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Going Green: How to Make Your Los Angeles Property More Eco-Friendly

What if we all treated our homes like its own environment, a little biosphere. Would we be kinder to the planet?

Being Green Starts in Your Own Backyard

Michelle Obama helps start backyard gardens, one school at a time.

Archeologists unearth ancient “New York City” in Israel

In a region where it feels like everything under the sun has been worshipped and discovered, yet another ancient city, 5,000 years old has...

Vertical Forests, A Practical Design For Humanizing Cities Again

What on earth is a vertical forest? It's a forest that doesn't grow on the earth. It grows in troughs placed on the balconies...

Vertical Cemeteries are a Modern Catacomb in Jerusalem

Jerusalem's new subterranean cemetery is providing a solution to the problem of where to bury people nowadays.

UNESCO Embraces Gaming as Popular Pastime Enters Fascinating New Chapter

Playing a game or two is something that runs to the very core of societies across the world and remains a way in which communities interact with one another - online or otherwise.

Ashkelon’s Sand Sculpture Festival Brings International Artists To Its Beaches

International sand sculpture artists have arrived in Ashkelon to create magical figures from sand.

Surprising Reasons Why Cities Need More Shade

Urban dwellers need more shade. A recent Israeli report explains why.

Tips for Travelling to Dubai

Weird, wonderful Dubai. Everything you need to know before your first trip.

Getting around Amsterdam for a half-day stopover

Have a short time to visit this lovely city? Hop on a canal boat and feel like you have been there.

Gold instead of cinnamon on cappuccinos in Arab states as poverty reels on nearby

The United Arab Emirate states have long been known for over extravagance; including driving white gold Mercedes sports coupes and keeping cheetahs and other...

My community organic veggie garden’s growing up well in Israel

Green Prophet writer details his experience growing food at his local community garden.

The benefits of opening a business in Dubai

The large number of foreign investors registered in Dubai shows that this destination offers numerous business benefits and the possibility of developing economic activities at a fast pace. Dream of opening an eco business?

The future of green building in the Middle East looks backward

If we want to create progress in the Middle East in green building, architects, planners and investors need to move away from trendy ideas to going back to relationships with local traditions and cultures.

Israeli tech to tackle bacteria resistant to antibiotics

The first person ever to be treated with an antibiotic was a policeman from Oxford, England in 1941. While tending his garden during his...

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The backlash against HelloFresh's Pride Month marketing campaign has sparked a wider conversation about food, labor, sustainability, and whether consumers should reconnect with local farmers, butchers, and home gardens instead of relying on subscription meal kits.

Regenerative Wool or Greenwashing? Zentera Responds to Critics

Zentera responds to questions about ZQ wool, animal welfare, regenerative farming, ethical fashion and the fallout from PETA's New Zealand investigation.

The Ocean’s Hidden ‘Dark Web’ Is Being Fished Before Scientists Understand It

Deep below the ocean's surface, in a dimly lit region known as the twilight zone, millions of fish are being caught every year. Scientists say the consequences are largely unknown.

Barnacle glue could fix coral reefs, inspire new advances in building and medicine

Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

Crooked, forked and curved trees are often treated as second-class timber. They are considered less valuable, and not suitable for load bearing walls or support systems in building. If a tree trunk is not straight enough to become a saw log, it is frequently diverted into pulp production or burned for energy. Now, new research from Aalto University could help change that.

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

The backlash against HelloFresh's Pride Month marketing campaign has sparked a wider conversation about food, labor, sustainability, and whether consumers should reconnect with local farmers, butchers, and home gardens instead of relying on subscription meal kits.

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Zentera responds to questions about ZQ wool, animal welfare, regenerative farming, ethical fashion and the fallout from PETA's New Zealand investigation.

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Deep below the ocean's surface, in a dimly lit region known as the twilight zone, millions of fish are being caught every year. Scientists say the consequences are largely unknown.

Barnacle glue could fix coral reefs, inspire new advances in building and medicine

Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

Crooked, forked and curved trees are often treated as second-class timber. They are considered less valuable, and not suitable for load bearing walls or support systems in building. If a tree trunk is not straight enough to become a saw log, it is frequently diverted into pulp production or burned for energy. Now, new research from Aalto University could help change that.

Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

Just 15 kilometers from Tzfat there is a moshav that was founded in the late 50s that was ideologically influenced by organic, vegetarian and vegan principles. My hostess at Ohn-Bar, the tzimmer where I stayed, explained that the people of Amirim were among the pioneers of Israel’s strong vegetarian movement.
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