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Masdar’s Organic Market and Street Fair Re-Opens

Educating people about sustainability in the Middle East - while having fun. The eco-curious public thronged Masdar's open organic market and street fair last week. ...

Green Prophet at UK-Israel High Tech Hub Launch

Hobnobbing: Green Prophet attends a new UK-Israeli tech hub hosted at the house of UK Ambassador Matthew Gould. With the UK's help, Israel can...

Water-Intensive CSP is Impossible for Desert Solar!

Looking deeper into the pitfalls and promise of Desertec at Dii conference in Cairo. Green Prophet's Tafline is there and reports from the field. Instead...

Incredible SunGlacier Leaf Will Use Saharan Sun & Humidity to Make Ice

This incredible solar-powered artificial leaf that creates ice and water in Egypt's Sahara desert is well on its way to becoming a reality! We have...

Conventional Power Plants Get Hybrid Dance Partner, the Sun

Traditional power plant operators have been loathe to adopt renewables for infrastructure investment. But a new Israeli hybrid invention could make solar a realistic...

Home Kits to Capture the Sun from Roofs of Private Homes

Complete kits are now available for installing home solar energy systems

Green Prophet at Desertec Conference in Cairo

Desertec is a $500 billion solar project to catch Middle East and Africa sun. Tafline is currently at the Desertec Dii conference in Cairo,...

A Mixed Bag For Israel’s Cleantech

With inconsistent messages to investors and the public, Israel to create a national plan for renewable energy. Even as Israel's cabinet approved a national action...

Desertec Begins: 500 MW Moroccan Solar in 2012

"Deserts get more energy in six hours than the world's population consumes in a year" - TREC I remember when Desertec was dismissed as a...

EneR Morocco is Window to Maghreb’s Shiny Energy Potential

The free EneR event is a networking and investment platform for those interested in Morocco's renewable energy markets happening later this month in Casablanca. Morocco...

Water Hackathon in Cairo and Tel Aviv

As the dust of revolution settles in Egypt, the country is beginning to face some of its other challenges. Chief among these is a...

Find Green Prophet at the 2nd Annual DII Conference in Cairo

Green Prophet is crossing the desert in a bus to attend one of the most important renewable energy conferences on earth. Green Prophet is...

Mountains of Toxic E-Waste in Pakistan Are a Goldmine

Thousands of tons of electronic waste are dumped in Pakistan each year, creating a hazard, and a mountain of opportunities for recyclers. Nobody knows for...

World Bank Supports Turkey-Built 56.4 MW Wind Project in Pakistan

With crippling floods every year and regular power outages, a new internationally financed wind project in Pakistan is breezy green news to us. Iran,...

Nominate Your Green Prophet Eco Hero for 2011

Green Prophet launches the Green Prophet Eco Hero 11 Award for 2011. Who are your eco-heros for the Middle East and North Africa region? With...

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Where Should You Buy Seeds for Planting?

Good gardens start with good seeds. Learn how to choose reliable seed companies, avoid poor-quality seeds, understand heirloom and hybrid varieties, and store seeds for better germination.

La Profumoteca: The Sicilian perfume shop that remembered my daughter’s first scent

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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Ukrainian design studio Pilsok, known for its popular Beetle backpack, transforms discarded car airbags into a striking designer jacket honouring Ukraine's emergency rescuers.

PeaceTech is the next CleanTech. And we’ve been building it for decades.

From the forests of Ontario to sea turtle conservation in Lebanon and water cooperation across the Middle East, Green Prophet founder Karin Kloosterman argues that CleanTech, EnviroTech and AgTech are already building the foundations of PeaceTech.

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CATL is building thousands of battery-swap stations for electric trucks. Can China succeed where Israel's $850 million Better Place experiment failed?

Rainwater nowhere is safe to drink

As winter rains approach the Middle East, scientists warn that PFAS forever chemicals contaminate rainwater worldwide, even in Antarctica.

Elon Musk’s flying Tesla Roadster is here. My 13-year-old son thinks it’s the future

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Why Elon Musk giving every American child a SpaceX share is a beautiful, green idea

Elon Musk's plan to give every American child a SpaceX share could inspire a new generation to explore space, understand investing and imagine a more sustainable future.
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