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Why We Need an Earth Architecture Revolution (VIDEO)

Find out what it takes to build your home and neighborhood, and then find out about the latest developments in earth architecture. Which is...

World-Famous Architect Jørn Utzon Admired Morocco’s Vernacular Architecture

Jørn Utzon spent time in Morocco, where he admired the traditional architecture. The Kasbah du Toubkal south of Marrakech is a sterling example of the...

Gaza’s Green Schools Fuse Islamic Architecture and Sustainable Design

A fusion of traditional Islamic architecture and modern sustainable design, Gaza's new green schools will cost the same to build as their less-sustainable counterparts.  We...

Croatian Firm to Design Istanbul’s First Disaster Prevention & Education Center

Radionika Arhitekture from Croatia won an international design competition to design  Instanbul's Disaster Prevention and Education Center, which is hoped to create more public...

Gaza’s Getting 20! Zero-Emissions Eco-Schools

In time, students living in Gaza Strip will no longer be vulnerable to the politics du jour.  In an unprecedented move, the United Nations Relief and...

Saudi Acts as Oil Cheerleader at COP 17 Circus

Saudi is pulling out the pom poms to protect OPEC oil-producing nations from losing money as climate change negotiations start at the COP 17...

Jordan Green Building Council Announces Creative Design Contest

Join a design contest and network with Jordan's LEED-minded professionals. Sometimes a simple link with like-minded souls can jump-start connection to fascinating places. As an...

How Israel’s Tent Cities Influenced Occupy Wall Street

Inspired by the Arab Spring this past summer, Israelis from a rainbow of different ethnicities, political leanings and backgrounds banded together to form a...

Shopping Malls Go Green in Israel

This Israeli mall, Ir Yamim includes a round tank in foreground for rain or AC runoff water Mid East Green building projects like those in...

Beirut’s Rooftop Revolution by Wassim Melki

We interview urban designer Wassim Melki who envisions a sustainable future for Beirut's skyline. Beirut is almost completely bereft of public green spaces. Satellite images...

Guilhem Eustache’s Magical Home is Made With Traditional Moroccan Materials

While many architects look to concrete as a cheap building material, Guilhem Eustache chose natural materials used by local Berbers for hundreds of years....

Gulf Orders Piling Up For Fuel-Efficient 787 Dreamliners

Gulf carriers are ready for the new EU carbon regulations, with 70 orders pending for the 20% more energy-efficient Boeing Dreamliner. From January next year,...

Twirling for Tripoli’s Car Free Day

Spinning for a car-free day in Tripoli, Lebanon. Though not clear of cars, the streets were considerably less congested and polluted. Like in many...

Rapid Gulf Growth Wrecking Ecological Havoc

Imagine a rapidly growing tourist paradise, but set in the path of a "freeway" line of oil tankers constantly moving through the Gulf region, shipping out a third of the world's oil, polluting the coastline, and you can begin to imagine the scope of the problem assessed by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health in Toronto.

Op Ed: Don’t Let Money Rob Egypt’s Green Building Success!

Students from the American University of Cairo designed SLIDES - a solar-powered modular home that is slated to compete in next years Solar Decathlon,...

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Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

Jewish Climate Network founded so innovators don’t leave their identity at the door

Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

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A rooftop solar system looks simple: panels, an inverter, a battery and a few cables. But beneath that simplicity lies a bill of materials thousands of lines long, where tiny current sensors, magnetic cores, gate drivers, capacitors and connectors quietly determine efficiency, safety and lifespan. These overlooked components—not the solar panels themselves—are why today's residential solar systems are smaller, smarter and far more reliable than those of a decade ago.

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The Space Orchestra, and the search for extraterrestrial life, to eclipse celebration

The event will livestream eclipse views from Iceland and northern Spain, where the eclipse will be total, while the 35-member International Space Orchestra, made up of astronauts, scientists, engineers, and researchers—performs a new orchestral interpretation of Voyager by PJ Harvey.

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Jewish Climate Network founded so innovators don’t leave their identity at the door

Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

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Teen Farmerettes were Canada’s answer to Victory Gardens during wartime food shortages

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The Early Believers: Investors Who Backed SpaceX Long Before Its Record IPO

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From eco city experiment to global clean energy giant: How Masdar became the UAE’s renewable energy powerhouse

Masdar began as an ambitious eco city in the Abu Dhabi desert. Two decades later, it has become one of the world's largest renewable energy developers, financing billions of dollars in solar, wind and battery storage projects across the globe.

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