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Israel’s Kaiima Seed-Tech Company Raises $65 Million

Since the Sixties “green revolution,” when Norman Borlaug introduced the concept of cross-breeding and hybridization of plants to boost output, not much has changed,...

GreenIQ Waters Your Garden by Phone

Smart phone developers aren't just devising novel ways to deliver information about composting and how to save energy (like 5 green apps that can save...

King Tut’s jewelry reveals ancient comet diamond dust

King Tutankhamen's tomb continues to give up its secrets. This time it reveals something about a past far more ancient than the life and...

IKEA Sells Solar Panel Kits Directly to Home Owners

Move over Billy bookcases and Ektorp sofas because something more earth-friendly is about to be sold at IKEA. This Swedish-owned big box company is...

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...

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Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

Walk through almost any Saudi city today and one form dominates residential streets: the detached villa, sitting on its own plot, separated from its neighbors, usually surrounded by a wall and reached by car. It feels thoroughly Saudi. But much of the architectural DNA of the modern Saudi house comes from American suburbia.

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Beavers are moving into the Arctic, and they are rewiring the tundra

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Top 5 Free Data Recovery Software of All Time

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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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