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Eid Al-Adha: The Muslim Festival of Meat?

Arwa explores why the shift away from home slaughtering during Eid al-Adha is damaging the way people see meat. In around one month's time...

Aish HaTorah Starting an Eco-Fellowship Program about Jewish Responsible Living

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlWhKwb1zX8 Aish's eco-fellowships will teach young participants why being green is being more Jewish. Aish HaTorah, a leading organization in the realm of creative Jewish educational...

Islamic Ministers To Roll Up Their Green Sleeves In Tunisia

Islamic ministers from 30 organizations and countries will get together early October in order to put the environment back on the political map. Tunisia will...

Take A Break From Carbon With The ‘Oil Fast’

If Ramadan and Yom Kippur have given you a taste for fasting, why not try the latest eco friendly fast: the oil fast. Fasting...

Jordan To Host Islam And Environment Event

Next week leaders of various sects will discuss modern interpretations of climate change within the Islamic tradition. Next week, Jordan will be hosting a three...

Hima: The Middle East’s Tradition of Environmental Protection

Hima, practised for over 14,000 years in the Arabian Peninsula, is believed to be the most widespread system of traditional conservation in the Middle...

Sue Tourkin Komet Integrates Recycling (and a whole lot of other stuff) Into her Sukkah

Before you start building your sukkah, think about the materials and values that you want to use. Sukkot, the Jewish Festival of Booths, will begin...

Feather Project’s Young And Old Get Together To Save The Planet

What lesson would you like to share with the next generation? What does it take to create a better future for the human family...

UAE Scholars And Imams Speak Up For The Environment

Littering and lack of moderation violates important Islamic tenants, according to prominent scholars With businesses in the UAE slowly beginning to take the environment message...

‘Ground Zero Mosque’ will be Green

When the controversy subsides and construction begins, "Park 51," otherwise known as the "Ground Zero Mosque," will be LEED certified Green mosques are sprouting up...

Go Green this Ramadan! (6 Steps)

Arwa offers a 6 step guide to greening your Ramadan holiday.  With the month of Ramadan quickly approaching, Muslims across the world are beginning to...

Towers of Silence in Iran is the ultimate green burial

The Tower of Silence, a "green" and ancient burial site in the West of Yazd, Iran.

Kristiane Backer – An Eco-Muslim

"For me green living is part and parcel of being a good Muslim- it's a spiritual requirement." Kristiane Backer has undergone various transformations in her...

Celebrating Mehregan, The Persian "Nature" Festival of Autumn

Mehr was a goddess and symbol of a religious belief in Indo-Iranian culture associated with the creation of the world. Many from Iran...

Tips and guide to make a Muslim wedding even greener

Learn how to reduce the carbon footprint of your wedding with tips from eco-Muslim Rianne ten Veen. Image via Amrufum The sun is shining and...

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

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Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

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Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

Just 15 kilometers from Tzfat there is a moshav that was founded in the late 50s that was ideologically influenced by organic, vegetarian and vegan principles. My hostess at Ohn-Bar, the tzimmer where I stayed, explained that the people of Amirim were among the pioneers of Israel’s strong vegetarian movement.
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