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Al Ain Jungle School: Other UAE Institutes Are “Green” With Envy

Tafline Laylin - April 21, 2011

The success of greening Al Ain's Liwa International school could have great environmental ramifications for other schools in the region. This could be...

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Maritime Nuclear Energy May Still Be Worthwhile – To a Point

Maurice Picow - April 17, 2011

Russian nuclear icebreaker 50 Years of Victory: Can spend many months at sea With the nuclear power plant crisis in the Chernobyl reactor in 1986...

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Emiratis Fear Dwindling Water Supplies Will Impact Future Generation

Arwa Aburawa - April 14, 2011

A rising number of Emiratis are concerned about water scarcity and what it could mean for future generations In the United Arab Emirate the average...

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Serene Japanese-Styled Heiku Resort Lies At The Foot Of Mt. Gilboa

Tafline Laylin - April 14, 2011

This Japanese-style resort and spa attempts to add value to, rather than subdue, its natural surroundings. My stepmother always says about life that there is...

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What’s Better: The Copenhagen Model, Or Masdar City?

Tafline Laylin - April 15, 2011

Chris Turner from MNN argues that Copenhagenization is the more humble, more widely applicable approach to making cities livable, but there's something about Masdar...

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DI Bernhard Gruber Designs Cool Green Playground For Hot Climes

Tafline Laylin - April 11, 2011

Before we know it, the Middle Eastern sun will be hot enough to fry eggs on the sidewalk and kids will want to stay...

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Seven Steps Required To Make Middle Eastern Cities Sustainable

Tafline Laylin - April 11, 2011

Middle East city planners take note: These seven steps to creating more efficient cities could literally save the world. Cities account for 80% of the...

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Ride a Pod Car and Meet Masdar City @Monthly Fair

Karin Kloosterman - April 8, 2011

Eco-tourists can visit Masdar City without a press pass. If you happen to be in the Abu Dhabi neighborhood, let's say at the end of...

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All Of Saudi Will Come To The New Mile High “Kingdom Tower”

Tafline Laylin - April 11, 2011

The Saudi Kingdom has commissioned a tower twice as tall as the Burj Khalifa. Not long after we lauded the progress in their construction industry,...

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Egypt’s Buried Dignitaries Won’t Be Moving Anytime Soon

Tafline Laylin - April 7, 2011

A leading Muslim group denies the Cairo municipality's request to relocate graves in the crowded city. Following the success of Al-Azhar park in Cairo, also...

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Beautiful Red Sea Film School Integrates Nature As Teaching Tool

Tafline Laylin - April 10, 2011

This is more than a building with a ragged mountain backdrop. This architecture creates the ultimate in sensory education for Jordan's film students. The Red...

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With Three Raging Reactor Meltdowns at Fukushima, What’s Positive About Nuclear Power?

Maurice Picow - April 4, 2011

Destroyed reactor: Dead Zone for 100 years? Three of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear reactors may now be in a meltdown situation according to nuclear energy...

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Dubai’s Waste amongst the Highest in the World

Arwa Aburawa - March 30, 2011

UAE minister reveals that Dubai is amongst the top producers of waste in the world Dubai, which is one of the seven emirates of...

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Saudi Arabia’s Green Construction Potential: Insurance for a New Green Economy?

Rola Tassabehji - January 15, 2017

Estidama is like LEED for the Middle East. Last week, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz announced a second package of economic initiatives for Saudi...

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Foster + Partners Finish Gorgeous Green Building In Morocco

Tafline Laylin - March 27, 2013

This beautiful dome-building from Foster & Partners is the first building the firm has completed in Africa. We haven't always loved Foster & Partners developments...

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