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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

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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...

When Abu Dhabi Art Meets Sand, Sun, and Sky

Glass art installation in Abu Dhabi generates inspiration and energy in one fell swoop Studied Impact in Abu Dhabi came to our attention when they...

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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