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Ecoist Accessories Make Eco-Friendly Egoists Look Good

Ecoist: an individual that lives a modern, eco-minded lifestyle.  (Don't forget chic.) When it comes to upcycling discarded products or industrial scraps, designers often turn...

Plastic Bag Shoes From Israel at Milan Design Week

Galit Begas' plastic bag shoes Well known for its innovative and high level of forward-thinking in the arts and design, Jerusalem's Bezalel Academy of Arts...

This toothbrush is a miswak

Lebanon Graphic Designer, Leen Sadder, shares with us the design and environment issues behind 'THIS Miswak', an organic and toothpaste-free toothbrush that's also a Muslim tradition. Check out what Leen has to say to critics in this exclusive Green Prophet interview.

ReMakes Figures Out What to Do with Billboard Waste

We've seen billboards turned into handbags, now they're being upcycled into placemats.  Chew on that. The ubiquitous billboards that we routinely see during our everyday...

Israeli Reuse Conference Claims that Big Opportunities Come in Reused Packages

Reuse conference brings designers and entrepreneurs together, showing that reusing is eco-friendly, fun, and profitable too. The concept of reuse is not new to Israel. ...

Hijab-Friendly Ensemble From Fashion Conscience

An entirely ethical outfit from Fashion Conscience with Muslim modesty in mind - Easy to adapt to your styles and the weather. Rate or slate it here.

Grow A Flower In Your Worn Out OAT Shoes

Reconciling nature and fashion with a new generation of biodegradable shoes. We've seen some pretty interesting shoes on Green Prophet, such as these tongue...

Sanserif Creatius Carves A Cardboard Table With Arabic Devotion

This beautiful table designed to evoke the genie in the lamp was carved out of layers of biodegradable, corrugated cardboard. Sanserif Creatius is not the...

Ezri Tarazi Manifests Israeli’s Conflict Identity With Recycled Design

Ezri Tarazi's recycled design also draws important attention to how much conflict informs the Israeli identity. Any visitor to Jerusalem can attest to a...

Meet Hana Faouri- the Upcycling Designer from Jordan

If you have a lot of stuff laying around that you can't bear to part with but currently has no use, than Hana would...

Artiquea in London highlights the art of recycled glass

Recycling glass is good for the sea and the eye. Avoid the evil eye too when you buy recycled glass.

Ethical Outfit: Organic Breezy blues For Spring

Check out the first entirely ethical outfit in Green Prophet's 'eco-hijab' series focusing on Muslim fashion - taking inspiration from UK's Spirit Of Nature, an entirely organic store striving for 'eco-living'.

Jan Eric Visser Experiments with Post Fossil Fuel Design

Exhibition in Israel brings together sustainable "contemporary cavemen" (and designers). Post Fossil, a current exhibition at the Design Museum in Holon, Israel, asks the question:...

ELTE Weaves New Life Into Aging Persian Rugs

What's almost as good as a Persian or Turkish Rug? An old one given new life with special dye. In addition to oil, Iran has...

Israeli-born Star of Black Swan, Natalie Portman, Sports Green Engagement Ring

She's got the "green" ring. Guess who is the lucky man. It’s the sort of news to inspire eco-fashionistas: Natalie Portman, vegan shoe wearer, Golden-Globe...

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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