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Why I Love Washable Cloth Diapers

Rebecca points out the economical, environmental, and spiritual sides of using washable, reusable diapers on your baby. Recently, Green Prophet's Karin talked about her...

Cockroach Pie Anyone? Eating Bugs Are Good For You and the Environment

This happy bug muncher couldn't care less about stigmas. Time to bite the bug? Certain varieties are kosher and halal. You can learn how...

Jordan Joins The Food Protests As Tunisian President Steps Down

Jordanians have taken to the streets of the capital Amman to vent their anger at the government's inability to stem rising food prices We've already...

Beer Expo in Tel Aviv Tonight, Jan. 13

Israeli beers and  small breweries show off  at the Beer Expo in Tel Aviv's Nokia Sports Hall. For a small country, there is an astonishing...

Rising Food Prices Behind Riots in Algeria and Tunisia

The recent riots that have rocked North Africa are not just about unemployment and political corruption but also the rising cost of basic food As...

Grapes In Moisturiser Are Sweet For Skin, Not Sour

Esdor's beauty products contain healthy, antioxidant-rich extracts from grape skins, of which Israel has aplenty, and none of the bad stuff. Israel is well-known for...

Ethical Foraging Saves Native Flora

Care for wild edibles as if you'd grown them yourself, and they'll come back year after year. The Jewish springtime Tu B'Shvat festival is just...

Brown Rice and Bisli: Why Don’t Consumers Make Healthy Food Choices?

Bad food choices lead to obesity and poor health. Why do we do it? Israeli business magazine The Marker reports that sales of healthy foods...

How to Become a Middle Eastern Invasivore

Protect the environment by eating the (animal or plant) species trying to invade it.  What does a Middle Eastern invasivore look like? Environmentalists have a...

100 Lebanese recipes on an iPhone

Classic Lebanese recipes for a tiny token price. Green Prophet has covered at least a dozen recipes from Lebanon. And now the LebGuide site is featuring...

3 Ways to Cook With Fennel

Miriam offers three recipes for the liquorice-flavored fennel. From spring to the onset of fall, wild fennel Ferula communis waves feathery leaves and bright...

Canaan Fair Trade Creates Sustainable Community of Palestinian Farmers

Bigger isn't always better.  Canaan Fair Trade helps small-scale Palestinian farmers survive and thrive. With the modernization of agriculture, farming has become an industry instead...

Make your own non-toxic home cleaning products

Some essential and basic "green" cleaners for the house - for wood, the kitchen sink and even the toilet bowl.

Egypt’s Organic Sector To Get First World Regulations

New regulations in Egypt will prevent from fraudsters from falsifying inorganic food. Organic agriculture is not so widespread in the Middle East. There are...

Sahlab, the creamy hot drink from the Middle East

Once considered an aphrodisiac drink, true sahlab is now becoming rarer. Sahlab, based on an increasingly rare orchid, is a popular winter drink all over...

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Baby teeth read like tree rings paint a picture of toxins in early life

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York offers a striking insight into how the environments we are born into can quietly shape our brains years later. By analyzing naturally shed baby teeth, the ones tucked under pillows for the tooth fairy, researchers have reconstructed a detailed timeline of exposure to environmental metals during pregnancy and early infancy.

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Paris Modest Fashion Week offers style without exposure for Muslims

France is home to around 5 to 7.5 million Muslims according to estimates, and Özlem Şahin, head of the organization behind Modest Fashion Week, has described Paris as "one of the leading modest fashion capitals in Europe".

Kids are vaping. The media shock that made them stop

On one side: aggressive anti-vaping campaigns from the FDA, Truth Initiative, and state programs, backed by over $100 million in annual spending. On the other: a public health crisis. Screenshot

Baby teeth read like tree rings paint a picture of toxins in early life

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York offers a striking insight into how the environments we are born into can quietly shape our brains years later. By analyzing naturally shed baby teeth, the ones tucked under pillows for the tooth fairy, researchers have reconstructed a detailed timeline of exposure to environmental metals during pregnancy and early infancy.

Shebara hotel Saudi Arabia – is it eco-luxury dream or desert illusion?

A new breed of luxury has landed on the Red Sea, mirrored pods floating above coral reefs, reflecting sky and sea like something not entirely of this Earth. Energy powered by solar powers, drinking water pulled from the sea using desalination. 

Roof replacements and a changing culture of all-women teams in Canada

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Billie Eilish’s Mom Maggie Baird Launches “Climate Kitchen” on Public TV

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Monitoring farmers’ tillage patterns from space

Tillage is one of the clearest signals of how a farm treats its soil. Intensive plowing can degrade structure, release carbon, and increase erosion. Conservation practices—no-till, cover cropping, minimal disturbance—do the opposite. They build soil, retain water, and support biodiversity. But until now, measuring these practices at scale has been slow, expensive, and often self-reported.
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