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Studied Impact's Power Plant Fit For Living

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Mercer’s Oman Eco-City Ranking Suspect

Can a city relying on oil revenue and desalination really be labeled "eco"? (Image by dislona via flickr) At first, we felt a surge of...

Sheikha Mai Saves Bahrain's Architectural Heritage

After her grandfather's house was demolished, Sheikha Mai committed to preserving Bahrain's venerable places Image by dunsky via flickr Though most of our architectural...

BBC Series Celebrates UNESCO "Heritage Heroes"

Finally environmental and cultural preservers, not destroyers, receive recognition UNESCO has ordained 890 world heritage sites around the world, one-third of which belong in...

Jordan Society for Renewable Energy's Eco-House Education

JRES plans to make learning about renewable energy a reality for all citizens Though not everyone in Jordan has an eco-conscience, such as the...

Heat pumps and cleantech in Helsinki, Finland

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Preserving Acre's History, Heritage and People

A living conservation laboratory (above): a new partnership with Rome will boost Acre's efforts to protect its ancient history, making it more sustainable architecturally...

Climate Change Poses Threat to Egypt’s Farming, Tourism, Water Supply (Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffl4MMGLLPk&feature=related This light-hearted clip bears a serious warning of what Egypt might look like in 2150. Climate change threatens to drastically reduce Egypt’s agricultural production...

Robert Upton’s Philosophy of Planning and the Middle East

"How Do We Want to Live?" asks England's Former Secretary-General of the Royal Town Planning Institute Robert Upton at an urban planning conference in...

Oscar Diaz and Colombia’s sustainable cities

Mr. Oscar Diaz Inspires Israeli Planners to Build For People, Not Cars. We promised to bring more news from the Technion-Israel's Institute of Technology, where...

The Center For Urban & Regional Studies 40th Anniversary Conference

Oscar Edmundo Diaz and Robert Upton Are Expected to Share Urban Planning Pearls With Israel Before globalization,  ideas and technology ambled across the...

Ginger Dosier: When Architecture and Chemistry Mix

Dosier's fearlessness of the science of construction sets her apart from her peers We were so intrigued by Professor Ginger Dosier, the Architect at...

UAE Prof. Ginger Dosier Grows Sand Bricks, Naturally

The Better Brick? Although kinks need to be worked out, applying microbiological principles to design could revolutionize building materials. This researcher says she's found...

Emirates Green Building Council: You Don’t Have to Be Rich to Build Green

Does The First Arabian Construction Week Signal a Greener Middle Eastern Building Policy? We have brought disturbing news from Dubai this week: a smuggled...

Qatar Seeks to Solar Power the 2022 World Cup

Qatar Wants World Cup Action, but the Environmental Price May be Too High. This relatively obscure Middle Eastern country, slightly smaller than Connecticut, is putting...

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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

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