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BrightSource-Chevron Joint Solar Project To Extract Heavy Oil, Suffers Losses

BrightSource solar thermal illustration: Better than using the sun to soften oil BrightSource Energy, the California based solar thermal energy company whose technology as innovated...

Beirut Activists Try to “Green the Grey” of Their Concrete Urban Environment

Fed up with the absence of greenery in Beirut, 200 residents of the city gathered in a decidedly concrete Sassine Square to collectively say that they wanted to "Green the Grey"

Beirut Is Getting Its First Green-Roofed Tower

Foster & Partners broke ground on their first project in Lebanon. This new tower will also be the first in Beirut to have green...

Earth Architecture All The Way To Timbuktu

South African architects chose mud as the main building material for an $8.36 million Islamic Research Institute project in Timbuktu. Using the name Timbuktu in...

Breaking!!! Ground Zero Rubble Site to be Adorned by Arab-Based Design Team

One tiny little part of the sprawling Freshkills landfill with the Manhattan skyline in the background. The final resting place of Ground Zero remains and rubble...

“Worst Case Scenario” Realized as Three Fukushima Nuclear Reactors Melt Down

Areal view of damaged Fukushima reactors - another Chernobyl? In what is being considered as a "worst case scenario" Japan power company authorities have now...

Saudi Adds A Splash Of Green To Royal Weddings

Green is the new gold: Saudi solicits sustainable designs for its Royal Wedding Hall. Known worldwide for their obscene oil wealth, Saudi Arabia has invited...

Egypt May Survive Climate Change Thanks to AUC Students

This beautiful solar-powered home could usher in Egypt's period of healing, sustainably. Last year when I visited Egypt, it felt heavy. For three decades, Mubarak's...

Bosphorus To Become Center of Hydrogen Energy Production If Second Canal Is Built

The proposed canal has been slammed by Turkish environmentalists. But authorities at Turkey's center for hydrogen energy technology see a silver lining: the canal...

Time Running Out for Saving Dead Sea Hotels

Artist Sigalit Landau swims naked amongst watermelons in Dead Sea to dramatize its plight. The Dead Sea is situated at the lowest point on...

Mashrabiya: 12th Century Light & Cooling For Lebanon’s USJ Campus

Contemporary architects in the Middle East revert to ancient techniques to cool and light new buildings. The earliest known Mashrabiya dates to 12th century Baghdad,...

A New “Face” for Israel’s Garbage Park

Three times the size of NYC's Central Park: Say hello to the New Ariel Sharon Eco Park in Israel. Turning a mountain sized garbage mound...

Green Houses Open to the Public During Tel Aviv’s Annual Architecture Weekend

Tel Aviv's architecture weekend takes note of green spaces and green issues. For the past decade or so, Tel Aviv has been undergoing a type...

EXCLUSIVE: On Dubai’s Saner Future With Former Foster & Partners Partner

In an exclusive interview, Emanuel Mattutini, one of the first Foster & Partners' Associate Partners to move to the UAE, talked to Green Prophet...

The True Grit Behind Hot Building Schemes

Outside temperatures often reach into the mid-fifties (celsius!) during Middle East summers. Construction workers feel the heat. Behind every glamorous building in Dubai are hundreds...

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The Myths Killing Your Fleet’s Carbon Numbers

Truck maintenance is more than an operating expense. From tire pressure and engine efficiency to idling and unexpected breakdowns, discover how smarter fleet maintenance can reduce fuel consumption, lower carbon emissions and improve sustainability reporting.

Where Should You Buy Seeds for Planting?

Good gardens start with good seeds. Learn how to choose reliable seed companies, avoid poor-quality seeds, understand heirloom and hybrid varieties, and store seeds for better germination.

La Profumoteca: The Sicilian perfume shop that remembered my daughter’s first scent

Seven years after creating her first perfume in a small Sicilian shop, my daughter had just three drops left. A family-owned perfumer in Palermo helped us recover the scent of her childhood.

Beyond the Beetle Bag: Pilsok transforms car airbags into a jacket that honours Ukrainian rescuers

Ukrainian design studio Pilsok, known for its popular Beetle backpack, transforms discarded car airbags into a striking designer jacket honouring Ukraine's emergency rescuers.

PeaceTech is the next CleanTech. And we’ve been building it for decades.

From the forests of Ontario to sea turtle conservation in Lebanon and water cooperation across the Middle East, Green Prophet founder Karin Kloosterman argues that CleanTech, EnviroTech and AgTech are already building the foundations of PeaceTech.

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The Myths Killing Your Fleet’s Carbon Numbers

Truck maintenance is more than an operating expense. From tire pressure and engine efficiency to idling and unexpected breakdowns, discover how smarter fleet maintenance can reduce fuel consumption, lower carbon emissions and improve sustainability reporting.

Where Should You Buy Seeds for Planting?

Good gardens start with good seeds. Learn how to choose reliable seed companies, avoid poor-quality seeds, understand heirloom and hybrid varieties, and store seeds for better germination.

La Profumoteca: The Sicilian perfume shop that remembered my daughter’s first scent

Seven years after creating her first perfume in a small Sicilian shop, my daughter had just three drops left. A family-owned perfumer in Palermo helped us recover the scent of her childhood.

Beyond the Beetle Bag: Pilsok transforms car airbags into a jacket that honours Ukrainian rescuers

Ukrainian design studio Pilsok, known for its popular Beetle backpack, transforms discarded car airbags into a striking designer jacket honouring Ukraine's emergency rescuers.

PeaceTech is the next CleanTech. And we’ve been building it for decades.

From the forests of Ontario to sea turtle conservation in Lebanon and water cooperation across the Middle East, Green Prophet founder Karin Kloosterman argues that CleanTech, EnviroTech and AgTech are already building the foundations of PeaceTech.

China brings back battery swapping for electric trucks. Remember Shai Agassi and Better Place? We do

CATL is building thousands of battery-swap stations for electric trucks. Can China succeed where Israel's $850 million Better Place experiment failed?

Rainwater nowhere is safe to drink

As winter rains approach the Middle East, scientists warn that PFAS forever chemicals contaminate rainwater worldwide, even in Antarctica.

Elon Musk’s flying Tesla Roadster is here. My 13-year-old son thinks it’s the future

My 13-year-old son told me about Elon Musk's flying Tesla Roadster while we were hiking. Could flying electric cars transform our cities, reduce roads and make more room for trees?
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