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This video gives you an amazing fly-on-the-wall experience when 20 people, complete strangers, kiss for the first time. Their reactions are priceless. Social issues...

Holy Green Monday for Lent! A planet-friendly Cyprus tradition

Last Monday, Orthodox Christians across the Middle East kicked off the 40-day Lenten season with a wonderful food-based tradition called Green Monday, when folks...

Saudi Arabia to grow world’s largest crescent-shaped Garden of Eden

Saudi Arabia is building the world’s largest botanical gardens on nearly 2.5 million square meters of desert land near Riyadh. A stellar environmental initiative...

“Pop Arak” Arakino raises eyebrows and elbows in Israel

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Masafer Yatta: the Palestinian cave dwellers of Firing Zone 918 (photos)

Many environmentally aware people from the global middle and upper class choose off-grid living, though that lifestyle is usually supplemented with solar panels and...

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If Jesus had a Facebook account, this could be his profile picture. So says Richard Neave, a medical artist famed for reconstructing legendary faces from...

Lebanese inventor makes “alive” app for war-torn regions

"I’m alive." I’ve made that call, maybe you have too. That surreal statement instantly erases panic in whomever’s on the other end of the line. ...

8 green Valentine gifts that won’t put you in the red

A year has passed since I penned a sampler of how Valentine’s Day goes down in the Middle East. Tempus fugit, baby, that treacly...

No “Balls” allowed in Iran’s female soccer league

Here in the Middle East, the mash-up between religious beliefs and human rights can be breathtakingly surreal.  Take, as example, baffling contradictions within modern...

Danish zoo kills healthy giraffe to avoid inbreeding [video]

In the latest tragedy for animal rights, and it happened in Europe, a Danish zoo has reportedly shot and killed a perfectly healthy giraffe...

Nitrates and the dark side of intensive organic agriculture

Public awareness of healthy food products that are free of chemical additives, along with a worldwide demand to reduce industrial pollution, has led in...

Breastfeeding by law, in Abu Dhabi

According to Islam, being breastfed is a right for all children. Now Abu Dhabi has passed a clause in their Child Rights law that...

700 free e-books to up your Middle East IQ

Looking for some good reads about the environment and the Middle East? Then click yourself into the University of California Press (UCP) e-books collection...

Laundry soaps – is less more green? Jordanians Concentrate for the Environment

Jordan is cleaning up its act, at least in terms of laundry detergent, with a project entitled Concentrate for the Environment.  The voluntary, industry-led...

Teaching Tu B’Shevat in classrooms without borders

For many years Hebrew schools in North America barely related to the Jewish holiday of Tu B'shevat, New Year for the Trees. When I...

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Where to Stay Near the Pitons, From Ladera Resort to the Soufrière Coast

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Good gardens start with good seeds. Learn how to choose reliable seed companies, avoid poor-quality seeds, understand heirloom and hybrid varieties, and store seeds for better germination.

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Ukrainian design studio Pilsok, known for its popular Beetle backpack, transforms discarded car airbags into a striking designer jacket honouring Ukraine's emergency rescuers.

PeaceTech is the next CleanTech. And we’ve been building it for decades.

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