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Brazil and Israel to Collaborate on Water

They've tried the peeing in the shower campaign. Now Brazil looks to Israel for water technologies. Can we hope for a Gisele Bundchen (above...

Grow Old With The Sun As Israel’s Migdal Invests in Sunday Solar

A large insurance company from Israel invests about $30 milliom in solar energy company Sunday. Image via mcohenchromiste. The sun makes us old and wrinkly,...

Iran and Qatar Align to Help the Environment

While the world sees Iran up to nuclear arms, Qatar and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding helping to preserve the environment....

Middle East Water Security Worries the Prince of Jordan

Karin meets Prince Hassan of Jordan at a water security conference in Switzerland last week. It was a meeting of minds, water minds. Water consultants,...

"Cold Peace" May Keep Proposed Egyptian-Israeli Solar Project On Ice

An Israeli-Egyptian solar project in the Sinai Desert? Not on Egypt's account. It was the sunniest news to come out of the Eilat Energy conference...

Doha Bank and UNESCO Join Together to Green the Middle East

Greening the Desert? A Qatar bank and the UN are now partners. Parts of the Middle East, especially in the Persian Gulf area will get...

Bin Laden Blames the US For Climate Climate Change: Arab Countries Getting Drier

The Arab world is getting dryer; Bin Laden blames the US and western globalization for climate change. We've covered this topic before: the effects...

Reporting An Obvious Absence from the World Future Energy Summit

Ira reports on the World Future Energy Summit which he attended this January. The event hosted by Abu Dhabi is arguably the most important...

Solar Energy Developers Find Themselves in Green Versus Green Debate Over Coyote Land

Coyote land or parking space for solar energy? Ask the coyotes first solar energy companies are finding out. Solar energy project promoters may not be...

Egypt's Anti-Smuggling Wall Will Cause Major Damage to Gaza's Aquifer

The current border wall between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.  According to experts, a new underground wall will cause serious damage to Gaza's Coastal...

Can An Ecological Peace Park Catalyze Peace Between Syria and Israel?

Following a conference on a proposed nature peace park between Syria and Israel in the Golan Heights, Saleem H. Ali, a guest speaker at...

Yemen to Soon Have the World’s First Waterless Capital

Yemen’s water crisis is worsening as the country struggles with armed conflicts on three fronts. Above: a village well almost runs out of water. As...

Morocco Developing an Environmental Charter

Morocco, still very undeveloped compared to the west, looks to make an environmental plan of action. Morocco is currently consulting with political and environmental...

World Future Energy Summit: Wean UAE and Other Countries off Fossil Fuel Reliance

Masdar City: What Renewable Energy Should Strive For When the 2010 World Future Energy Summit opened this week in Abu Dhabi, one of the primary goals...

Miya Water Makes $30 Million Investment in Brazil Firm To Cut Water Loss In Cities

Flowers in Brazil won't hide leaky pipes forever. Israel already has made great strides in the area of water loss prevention technologies, especially with...

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Seven years after creating her first perfume in a small Sicilian shop, my daughter had just three drops left. A family-owned perfumer in Palermo helped us recover the scent of her childhood.

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