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Underwater City Alternative to Floating Islands?

An underground underwater city and water complex idea an alternative to floating islands? Climate change is causing sea levels to rise, so much that the...

Plastic Eco-Brick Proposal Wins Dubai Resident a UN Citizen Ambassadorship

 Dubai-based Jonathan Eric Defante plastic "eco-brick" pitch won him a UN Citizen Ambassadorship.  Jonathan Eric Defante submitted his "One Bottle, One Life" YouTube pitch to...

Tel Aviv Lifeguard Shacks To Become Tiny Pixel Hotels

Pixel Hotel Tel Aviv offers a stylish boutique stay near the beach and city center, combining modern design, comfort, and easy access to Tel Aviv’s nightlife.

It’s Official: Pollution Contributes to Tornadoes and Hailstorms

Unless you are a really big fan of tornadoes and hailstorms, it's time to ditch the car (or at least carpool), grab a bus,...

Masdar Aims to Become the Guru of Sustainable Building Materials

Masdar will break ground on a new Facade Test Center in a few months. It will research the most energy efficient building materials on...

Technion & Cornell Win Historic Bid to Build a Net-Zero Energy Tech Hub in NYC

The groundbreaking net-zero energy NYCTech Campus designed as a collaborative project between Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and Cornell University will also be...

Gazan Farmers Struggle With Rising Salinity & Water Shortages

High water demand is putting pressure on scarce water resources and destroying the agricultural sector in Gaza Water shortages are a widespread and common problem...

Ramot Polin: Crazy Israeli Architecture Gone Terribly Wrong

A hastily constructed building in Israel designed in 1972 seemed like a good idea at a time, but now it has evolved into a...

Yaniv Pardo’s Twisting Tower for Netanya in Israel

Netanya's efficient new twisting tower will be powered by geothermal energy and transform this once-obscure Israeli city. We have a real soft spot for earth...

Amman’s New Mega-Mall is Antithesis of Sustainable Development

The Taj mall in Amman, Jordan seems as current and eco-sensitive as a polyester leisure suit. Costing in excess of $170 million and with a...

Swanky New Train Will Get Pax From Jeddah to Makkah in Under 30 Minutes

The Haramain High Speed Rail Project (HHR) in Saudi Arabia recently broke ground, which bodes well for the future of the Kingdom's environmental/energy footprint.  Phase...

Understanding Cairo Beyond the Complaints

Dirty, polluted, and badly managed: Understanding Cairo, The Logic of a City Out of Control goes beyond the usual rhetoric “The Egyptian middle classes and...

Construction of Israel’s First LEED Platinum EcoBuilding by Geotectura Begins

We're so thrilled to announce that Geotectura has finally broken ground on Israel's very first LEED Platinum Building. We've been waiting for this happy moment...

Can Knowledge Save Us From Climate Change?

At the ongoing Eye on Earth summit in Abu Dhabi, there has been a lot of talk about sharing environmental data. But we question...

Sustainable Architecture Saudi Style: King Abdullah Financial District

Although the massive 3,300,000 sq m King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh will feature a variety of "green" initiatives, this is definitely sustainable architecture...

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