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Imagine the Middle East in the Year 2500: a Worst Case Climate Scenario

Dan Bloom, an advocate of polar cities (a prototype for a building above), paints a bleak future for the Middle East. Action against climate...

Palestine’s First Solar Thermal Plant at Talitha Kumi School in Beit Jala

The prospects of solar energy are heating up in Palestine. Rachel reports on a new solar thermal plant at Beit Jala school. The Talitha...

Lebanon's Wael Hmaidan From IndyACT Reports From Copenhagen While "Saving the Planet"

If you read any story this week make it this one: What could be the most important event of the next decade, world leaders...

Jennifer C. Daniels Asks if Farming and City Intersect in the Middle East?

Jennifer C. Daniels is a visionary and artist in Florida who poses a good question for the world today -- can farms and cities...

A Model "Garden Library" For Urban Environments in Transition

An art collective in Tel Aviv has built a new library in a park for migrant workers, making the city more sustainable. Green architects and...

Reflecting on Copenhagen and Climate Change Effects In Morocco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBejL7dgv0&feature=player_embedded As the world seeks a deal on global warming in Copenhagen, the Middle East and North Africa remain one of the most vulnerable regions...

Planned City “Rawabi” Draws on Palestinian Enterprise and Israeli Experience

Green Prophet had reported on Rawabi (for Hills), the first "planned" city for Palestinians back in 2007; We are not sure if the Israeli...

Smog in Cairo

Smog in Cairo is a year-round issue, but it is particularly bad during the autumn and winter months when weather patterns trap pollutants, creating a period known as the "black cloud". The air quality is often poor, with a high concentration of fine particulate matter (\(PM_{2.5}\)), and varies daily and seasonally due to industrial and domestic emissions, waste burning, and dust. 

Lebanon's Going Ahead With $8 Billion Cedar Islands Project, Despite Dubai Debt

We reported earlier in the year that a Beirut-based property developer has designs to build a Dubai "World"-like set of islands in the Mediterranean...

Canada Worse Than Saudi Arabia, Considering Tar Sands Impact on Global Warming

Oil rich Saudi is not the only country getting slack for greenhouse gas emissions. This Canadian writer points the finger at Canada, where tar...

"SafsaPesel" Recycles Discarded Materials to Make Urban Sculptures You Can Sit On

Making arks and art out of trash kids collect. This "Noah's Ark" sculpture above is part of an environmental community project run by Haggit...

Vertical Farms May be the Only Crop Solution for the Middle East

Proposed vertical farms like this one in Dubai may be the only way for supplying food to Middle East countries. Dickson D. Despommier is a...

Gas Leak? Think Safety

Most of us are familiar with the movie Fight Club, where the protagonist's house is blown up as a result of a gas leak....

Israeli Public Supports Strong Action On Climate Change

In advance of Copenhagen, a new survey shows that Israelis seek action against climate change. The Israeli public is a few steps ahead of...

"The World" Is In Trouble As Dubai Seeks Debt Hold on Mega-Islands Construction Project

Dubai's been building without limits and now seeks debt hold on "The World" artificial islands project. When the idea was conceived, money seemed limitless,...

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Whole Earth Farming: Smallholders and the Great Regenerative Transformation by Hugh Locke is published by George Ronald in September 2026.

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Teletherapy can make mental health care easier to access by reducing travel, scheduling and location barriers. Here are six ways virtual therapy can help people connect with professional support more easily.

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Food system’s biggest waste may be the farmers we don’t see: Hugh Locke’s new book

Whole Earth Farming: Smallholders and the Great Regenerative Transformation by Hugh Locke is published by George Ronald in September 2026.

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Teletherapy can make mental health care easier to access by reducing travel, scheduling and location barriers. Here are six ways virtual therapy can help people connect with professional support more easily.

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