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Will Foster & Partners Achieve Carbon Neutrality In Hong Kong?

The carbon-neutral city, Masdar, has all-but-failed. Can this urban park in Hong Kong do better? Architectural firm Foster & Partners have their stamp all over...

Dye Solar Cell “3G Solar” Moves On-Grid

3G Solar moves on-grid, where the market is  more lucrative than off-grid, developing countries The Israeli solar power firm 3G Solar will move on...

Windstalks May Compete with Turbines to Energize the Middle East

Windstalks are an interesting concept; but will they really work? Wind turbines, some of them as large as commercial airliners, have been receiving their fair...

Public Transportation Takes Flight In Dubai

Will more people in Dubai catch on to merits of metro-riding, ditch the car, and reduce their carbon footprint? We've already established that the Emiratis...

Lease Your Roof To A Fiddler, A Farmer, or An Independent Power Producer

Need a place to park your solar panels or urban garden? SEGlet's website offers a revolutionary crowdsourcing solution Real estate has taken on a...

From City Sewage to Solar and Wind as Dexia Enters Israel’s Green Circus

A burst pipe soon thing of the past? News about new investment in Israeli cleanteach tends to be dominated by announcements of new and advanced...

Tap Into Auxiliary Water Supplies With Your AC

Gallons of water can be produced in hours.  The world water crisis is a definite fact, and the availability of fresh water for drinking, cooking,...

Architect From Fortune 500 Company Criticizes Middle East’s “Glass Monsters”

Glass may be beautiful, but in the Middle East, it's far from eco-friendly It's one thing for environmental bloggers to criticize architects or project managers...

Ashkelon’s Proposed Natural Gas Power Plant Still Not Environmentally Friendly

Ruptures in natural gas pipelines like this one could cause a gas-fired power plant to shut down. Ashkelon's planned gas-fired power plant is being hailed...

500 Tonne Food Waste Undermines Holy Month Of Ramadan

Officials in Abu Dhabi launched the "Think before you waste" campaign to help prevent food from piling up in landfills during Ramadan While Muslims are...

What is Causing Breast Growth in Chinese Toddlers?

When was the last time you checked the ingredients in your baby's formula? A mystery is unfolding in the central area of Wuhan and the...

BrightSource Energy One Step Closer to World’s Largest Solar Plant

If the California public approves, Brightsource Energy will proceed to construction in the Fall despite rare desert tortoise Although BrightSource Energy pulled out of the...

Haim Dotan’s Tao of Architecture

Israeli  Haim Dotan incorporates the soul of nature into his art and architecture Few things make our green hearts soar more than an architect with...

If Homo Sapiens Want A Home, They’re Gonna Need Some Biodiversity First

If our leaders don't get their hands dirty and effect real plans to protect biodiversity, we stand to lose the land we live on ...

Should Cities In The Middle East Be More Dense, Like Manhattan?

Though urban density is better for the environment, we don't have to give up all the benefits of country living (such as locally-grown food) Though...

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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.

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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.

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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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