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Is Jerusalem Stone Under Threat?

We've heard about peak oil. Ilana asks about "peak Jerusalem stone" - and if it will ever be under threat. My earliest memory of...

Earthmisting Irrigation May be Plausible Solution to Middle East Agriculture

If it works as claimed, the Earthmister will go a long way toward greening the deserts. In the water scarce Middle East, a new type...

“Mayslits Kassif Architecture” Takes Coveted European Landscape Architecture Award for Tel Aviv Port

For the first time in history, Israeli architects who designed Tel Aviv's Port took best design at the European Biennial of Landscape Architecture Awards. The...

Rawabi: Palestine’s Greenest City, or Greenest Wash?

Israel's Environmental Protection Ministry threatens to enforce their will in Palestinian territory, where the plans for Rawabi are not as green as Palestinian/Qatari developers...

Students Redefine Urban Spaces In Three Days and Three Nights

With too much brilliance to choose from, judges of last week's 72 Hour Urban Action Competition in Israel awarded two first prizes. It is less...

Going Green Is A Tactical Offensive In War

The US Army in Afghanistan recognizes that going green solves fuel supply problems for troops. Logistical supply line problems in military forces have been the...

Gerard Evenden Lifts Masdar’s Veil Of Mystery – Half Way

An interview that is supposed to shed light on Masdar's real progress does little more than reorganize the project's rhetoric Following a recent New York...

Israel Shares Strategies For Taking Back The Desert Oasis November 8-11, 2010

Over 500 people from 50 countries will join the Third Annual International Conference on "Drylands, Deserts and Desertification: The Route to Restoration," on November...

Déjà vu: Kuwait Water Worries Reminiscent Of Other Gulf Region Countries

Kuwaiti desalination plants similar to this one provide all the country's fresh water at great environmental expense A Gulf Times article that points out the...

“72 Hour Urban Action” Takes Over Bat Yam, Israel

Teams have 72 hours to re-design an urban area in a pretty crumby satellite city in Israel. It's guerilla urban architecture. We've all had the...

BP Deep Drilling In Libya Threatens Archeological Sites

Known for bulldozing archeology ruins into the sea, is it hello BP and bye bye Appolonia? Libya's ancient archeological sites under threat from offshore...

Global Warming Message Goes Awry at UAE Water Park

Energy-intensive water park in the desert, offers  a "home" to displaced penguins. Every now and then, the Middle East comes up with a scheme that...

Who’s Going Nuclear in the Middle East?

A handy chart to plot which Middle East countries are going nuclear. Ever since oil was discovered in the Middle East around 1950 it...

American “Eco-Geek’s” First Week At The Masdar Institute

American engineering student Laura Stupin spends her first week on Masdar's Mothership. Never mind the trumped up press releases that claimed for Masdar a zero...

Burj Khalifa Takes Project of the Year At Middle East Architecture Awards

Though the Burj won top project of the year, a little-known Sudanese project gets top kudos for its sustainability It may be tall, and it...

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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.

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.

The Hidden Components Powering the Renewable Energy Revolution

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.

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

It is a wake-up call to teen girls on TikTok planning their next Coachella outfit or trip to Sephora: During the Second World War, thousands of young men left family farms to enlist, but the crops still needed planting and harvesting. Ontario's government answered by recruiting high school girls, from ages 16 to 18, to spend parts of spring, summer and fall to fill in for the labor shortage. 

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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.

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.

The Hidden Components Powering the Renewable Energy Revolution

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.

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

It is a wake-up call to teen girls on TikTok planning their next Coachella outfit or trip to Sephora: During the Second World War, thousands of young men left family farms to enlist, but the crops still needed planting and harvesting. Ontario's government answered by recruiting high school girls, from ages 16 to 18, to spend parts of spring, summer and fall to fill in for the labor shortage. 

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

SpaceX’s 2026 IPO didn’t just mint billionaires—it revealed the many forms of conviction behind one of the most doubted bets in venture history.

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.

Is the manosphere selling a testosterone crisis? Pentagon’s new “Low T” policy sparks debate

The Pentagon's decision to introduce annual testosterone testing for U.S. military personnel over 30 has sparked debate among doctors and public health experts. Researchers warn that social media influencers are turning normal signs of ageing into a "Low T" crisis, encouraging unnecessary hormone testing and supplementation while blurring the line between evidence-based medicine and marketing.
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