Lifestyle

Istanbul Considers 3rd Bridge Over Bosphorus

With one half in Asia and the other in Europe, the cultural hub of Turkey has long depended on two bridges to link the...

Chicago Muslims Launch Green Ramadan

Suburban mosques in Illinois are preaching carpools, recycling and reduced meat consumption this month as part of a Green Ramadan campaign launched by the...

Jordan Bankrolls Cheap Vegetables for Ramadan

Jordan  opened 15 lower-cost vegetable markets Saturday in several cities in honor of Ramadan, the month-long Muslim fasting holiday that began Friday. According to the...

The Taga Hybrid Bike-Stroller Goes from Road to Whole Foods Shopping in 30s Flat

I've not yet had kids, but when I do I might buy a Taga - a hybrid bicycle and baby carriage developed by Dutch...

Sulha's Environmental Message: If Jews, Muslims and Christians can Live Together, the Environment Will Benefit too

 A year ago, James wrote an article on Green Prophet about a unique organization known as the Sulha Peace Project and its role in...

Yemen’s Economic and Environmental Problems Blamed on Chewing Gat

  They chew this stuff on a daily basis, like Bolivians and other South American mountain people chew cacao leaves. It gives people in Yemen...

Hakfar Hayarok Experimental School of Excellence and Environmental Leadership in Israel Hosting "Green Summer Camp" This Week

Hakfar Hayarok (or, in Hebrew, the "green village") is a small village located in central Israel.  Founded in 1950 by Gershon Zack, the village...

Jewish National Fund Sponsors North America's Green Israel Program

The Jewish National Fund says it is proud to sponsor the Habonim Dror North America (HDNA) Green Israel Program. The program brings together the values of Judaism,...

Paz and 7 Israel-related Cleantech Headlines, Week of July 26, 2009

During the week of July 26th, Israeli oil company Paz launched a solar energy venture. The Israeli government launched a program to save an...

Yacobi Plumbs Israel's Built Environment in 'Constructing a Sense of Place'

In Constructing a Sense of Place: Architecture and the Zionist Discourse (Ashgate, 2004), architect and planner Haim Yacobi has compiled a fascinating collection of...

East Jerusalem Getting First Mall

You heard it here when Jenin got a mall-ish furniture superstore. Now East Jerusalem is also joining the trend.  According to Danny Rubinstein at...

Israeli Oil Company Paz Launches Solar Energy Venture Today

We told you things are heating up with the solar energy market in Israel. Will the country be a light unto the nations in...

Trekker's Electric Scooters Fly Around the Streets of Tel Aviv

Bicycles (as we learned when Tel Avivians got naked last month to protest local laws) are great for the environment, but you can't arrive...

IQWind and 7 Israel-related Cleantech Headlines, Week of July 12, 2009

During the past week, IQWind raised $500k from U.S. investors and N-Viro launched a clean soil facility in Israel. Israel's water situation was compared to...

Pollution in a Promised Land: Alon Tal on Israel and the Environment

Here in Israel a few months ago we celebrated Yom Ha’atzma’ut or Independence Day with fireworks, barbecues, and mutual congratulations on how much we’ve...

Hot this week

Was the Flydubai cockpit emergency an attempted terror attack — or a pilot in crisis?

What happened inside the cockpit of flydubai Flight FZ1073 on Wednesday morning is still under investigation, but the story has become considerably more disturbing since the first reports of a “fight between pilots.”

Two People, One Dataset, and a Disagreement Nobody Can Settle

Two people can look at the same sustainability dashboard and reach different conclusions. The problem is not necessarily the data, but whether anyone can trace how the number was produced.

Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

Walk through almost any Saudi city today and one form dominates residential streets: the detached villa, sitting on its own plot, separated from its neighbors, usually surrounded by a wall and reached by car. It feels thoroughly Saudi. But much of the architectural DNA of the modern Saudi house comes from American suburbia.

Leen Kawas and the Work of Carrying Promising Medicines Forward

EIT Pharma CEO Leen Kawas is advancing lonafarnib for chronic hepatitis D, showing how stalled late-stage drug programs can be revived and carried toward regulatory review.

The Financial Impact of Meta Glasses on Europe’s Eyewear Market

Smart glasses are changing the economics of eyewear by turning conventional frames into higher-priced technology products. What used to be mainly a sale built around frame design, lenses, prescription needs and brand preference is now also a sale built around cameras, audio, AI features, app support and connected-device setup.

Topics

Was the Flydubai cockpit emergency an attempted terror attack — or a pilot in crisis?

What happened inside the cockpit of flydubai Flight FZ1073 on Wednesday morning is still under investigation, but the story has become considerably more disturbing since the first reports of a “fight between pilots.”

Two People, One Dataset, and a Disagreement Nobody Can Settle

Two people can look at the same sustainability dashboard and reach different conclusions. The problem is not necessarily the data, but whether anyone can trace how the number was produced.

Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

Walk through almost any Saudi city today and one form dominates residential streets: the detached villa, sitting on its own plot, separated from its neighbors, usually surrounded by a wall and reached by car. It feels thoroughly Saudi. But much of the architectural DNA of the modern Saudi house comes from American suburbia.

Leen Kawas and the Work of Carrying Promising Medicines Forward

EIT Pharma CEO Leen Kawas is advancing lonafarnib for chronic hepatitis D, showing how stalled late-stage drug programs can be revived and carried toward regulatory review.

The Financial Impact of Meta Glasses on Europe’s Eyewear Market

Smart glasses are changing the economics of eyewear by turning conventional frames into higher-priced technology products. What used to be mainly a sale built around frame design, lenses, prescription needs and brand preference is now also a sale built around cameras, audio, AI features, app support and connected-device setup.

Why Pest Control Has to Be Local: Mira Home on How Climate and Geography Change Pest Pressure Across America

Why pest control needs to adapt to local climate, moisture, building patterns and pest pressure rather than rely on one national treatment plan.

Brad Pitt walked the red carpet with rescue dogs. Why isn’t rescue just the default?

The film itself is about a Special Forces officer, played by Pitt, stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with his combat dog Odin after a plane crash. Odin is played by Uber, a highly trained German shepherd from a military and law-enforcement breeding line.

Beavers are moving into the Arctic, and they are rewiring the tundra

“Beavers effectively write their history into the landscape with each shrub they cut and every pond they create by damming streams,” said lead author Dr Georgia Hole, who carried out the research at Anglia Ruskin University and is now based at Durham University.
spot_img

Related Articles