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Naomi Maaravi Fashions an Individual, Recycled, Re-designed Eco Collection

Fashion designer Naomi Maaravi makes clothes with a story. When Dutch designer Naomi Maaravi moved to Tel Aviv a few years ago, she brought her...

Yiuco Marketplace for Handmade Upcycled, Recycled, or Reused Products

Yiuco may be the Middle East's greener Etsy. Etsy, the global online store, has enjoyed great success due to the fact that it enables individuals...

Israeli Designer Fashions Couture Gown out of Envirosax Reusable Bags

Colorful, feminine, and elegant, Amit Ayalon's couture dress upcycles reusable Envirosax bags. Fun, flirty, and stylish, if you looked at the gown above from a...

MADEO Consolidates Stylish and Eco-Friendly Design Products

MADEO does the leg work for you when it comes to tracking down cool gifts for your eco-trendy friends. You know the scenario: it's your...

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.

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Meet Seramic Materials from Abu Dhabi

Based in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, Seramic Materials was founded in 2019 by Dr. Nicolas Calvet and Dr. Jean-François Hoffmann, researchers working at the intersection of renewable energy and materials science. The company grew out of the Masdar Institute ecosystem and is supported by clean tech programs like The Catalyst, with early backing of around $150,000 and more than $2 million invested in research and development over time.

24 7 renewable energy: how solar, wind, batteries and AI SaaS replace fossil fuels

A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency based in Abu Dhabi makes something clear that many in the industry already suspected. When solar and wind are paired with battery storage, they can deliver reliable, round the clock electricity at costs that compete with, and often beat, fossil fuels.

A summer of sugar wax or time for laser treatments? The environmental answer

Green Prophet readers know we write a lot about hair. We have covered the halal and the haram sides of hair removal for Muslims. We have written about sugar waxing, Persian sugaring, threading, and the beauty secrets that came out of the Middle East long before salons started calling them trends. Our articles on sugar wax broke the internet a few times. 

Make paper mache with flowers to create stunning vase

There’s something quietly beautiful about what Rebloom Studio is doing, and it starts with waste. At wholesale flower markets, mountains of unsold blooms are tossed out at the end of each cycle. Perfect flowers, just not sold in time. Most of them are burned or dumped. Rebloom takes that moment and turns it into something else.

Muslim potter shapes the 99 names of God into clay

In a studio in the DC Maryland Virginia area, ceramic artist Alison Kysia is working with clay in a way that feels both grounded and personal. She makes pottery and abstract Islamic sculptures, and one of her recent works focuses on the 99 Names of God in Islam.

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Meet Seramic Materials from Abu Dhabi

Based in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, Seramic Materials was founded in 2019 by Dr. Nicolas Calvet and Dr. Jean-François Hoffmann, researchers working at the intersection of renewable energy and materials science. The company grew out of the Masdar Institute ecosystem and is supported by clean tech programs like The Catalyst, with early backing of around $150,000 and more than $2 million invested in research and development over time.

24 7 renewable energy: how solar, wind, batteries and AI SaaS replace fossil fuels

A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency based in Abu Dhabi makes something clear that many in the industry already suspected. When solar and wind are paired with battery storage, they can deliver reliable, round the clock electricity at costs that compete with, and often beat, fossil fuels.

A summer of sugar wax or time for laser treatments? The environmental answer

Green Prophet readers know we write a lot about hair. We have covered the halal and the haram sides of hair removal for Muslims. We have written about sugar waxing, Persian sugaring, threading, and the beauty secrets that came out of the Middle East long before salons started calling them trends. Our articles on sugar wax broke the internet a few times. 

Make paper mache with flowers to create stunning vase

There’s something quietly beautiful about what Rebloom Studio is doing, and it starts with waste. At wholesale flower markets, mountains of unsold blooms are tossed out at the end of each cycle. Perfect flowers, just not sold in time. Most of them are burned or dumped. Rebloom takes that moment and turns it into something else.

Muslim potter shapes the 99 names of God into clay

In a studio in the DC Maryland Virginia area, ceramic artist Alison Kysia is working with clay in a way that feels both grounded and personal. She makes pottery and abstract Islamic sculptures, and one of her recent works focuses on the 99 Names of God in Islam.

Abortion Pills, Plan B and Mifepristone and what the new US mail ban means

Abortion pills, often confused with Plan B (the morning-after pill), and historically referred to as RU486 (mifepristone), are part of a broader category of reproductive health medications that women have been using for decades. But they are not the same thing.

Recommended Precious Metals Companies: A Due Diligence Checklist for Retirees

The CFTC, FINRA, and NASAA have jointly warned retirees about precious metals fraud targeting retirement accounts. This checklist provides a structured framework for evaluating any company before transferring savings — and illustrates what credible providers look like across 7 measurable criteria.
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