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Foster + Partners in Jordan: What’s Sustainable About a Green Airport?

Inspired by palm trees, Masdar City architects will expand Queen Alia Airport, to become a "green" airport in Jordan. A couple of months ago,...

American Vertical Farm Concepts Good for the Middle East

Inspired by Babylon's Hanging Gardens? Weber Thompson's Vertical Farm pyramid concept can be used in  Abu Dhabi or Dubai as well. American cities like Newark...

Summer Heat Jams Power Production in Oil-rich Saudi Arabia

Saudis, Kuwaitis and Emiritis experience summer blackouts, despite being oil- and gas-rich. Lack of infrastructure and change in lifestyle to blame. With temperatures reaching up...

Architectural Design To Memorialize Assault On Free Speech In Turkey

Although they only received 2nd place in Turkey's national design competition, 1/1 Architecture combines "green" with culture in this stunning design True green architecture...

How To Handle Record High Summer Temperatures

We understand the impulse to stay cool and protect blood and brains from cooking, but it is wise to exercise caution in order to ensure a lasting electricity supply for everyone while simultaneously reducing carbon emissions. 

Record Hot Summer Ignites Forest Fires in Iran

At the end of July, the hot Middle East summer caused  forests around the city of Doroud in Western Iran to ignite in a...

Masdar City: Small Hiccups, Or Total System Failure?

Masdar City has experienced knee-buckling setbacks, but we haven't heard the last of them just yet Masdar City is hanging on tenterhooks. After questioning the...

In the Face of “Nile-lessness” Egyptians Protest Water Shortages

Hotter summers, intense irrigation and threats of losing their Nile, Egyptians are under quota for water compared to other Arab nations. They take to...

A Flash Flood DIY Survival Guide for the Middle East

Natural disasters are expected to rise in the coming years in the Middle East. The UN supplies a quick DIY list of tips to...

Israel’s Water Industry at Crossroads As Its Head Focuses on Private Venture

The upcoming months are going to be critical for the success of Israel's water industry, including Ori Yogev's Whitewater Group. Globes is reporting that...

Omar Yousef’s Crowded Architecture

Palestinian Architect Omar Yousef draws attention to the occupation's "forced ecology" at the Ecoweek conference in Israel Designed to teach young architects the most...

Will AFED's Documentary "Wet And Dry" Catalyze Arab Environmental Action?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osHCbW9orV0 Even as they sound an important climate change alarm for Middle Eastern viewers, AFED's endorsement of MASDAR and KAUST deserves its own alarm. ...

Azouri Brothers Eco-Tower Planned for Tel Aviv

The First Phase of Tel Aviv's first "Green" high rise to be completed in January Although the Middle Eastern sustainable development agenda lags behind...

Iran Plans for Solar Energy in Tehran, But Cost’s a Limiting Factor

In the face of nuclear sanctions, Merhdad reports on Iran's renewable energy agenda. Time to invest in Iran's sun? Above image of streetlights in...

Nile Awareness Mission: Aswan To Alexandria In a Kayak

Aly Morad and Salah El Din Helmry to kayak 27 days in January, 2011 to draw awareness to the polluted Nile River It takes...

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Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

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Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

Just 15 kilometers from Tzfat there is a moshav that was founded in the late 50s that was ideologically influenced by organic, vegetarian and vegan principles. My hostess at Ohn-Bar, the tzimmer where I stayed, explained that the people of Amirim were among the pioneers of Israel’s strong vegetarian movement.
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