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Turkish Barber Turns His Shop into a Mini Recycling Center

The barbershop tradition in Turkey is far more vibrant than the Hair Cutteries of America. In Turkey, men gather for their weekly shave and...

13 Radiant Photos to Honor Earth Day

It's Earth Day, which means you will see at least 100 stories in your Facebook and Twitter feeds that will list the many ways...

Saudi Agriculture To Be Hit Hard by Climate Change

Saudi Arabia and climate change do not mix well as this photo indicates As Earth Day 2013 approaches on April 22, issues of water options in...

‘Greedy Lying Bastards’ Film Review

‘Greedy Lying Bastards’ opens with an image of environmental destruction, and a voiceover announces: “what if I told you all this was preventable?” This is...

Faith Leaders Unite Against The Illegal Wildlife Trade

Religious organisations are working with conservation groups to help end the consumer demand for products supplied by the illegal wildlife trade A major initiative linking...

Green ‘Khutbah’ Muslim Sermon Campaign Launches Today

Today marks the first annual 'Green Khutbah Day' which also coincides with Earth Day 2013 Muslims have been asked to encourage their spiritual leaders, imams,...

Lost In Translation Middle East Style

As America hunts for clues on the Boston Bomber suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Laurie goes on with life and looks to the follies of communication...

CupsTelAviv: All You Can Drink Coffee for Under $50 a Month

All you can drink coffee for $50 a month at CupsTelAviv.

Jordan Valley Boasts the Lowest Museum on Earth

Built at the lowest elevation on earth, and less than a year old, this jewel-box of a museum showcases the Dead Sea region's rich...

New Moroccan Handicraft Complex Replaces Polluting Fez Tanneries

While the rest of the world is beguiled by Walmarts and Targets, Morocco's King Mohammed VI has given a $39 million handicraft complex in...

Graffiti Artists Color Egypt’s Soul-Crushing Corruption

Corruption is black, brown, grey, devoid of color. And in Egypt, it can be seen in streets piled high with trash and polluted canals,...

Mpact: David de Rothschild Mobilizes Good Humans for the Right Cause

We haven't heard from our favorite eco-warrior, David de Rothschild in some time, but that doesn't mean the youngest heir to the Rothschild banking fortune...

Suspended See-Saw Makes Music from Movement in Morocco

We have to admit that this isn't anything particularly "green" about this see-saw, but it does harvest the movement of people to make music. And...

Jerusalem Launches World Pilgrimage Conference for People of Faith

Green Pilgrim Jerusalem hosts a week-long international symposium on greening pilgrimage, with major religious leaders from around the world. Faith and community leaders from around...

Crushers Reduce Emirate Mountaintops to Rubble in the Name of “Progress”

Green Prophet's resident photographer documents "cut" Hajar Mountains in the United Arab Emirates. Huge swaths of the Hajar Mountains in the UAE's northern emirates appear...

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PETA will pay meat workers $10,000 to blow the whistle. Is that a good thing?

PETA is offering $10,000 for reporting mislabelled meat.

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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.

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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.
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