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Flip America’s Cup Loss Into an Environmental Win: Here’s How

The 2013 America's cup will be long remembered as one of the closest matches in sailing history and one of the most unlikely comebacks...

Joshua Tree Light Pollution Dims BrightSource Energy’s 500MW Palen Solar Project

Slated for a site 36 miles west of Blythe, California, the 500MW Palen Solar Plant - a collaborative project between BrightSource Energy and Abengoa...

White label sustainable aerosols from cans

They squirt, spray and lather. Some even give lifesaving bursts of medicine. But truth be told, the aerosol spray container hasn’t changed much in the last 60 years, says Gadi Har-Shai, CEO of the Israeli startup GreenSpense. Traditional aerosols are polluting and dangerous. So he invented a new alternative, the eco-sleeve, using nanotechnology.

Israeli Parliament Plans to be Solar Secure by 2014

Years after the plan was first suggested, the Israeli Parliament building will finally boast a large rooftop solar array that will give the Knesset...

Charge Mobile Devices Through the Air

In a first of a kind device that will help us get rid of the tangle of cords:  an Israeli company company called Wi-Charge says it can power up mobile devices through the air.

MIT Fog Harvesting Material Yields 5x More H20

Gulf countries like Abu Dhabi may lack freshwater resources, but they also have a lot of humidity. MIT's new super efficient fog harvesting material...

Is There a “Forest” Under the Desert Outside of Dubai?

Agricultural scientist Tony Rinaudo is behind one of the world's most successful reverse desertification projects - in Niger, and now he thinks a similar underground...

Gauzy Smart Glass Controls Light with an Eco Touch

Israeli startup Gauzy has invented smart glass that goes from transparent to opaque with nothing more than a touch. Based on liquid crystal technology...

Photoflow Generates Energy and Captures Rainwater with One Elegant Unit

The Middle East faces dire water scarcity and in some places energy comes at a premium too, but we have yet to see simple...

iLAND’s Solar Packs for Peace-keepers, Festivals, Eco-jocks and Alpha Wolves Who Travel with the Sun

Whether you travel alone or in packs, there is a new range of portable solar solutions by the Swiss company iLAND (said island) that...

JewGlass: A Google Glass App for Observant Jews

Rusty Brick is planning ahead for the day that Google Glass is released onto the market with a new app for modern observant Jews. Google...

Puri Water Bottle Makes Potable Drinking Water at Sea

During my travels throughout the Middle East and North Africa, I dreamed of having a magical bottle that could purify water without the need...

Radio Waves Carry News of Climate Change

The ionosphere, one of the regions of the upper atmosphere, plays an important role in global communications. Ionized by solar radiation, this electricity-rich region...

Powering Buildings With Bioreactor Algae Skin Facades

A five-story apartment building in Hamburg, Germany gets its juice from its algae skin.  It's an example of the kind of architectural innovation that...

Sol Chip’s Everlasting Solar Battery is a World First

Israeli's Sol-Chip has developed an everlasting solar battery that can power mobile and remote devices continuously using energy from the sun. The implications of an...

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AI data centers are triggering panic, instead of cleantech opportunities

AI may unintentionally become the economic engine that finally modernizes America’s aging grid. California is experiencing a massive AI data center boom, ranking 3rd in the U.S. with 227 operating centers and 54 more in development as of April 2026, according to Stanford.

Meet Seramic Materials from Abu Dhabi

Based in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, Seramic Materials was founded in 2019 by Dr. Nicolas Calvet and Dr. Jean-François Hoffmann, researchers working at the intersection of renewable energy and materials science. The company grew out of the Masdar Institute ecosystem and is supported by clean tech programs like The Catalyst, with early backing of around $150,000 and more than $2 million invested in research and development over time.

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24 7 renewable energy: how solar, wind, batteries and AI SaaS replace fossil fuels

A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency based in Abu Dhabi makes something clear that many in the industry already suspected. When solar and wind are paired with battery storage, they can deliver reliable, round the clock electricity at costs that compete with, and often beat, fossil fuels.

A summer of sugar wax or time for laser treatments? The environmental answer

Green Prophet readers know we write a lot about hair. We have covered the halal and the haram sides of hair removal for Muslims. We have written about sugar waxing, Persian sugaring, threading, and the beauty secrets that came out of the Middle East long before salons started calling them trends. Our articles on sugar wax broke the internet a few times. 

Make paper mache with flowers to create stunning vase

There’s something quietly beautiful about what Rebloom Studio is doing, and it starts with waste. At wholesale flower markets, mountains of unsold blooms are tossed out at the end of each cycle. Perfect flowers, just not sold in time. Most of them are burned or dumped. Rebloom takes that moment and turns it into something else.
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