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Whether it’s a solar-powered desert retreat, shoes made from agricultural waste, a skyscraper that harvests water, or a chair built from ocean plastic, Green Prophet celebrates design that combines beauty, functionality, and environmental responsibility.

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How green is your abaya?

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Designers from around the world will parade their latest collections in Abu Dhabi’s first-ever Eco Fashion Show, a five-day event featuring couture-with-a-conscience this April. ...
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Shapeshifting shelters for refugees in hot and cold climates

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With roughly 600 Syrian refugees crossing into Jordan every day, it's no surprise that local architects are designing various housing solutions for the devastating...
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Reusable, stackable emergency shelters for Syrian refugees in need

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Our breakaway story about collapsible woven shelters (click here) designed to restore dignity to refugees around the world was so popular, we decided to...
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Egypt’s ghostly abandoned theater – litter writ large

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On the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, tucked in the dusty foothills of an Egyptian mountain range, sit hundreds of seats in an...
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Collapsible woven refugee shelters powered by the sun

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Living crop wall to showcase Israel’s agricultural genius at the 2015 Milan Expo

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Israelis are renowned not only for their clean tech innovation, but also smart, savvy and water-efficient agriculture. This genius will be on display at the...
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Casablanca’s ‘Gardens of Anfa’ are wrapped in bougainvilleas and jasmine

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Maison Edouard François designed a colorful new mixed-used residential master plan for Casablanca, a cosmopolitan Moroccan city made famous by a movie with the...
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Aganetha Dyck works with bees to create incredible honeycomb art

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Canadian artist Aganetha Dyck knows honeybees not just as pollinators that ensure the rest of the world has food on the table, but as...
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Alvaro Siza makes it easier to visit the spectacular Alhambra palace in Spain

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The Alhambra palace and fortress in Granada, with its mesmerizing series of courtyards, gardens and vistas that turn light and shadow into toys, may...
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Provocative Israeli art explores the fake and fraudulent – but why?

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Israeli photographic duo Wyse + Gabriely concluded their first European exhibition at London’s Neu Gallery this month; an attention-grabbing presentation that purportedly explores “the...
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Dubai’s Burj Al Arab earns green globe certification

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Dubai’s iconic Burj Al Arab hotel has earned an international Green Globe Certification.  Not as news-worthy as when Tiger Woods teed off its rooftop,...
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Desert Breath spirals on Red Sea remind us of troubled Egypt’s immense beauty

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Burj residents sweat over developer threats to cut A/C and elevator services

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Residents of the world's tallest building in Dubai are being punished over unpaid maintenance fees - some of them unjustly. In order to pressure...
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How Torvinen Jaakko’s ugly wood can lay the foundations for green building

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Canada's forests generate billions of dollars in economic value each year, yet vast amounts of irregular timber are downgraded to wood chips or biomass. A collaboration between researchers at Carleton University and Aalto University is challenging that model, demonstrating how "ugly wood" can be transformed into high-value architecture while reducing waste and storing more carbon in buildings.

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How a tick bite can lead to a life-threatening meat allergy AFG

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Imagine developing a severe allergy to steak after a single tick bite. That's the reality for people with alpha-gal syndrome, a rapidly emerging condition linked to lone star ticks and other tick species. As researchers uncover how tick saliva rewires the immune system, health officials warn that hundreds of thousands of Americans may already be living with this unusual red meat allergy.

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