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Israel’s Cruel Meat Industry Exposed by Watchdog TV Show

With no where to run, undercover cameras expose the cruelty to animals in the Israeli meat industry. An Israel TV commercial about the Adom...

Mixing Beer and Wine With Recycling in Lebanon

Lebanese don't usually need an excuse to party but they might need an incentive to recycle. Albeit one of the only countries at the...

Efficient Lighting Through History

From the Hebrew Hannukah to Peak Whale Oil, Brian uncovers an illuminating story of how our lighting is becoming more efficient. Each December as nights...

Walking the Middle Ground as Oil Feeds Our Energy Needs

I had a great meeting yesterday with culture advisors to an American Embassy yesterday in a Middle East location. I won't say where as...

Dubai Beautified by Small Pockets of Outdoor Art

Dubai is known for many things, but its beauty is no longer one of them. In the last few decades the once barren desert...

Organic Farming in Palestine

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Young Arabs in Doha are telling the Arab world it's time to take a lead on climate change during the first climate change talks...

Water Portraits – Making A Splash For Water Conservation (PHOTOS)

In a bid to highlight our water use and waste, photographer Peter Holmes has created a series of memorable portraits of water use in...

Morocco’s Berber Women Empowered by Rare “Miracle Oil”

When western women catch wind of a new "miracle oil," the next super lotion that promises eternal youth and exquisite beauty, be sure that...

Islam and Garlic (Thūm)

Pungent and bittersweet, garlic is no stranger to Muslim cuisine. Check out what makes it eco-holy and why a clove a day is a needed health top-up.

Change The World In A Green Minute (Video)

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Israel to Build Largest Middle East Recycling Plant

Tires, plastics, and other types of solid waste will soon be converted into energy and other products at a new Israel mega recycling plant. ...

Egypt’s Pyramid Builders Succumbed to Climate Change

Pollen and ash in Nile river delta sediment provides evidence of ancient climactic events including mega-droughts and wildfires which wiped out pyramid-building civilizations, says...

Abu Dhabi’s Eid al-Adha Waste Cleared by 3,000 Workers

Abu Dhabi’s key attractions received a special makeover over the Eid holidays thanks to an army of extra workers equipped with special cleaning gear. Public...

Angry Cow Murders Its Gazan Slaughterer During Muslim Eid Festival

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

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Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

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Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

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A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

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Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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