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People Who Live in Glass Houses…Should Harvest the Desert Sun

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Interview: Melissa Sterry And The City That Loves Floods

A 21st Century Bionic Pioneer, Melissa Sterry talks to Green Prophet about built environments that embrace the volatile new world order. Melissa Sterry makes our...

A Growing Gulf Dependent on Imported Food

Skyscrapers (even rotating!) and dreams of vertical farms, but not a greenhouse to be seen. The Gulf is growing more and more dependent on...

Esfahan Is Almost As Polluted As Tehran

A look at the air pollution in Esfahan, Iran. Cars and the clay brick industry are some of the biggest problems. The solution? Take...

World Cup 2022: Is Qatar Too Hot To Bid?

Qatar aims to build twelve stadiums for the 2022 World Cup in one of the hottest places on earth? Will that plan go up...

Ferrari Theme Park Revs Up Abu Dhabi’s Ecological Demise

At a time when sane people are looking for ways to scale back their use of precious resources, Abu Dhabi continues to move full...

Yoav David, City Architect of Tel Aviv, Goes “EUREKA” About Urban Sustainability

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Israel and Palestine Declare War… Against Climate Change

Israel and the Palestinian Authority are among 15 Mediterranean nations who have just signed a historic agreement to work together to combat the effects...

EcoOcean Hosts Series of Marine Ecology Lectures

EcoOcean, an Israeli non-profit organization that acts to maintain a healthy eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea, believes that education and research are the main...

Interview: Bracing For A Warmer Future With Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben talks about fossil fuels, a "slightly earlier time," and 350.org's goal to ensure a future for the world's youth. Bill McKibben needs...

350.org’s Phil Aroneanu On How To Build An Environmental Movement In The Middle East

With a skype account and a compelling plan, Phil Aroneanu contacted organizers in just about every Middle Eastern country to amass an enormous 350.org...

Ecoweek Builds Israeli/Palestinian Peace One Workshop At A Time

ECOWEEK is at it again, this time looking for green building solutions to Tantur, a theological school based in Beit Jala. ECOWEEK unites budding, newly-minted,...

High Waste Generation and Low Level Recycling in Iran

Iranians throw our about a half kilo of trash, per person, per day. That's high for a developing country. There is a growing rate of...

It’s Not Just Global Warming. It’s Global Scorching.

The warmer colors (red, purple) represent parts of the planet that are likely to experience the worst drought within the next few decades. ...

Bogus Job Offers For Elephant Trainers And Graphic Designers

Deputy Editor of XPRESS goes undercover and exposes rampant recruitment racket in the United Arab Emirates. Mazhar Farooqui, Deputy Editor of XPRESS, posted a resume...

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