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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...

Eco-Hijabs on the rise among Muslim fashionistas, interview with Mariam Sobh

In part 1 of the Eco-hijabs series Green Prophet reporter Zaufishan interviews HijabTrendz founder Mariam Sobh on why and how Muslim fashion blogs are digging the eco-living. Read more on why 'eco-hijabs' are an integral part of the Islamic faith.

Compost N’ Cycle – All In A Day’s Work

Good ideas deserve to be shared. The reCYCLISTS in Victoria, B.C., cycle organic waste to a central facility, where the compost is eventually sold. There...

Care To Ride A Silhouette Horsey In An Ecotard?

Biking is better for the environment. Why not do it with a sense of horsey humor, in an ecotard? Earlier today we reported on two...

A Nice Way To “Stick It” To The Household Eco-Deniers

Hu2 Design stickers help those in the house who don't really "get" where stuff comes from. Some people flat out deny global warming and any...

Abu Dhabi Bejeweled Christmas Tree is World Record for Extravagance

Plastic bottles might not work in the Emirate Palace Hotel - but opulent jewelry decor isn't fitting either. Image via AFP "Deck the halls with...

Haifa Christmas Tree Made From Over 5,000 Recycled Plastic Bottles

In the absence of all the trees burnt during the recent Carmel fire in Israel, a Christmas tree made from 5,480 plastic bottles stands...

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The Best of Hobart: Experiences to Have, Places to Visit, and Flavours to Try

Hobart, Tasmania’s capital, is the kind of city that makes you regret not having come sooner. Mount Wellington/kunanyi that shapes the skyline, Bruny Island's dolphins, Port Arthur's convict ruins and Salamanca's Saturday market are all close enough to fit into the same week.

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Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals revived with global campaign against factory farming

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