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Israel, Egypt & Abu Dhabi All Set Renewable Energy Goals

Just weeks into 2009, at least three Middle Eastern governments have made commitments to increase the green-ness of their energy supplies. Last week, Cairo has...

Qatar To Set Some Environmental Goals

Qatar's environmental goals and ambitions will be discussed at a national seminar organised by the General Secretariat for Development Planning (GSDP) on January 27...

Why Don't Cars Last Forever? Some Tips on Greening Your Ride

 I was in Grade 4, in Canada, and learning about all the secrets and marvels of life. There was the discovery of books like 1984,...

Courtney Nichols’ on Charity: Water

How do changemakers form bold ideas, and turn them into a massive project like a major documentary film? Today we talk with Courtney Nichols,...

Israel's Offshore Gas Deposits May Lead to Cleaner Air But Not Energy Independence

The historic discovery of a large deposit of natural gas off of the Israel coast has the potential to restructure the Israeli energy market,...

Israel Strikes "Natural Gas" Pocket, Promising Energy Independence for 15 Years

Amidst all its struggles to develop clean and cleaner technologies (and a war with Gaza), it seem that Israelis got a huge gift this...

Documenting the Demise of America's Largest Community Garden

I went to see Scott Hamilton Kennedy’s documentary film, “The Garden,” at Tribeca Cinemas in Manhattan, part of docs on the shortlist for the...

Eco Rabbi: Parshat Shemot – Why a Bush?

Each week Orthodox Jews read one segment of the Five Books of Moses so that they can complete the entire Five Books within the...

Eco Living Is Key to Middle East Property Investors

We've oohed and awed over the green building projects in Dubai: A recent survey has consigned that old saying ‘Location is everything,’ to the...

Choose "The Environment" During Latest Middle East Conflict

This isn't the forum for politics, but unfortunately so much of what decisions are made in the Middle East (ie funds allocated, prayers made)...

Drought in Jordan Calls People to Pray for Rain and the Controversial Dead-Red Peace Canal

(A map of Jordan and the surrounding region highlighting the Disi Aquifer and the proposed Red-Dead project.) With worrying frost alerts in Jordan getting farmers...

The Conflicted Middle East To Worsen As Global Warming Causes Rising Sea Levels

(Rapidly depleting water resources has forced residents of Sana'a to buy water from private sources. Water levels are dropping by 6 metres a year...

Jacob’s trees were the Cedars of God

In this week’s segment from the Torah, Parshat Vayigash, Jacob and his family go down to Egypt to Joseph, who is now second, only...

U.S.-Israel Binational Cleantech Forum: Creating a Strategy for the Future of Cleantech

Miya president and CEO Baruch Oren and B. Gaon Holdings Ltd. Chairman Moshe Gaon have presented a new forum: The U.S.-Israel Binational Cleantech Forum,...

Clean Tech Incubators from Israel and California Sign Water Deal

Bad news about low water levels in Israel, are so frequent, the details stark, that I am starting to avoid reading such stories. Some...

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Pride in the Middle East: Stories of Courage, Creativity and Community

What does Pride mean in a region where acceptance can never be taken for granted? From refugee dancers and artists to entrepreneurs, athletes, and environmental changemakers, these are seven Green Prophet stories that celebrate the freedom to be yourself.

Canada’s forests can’t carry the world’s carbon emissions

Diminishing periods of snow cover in northern forests, shortened by climate change, are poised to disrupt a delicate balance in some of the planet’s most climate-sensitive regions – according to new research from McMaster University, VU Amsterdam, and the Woodwell Climate Research Center.  

New pancreas cancer drug brings miracles to “incurable” cancer

One oncologist involved in the research, Dr. Rachna Shroff, said the results were so powerful that she cried in clinic.

Lyme Disease And The Great Outdoors

Planning on being outdoors a lot this summer? We...

Prologium files for IPO as solid-state battery race heats up beyond Tesla

The challenge has always been scaling production: Laboratory success does not automatically translate into mass manufacturing. Materials that perform well in testing often behave differently when produced in millions of cells. This has been one of the biggest obstacles facing the entire industry.

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Pride in the Middle East: Stories of Courage, Creativity and Community

What does Pride mean in a region where acceptance can never be taken for granted? From refugee dancers and artists to entrepreneurs, athletes, and environmental changemakers, these are seven Green Prophet stories that celebrate the freedom to be yourself.

Canada’s forests can’t carry the world’s carbon emissions

Diminishing periods of snow cover in northern forests, shortened by climate change, are poised to disrupt a delicate balance in some of the planet’s most climate-sensitive regions – according to new research from McMaster University, VU Amsterdam, and the Woodwell Climate Research Center.  

New pancreas cancer drug brings miracles to “incurable” cancer

One oncologist involved in the research, Dr. Rachna Shroff, said the results were so powerful that she cried in clinic.

Lyme Disease And The Great Outdoors

Planning on being outdoors a lot this summer? We...

Prologium files for IPO as solid-state battery race heats up beyond Tesla

The challenge has always been scaling production: Laboratory success does not automatically translate into mass manufacturing. Materials that perform well in testing often behave differently when produced in millions of cells. This has been one of the biggest obstacles facing the entire industry.

What is holistic dentistry?

A recent study of graduating dental hygiene students in the United States suggests there is a knowledge gap. Researchers found that 42% of respondent students were unfamiliar with holistic dentistry, while 60% did not feel comfortable discussing it with patients. Yet nearly half believed the topic deserved greater attention in dental hygiene education.

Israeli Hydrogen Startup H2Pro Are Trying to Solve Clean Energy’s Hardest Problem

The company has attracted backing from major investors including Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the climate fund founded by Bill Gates, along with industrial partners such as Sumitomo, ArcelorMittal, and Temasek, a multi-billion dollar company that owns Singapore airlines. H2Pro has raised more than $100 million USD and is moving from pilot projects toward commercial-scale deployments.

5 Ways to Use Watermelon Rinds

Upgrading watermelon rinds to healthy summer foods
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