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Middle Eastern Cities Joining 350.org's International Climate Change Protest on October 24th

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5kg1oOq9tY We've already written about how Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) has joined forces with 350.org, an international campaign that hopes to inspire...

Flash Floods in Turkey Signals Global Warming Is Rearing Head In Middle East Region

  World climate change issues are being felt closer to home with recent disastrous flash flooding occurring in parts of Greece and Western Turkey. Some of...

"Dust Alert" Exposes Contaminants In Our Homes and Environment

Worried that dust from a nearby construction zone will harm your family's health? A new Tel Aviv University tool could either confirm your suspicions...

Reuse Your Pillows!

Pillows are made of not the best synthetic material for landfills. That plus the fact that pillow manufacturing companies recommend getting new ones every...

A Miserable Walk Through Amman

According to the blog 360East, Amman is about to adopt a Bus Rapit Transit system and make plans for installing light rail, two important...

Beer Sheva's Old City Battles Shopping Malls

One of the most pressing needs in countries with little open space is to make urban life desirable enough that city folk won't want...

Will Rihanna perform on Tel Aviv’s old garbage dump?

Tel Aviv's garbage dumped to be turned into a stadium to listen to stars like Rihanna and Beyonce.

Israel Ditches Historic Land Administration

Homeowners in Israel can take title to the land under their houses and apartments after the Knesset voted in early August to privatize the...

Jordanian Water Conservation Campaign Going Straight to the Private Home in Amman

Yalla Nwaffer Mai, or Let's Save Water is a water conservation campaign launched in July by the Jordan Water Company (Miyahuna), HSBC Bank, and...

Where Does Oil REALLY Come From?

Unlike popular belief, oil does not come from the remains of dinosaurs, rather from the silica based life-form called diatoms. Diatoms live in the...

Globe Ecological Hub Recently Proposed for Israeli City of Modiin

Israeli architect Zvika Tamari (of TeaM Architects) recently proposed a conceptual plan for a Globe Ecological Hub in Modiin, a city in the center...

A New New Central Bus Station for Tel Aviv?

"I used to get off at the old bus station, and to me it was like another country..." goes the Tipex song (free translation...

Yacobi Plumbs Israel's Built Environment in 'Constructing a Sense of Place'

In Constructing a Sense of Place: Architecture and the Zionist Discourse (Ashgate, 2004), architect and planner Haim Yacobi has compiled a fascinating collection of...

East Jerusalem Getting First Mall

You heard it here when Jenin got a mall-ish furniture superstore. Now East Jerusalem is also joining the trend.  According to Danny Rubinstein at...

Israel's Public Housing Blocks to Get Solar Roofs

Solar panels at a testing site in Abu Dhabi. (photo by Jesse Fox) According to a report published this week in Globes, Israel's public housing...

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Sydney is best known for the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. If you’re looking to enjoy dinner with views of these landmarks, here are some great options.

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Sámi shaman drums: why owning one could get you killed in Scandinavia

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Flying the friendly skies… but can we get out in 90 seconds?

In a real emergency, romance takes a back seat to physics, panic, and how fast 150 people can squeeze through a narrow tube. The Federal Aviation Administration says every aircraft must be evacuated within 90 seconds. That’s the gold standard. But new research suggests that in the real world,  especially as we age, that number might be more aspirational than achievable.

Most of the world’s marine protected areas are polluted by sewage

Research from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the University of Queensland, published in Ocean & Coastal Management, found that nearly three out of four marine protected areas (MPAs) worldwide are exposed to sewage pollution.

Adamah in Los Angeles wants to make Jewish climate action local, practical and spiritual

At a time when climate anxiety can feel abstract and overwhelming, and being Jewish something people may need to hide in big cities, Adamah Los Angeles is trying something different: turning Jewish values into local climate action with dirt-under-the-fingernails practicality.
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