Will be Fined

Tafline Laylin - March 27, 2012

The Dubai Mall is just one in the emirate that will be required by law to recycle waste. A few years ago, many Emiratis didn't...

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Local Architect Questions the Logic of Qatar’s 2022 World Cup Groundwork

Green Prophet - March 28, 2012

Doha-based architect Romi Sebastian questions the feasibility of Qatar's urban planning ahead of the 2022 World Cup Qatar is moving rapidly towards its vision to...

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Cairo’s Zabaleen Scavenge for Renewables to make Solar Cities

Does Vandousselaere - March 20, 2012

No better place to do a reality check on our environmental vision than Cairo’s Manshiet Nasr neighborhood. Its local inhabitants, the Zabaleen (Arabic for...

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Lone Spanish Researcher Aims to Humanize Dubai With Solar Art

Tafline Laylin - March 20, 2012

Nacho Zamora is touring Dubai, speaking with various leaders about incorporating solar-powered public art projects - like The Verdant Walk by North Design Office. Any...

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A Forest of Umbrellas Keeps Medina Pilgrims Cool

Faisal O'Keefe - March 21, 2012

Today's pilgrims to Medina are way cooler than their predecessors thanks to sun shelters surrounding Islam’s second-holiest mosque. Al-Masjid al-Nabawī, the second mosque built by...

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Gaza Seawater Desalination Plant Backed By Europe

Arwa Aburawa - March 17, 2012

Funding and technical support has been offered by Europe to help build a desalination plant in Gaza – but is desalination a wise choice? In...

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Lebanon’s ‘Weak State’ Supports Construction Boom, Environmental Bust

Linda Pappagallo - March 15, 2012

An interesting report published at the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Middle East institute by Waltraud- Frommherz-Hassib called “No Plan?.... Money rules” (links to PDF) reveals...

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“The Showcase” is a Mini Prototype Stadium for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup

Tafline Laylin - March 14, 2012

The Showcase is a prototype stadium used to demonstrate the technology that will cool the 2022 World Cup in Qatar We had our doubts when...

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Jordanians Hold Vigil for Fukushima

Arwa Aburawa - March 12, 2012

On the first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Greenpeace volunteers gathered in Amman to hold a vigil The event was organised to show solidarity...

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Saudi’s Bridge Plans and Nuclear Protest in Turkey- News Snippets

Arwa Aburawa - March 10, 2012

From protests in Turkey to everything you wanted to know about climate change, catch up on the latest green news from the region Saudi Minister...

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Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Gives New Meaning to Retail Therapy

Tafline Laylin - March 12, 2012

SOM is behind the new Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi, which will feature all kinds of "retail therapy!" The 2.5 million square foot...

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Sustainable Architecture In The Middle East – Interview with Karim Elgendy

Arwa Aburawa - March 14, 2012

We speak to Karim Elgendy, founder of the Middle East sustainability initiative 'Carboun' about what motivates his work and why green ratings for buildings...

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