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‘A Palace for Nature’ kills the idea that rich Arabs aren’t green

Living large isn't sustainable, at least that is what most green hearts tend to believe, but Sanzpont Arquitectura disagrees. Invited to participate in an...

IKEA’s flatpack homes for refugees get a reluctant OK from Lebanon

Lebanon's government has finally agreed to a trial run of IKEA's prefabricated flatpack homes designed for refugees, but they're not excited about it. The prefab...

10 sustainable online shopping tips to tick the Triple Bottom Line

Pressured to knock off your Christmas shopping? Need a uniquely sustainable gift?  Online marketplaces Etsy and Dawanda let you browse quirky, handmade items without...

Grow a Middle Eastern Beard in Under 2 Hours! [knit pattern]

I'll bet snow-capped pine trees and ice-crusted cars don't spring to mind when you think of the Middle East, but that's what we're seeing...

Shigeru Ban’s Design Souq pavilion is made entirely of cardboard in Abu Dhabi

Residents of Abu Dhabi might be familiar with buildings made from palm leaves and earth, but cardboard? Legendary Japanese architect Shigeru Ban built Design...

Tunisia’s handmade tiles risk disappearing forever

The history of handmade tiles in Tunisia is fascinating. Green Prophet digs deep between the tiles of a rundown factory in Roman Neapolis, Nabeul,...

Blob Helps You Work and Store Stuff in Small Spaces (video)

Not ready for Christmas, just yet, this Israeli multi-purpose desk design and storage unit could be on a green shopper's list next year if...

Handmade Earthen Hookah Pipe Adds Class to Middle East Past Time

Everywhere in the Middle East, in cities or rural villages, you will inevitably find people sucking on tall, usually cheaply made shisha pipes made...

The Wheel House is a Tiny Home Tossed About by a Fictional Sea

What's it like to live on a boat? In such cramped spaces and always subject to nature's whim, otherwise reasonable people can go mad...

Flexible Solar Canopy to Cover Dubai’s 2020 Expo Pavilions

An enormous flexible canopy of photovoltaic cells will shade the pavilions at Dubai's 2020 expo, an innovative step towards greater energy efficiency for the...

Can Microsoft’s High-Tech Smart Bra Curb Appetite?

A day late and an undergarment short!  The morning after Thanksgiving, I read about a new stress-busting bra that could’ve kept me from, once...

Hundreds of Xerox Paper Strips Make Extraordinary Recycled Curtains

Israelis are well known for being industrious - especially when it comes to turning innocuous every day materials such as tomato cans, or in...

Comparing Qatar Stadium to a Vagina is “Ridiculous” Says Zaha Hadid

I never thought that I would agree with Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi starchitect who has failed time and again to support the green building...

Japan’s Sou Fujimoto Re-Imagines Doha with Modular Stacked Arches

Qatar is undergoing a massive change, and many of the world's top architects are hoping to become a part of the action. Zaha Hadid...

Bees Trained to Detect Cancer and TB on Human Breath

It turns out that bees are not only essential to global food production, they also make amazing sniffer "dogs." Which is how Portuguese designer...

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Peoria Charter Services: The Smart Way to Travel in Comfort and Style

Traveling in a group can often become stressful when transportation is not planned properly. Whether it is a corporate outing, school trip, wedding event, sports tournament, or family vacation, choosing reliable transportation makes a huge difference. This is where Peoria charter services become the ideal solution for smooth and comfortable travel.

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Signs of Shavuot: Grief, Love and Choosing Life

Shavuot is a holiday heavy with symbolism. While it marks the end of the counting of the omer, it also functions as a miniature jubilee. The fiftieth day like a tiny echo of the fifty year cycle. And in each of the seventh years during that cycle, acts of rest and liberation are performed, especially in the fiftieth year.

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