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Which Earthy, Temporary Home Would You Choose? Sukkah City, NYC 2010

New York City will host "The People's Sukkah Choice" on Union Square during the Festival of Sukkot. In Great Falls, Virginia, where my parents...

Tel-Aviv’s $60 Million Eco-Office Tower A Go

Tel Aviv's first 'green' office tower uses recycled, sustainable and domestic building materials and ecological maintenance procedures for a long-term...

Why Israel Breathes Easy On Car-free Yom Kippur Day

Israel's green campaigners note the quiet streets and clear skies on Yom Kippur Day Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, is the holiest day...

Atoning for Environmental Sins in the Kitchen this Yom Kippur

Avoid environmentally unfriendly cooking habits in the new year The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur begins this Friday night, September 12. In Jewish tradition this...

Artocos: Architectural “Musical” Activism in Dubai

Dubai's designers protest a planned development project with this musical power plant If we continue to usurp every inch of undeveloped land in order to...

Israel’s New “Green” Synagogue to Raise Environmental Awareness

Rabbi Ian Pear believes that public institutions should take the lead in generating environmental awareness. The relationship between ecology and worldwide religions has taken center...

Egypt’s Long Path to Nuclear Power

US President Nixon offered to build eight nuclear power plants for Egypt during the Cold War; Matt questions whether the first such plant will...

Israel’s Shriveled Vegetables Will Increase Market Prices

As temperatures continue to rise, can we expect to see more crop losses and higher market prices? Any attentive Israeli who has bought extra supplies...

A Black Smog-Craft Chokes Cairo’s Skies

Trapped air and burning rice waste turns Cairo's already sullied skies black during "Black Cloud Season" Not long ago I took a trip to the...

The Romans Would Be Proud of Jordanian-Greek Wind Farm Outside Jerash

A new wind farm is planned nearby the Jordanian city of Jerash. Located 48 kilometers north of Amman, the site is considered one of...

Marilyn Monroe And “The Salon of Beauty” In Dubai

Best of all, short term renters - who have the option of renting daily or up to 3 months - will have a splendid view of Dubai's shimmering skyline comprised of "thousands of skyscrapers," most notably the towering Burj, all of which are "reflected in the water." Prices are negotiable, depending on where you're from, and range from $140 per night to the above quoted $200, or nearly $3,000 per month.

US Leaves Iraq With A Legacy Of Waste

$5 Billion couldn't put their country back together; will Iraqis be able to pick up the pieces? What is more wasteful than war? Bomb...

Intel Israel Is LEED’s Golden Child

Think of Israel and high tech, and the first word that pops into most minds is...Intel. Since setting up shop in the...

Yortanlı Dam To Flood Turkey’s Ancient City Alliaoni

Environmentalists are losing the battle to protect Alliaoni from drowning beneath the Yortanlı Dam's floodwaters Despite certain fits and starts between secular and conservative residents,...

Solaris Magic Carpet Generates Electricity

It's a tent, it's a tunnel, and it funnels the year-round cool Shamal wind. We've been so enthralled with the Land Art Generator Initiative...

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