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10 Creepy Fetish Jewelry Upcycled Gifts

Holiday shopping can be challenging but need it also be horrifying? In Jordan, import duties bloat retail prices. Clay pots and intricate mosaics are too unwieldy...

Bahrain’s Temporary Market 338 Beats Out Glitzy Shopping Malls

Despite the many stereotypes about residents of Gulf countries, many people prefer creative, sustainable boutiques to shopping in big glitzy malls, though their options...

Eco-Art Gift Ideas for Sandy Claus

Whether your sandy reminiscences are wet or dry, two artists have devised ways to make your memories tangible. My brain inextricably links sand to sea...

Iranian Graphic Designers Fight Pollution and Climate Change

What can graphic design do to help tackle environmental degradation? Well, these Iranian designers think a lot. Exploring the nexus where art and nature meet,...

Dazzling Carpet of Plastic Bottles Adorns the Moroccan Desert

Nobody wants to see rubbish littering the magical Sahara desert, unless of course it belongs to WE MAKE CARPETS.  The Dutch collective has been...

H&M to Launch the First Global Clothes Recycling Venture

Swedish retail company H&M recently announced an upcoming clothes recycling venture, starting in February 2013. The fashion recycling campaign will span 48 nations, including...

Fruitful Fusion “Trochets” Bean Bags from Trash

Concerned to reconnect hands and minds and make a worthwhile environmental impact, a few women from Saudi Arabia are crocheting recycled plastic bags into...

Zara Gives in to Greenpeace and Public Pressure

Greenpeace tapped into some serious people power with their recent "Detox" campaign and the world's largest fast fashion retailer had no choice but to...

Sustainable Tunisian Crafts by Matali Crasset

When we first wrote about the boutique Dar HI Hotel in Nefta, Tunisia, Ben Ali was still in power, and Tunisia was one of...

ZARA Fast Fashion Retailer Under Fire for Polluting China’s Waterways

Spanish fast fashion company Zara has come under intense fire recently for failing to address a Greenpeace report released last year outlining the textile...

10 Cool Garbage Cans for Middle East Trash

Would innovative waste disposal devices make for tidier Jordanians? Year Two in the Hashemite Kingdom, and my honeymoon with Amman is kaput.  It’s impossible to...

Clever Tel-O-Porter Bike Trailer Boosts Israel’s Shared Bike Program

Just when we thought that urban cycling had reached its zenith, Israeli designer Udi Rimon essentially rendered Tel Aviv's cars redundant with his design...

Israelis Design Cardboard Wheelchairs for Africa

Izhar Gafni and the same team behind the already world-famous cardboard bicycle have added a few other items to their repertoire, including a cardboard...

Eco Craft That Junk Drawer Into Toddler Discovery Toy

Execute some alchemy and turn random junk and recyclables into a smart toy for your toddler.  This takes so little time and attracts such rave...

Enter the Biomimicry Design Competition for a Shot at $5,000

This is the fourth time that the Biomimicry 3.8 institute is staging their international design competition and this year they are inviting students to...

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Inside the Private Terminal Experience: The Luxury, Privacy, and Efficiency Behind Every Private Jet Flight | Hera Flight

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