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Jordan Mandates Domestic Solar Water Heating

Jordan passes new building codes requiring solar water heaters on all new commercial and residential buildings. It's about time: Regulations come into effect in April...

Halal & Organic – The Skincare Range That Cares About The Planet

Faiza Hussain, who has started a small online business selling halal and organic skincare products, tells us why she ditched the chemical-laden products she...

Green Education in the United Arab Emirates, Business is Booming

The Bee'ah School of Environment (BSOE), an education initiative created by a United Arab Emirates-based environmental and waste management company, recently announced it is...

The Arab Youth Climate Movement Is Born

Established in the lead up to the COP18 Doha negotiations, the Arab Youth Climate Movement brings together over 20 campaigners from 15 Middle East/North...

Saudi Smoking Grounds for Divorce

Smoking can cause cancer, emphysema, birth defects, and - in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - divorce. Saudi Arabian authorities enacted a ban against smoking...

Explosive Molotov Cocktail Recipe Teaches Terrorism in a Tunisian Children’s Magazine

A kids magazine in Tunisia teaches children how to create molotov cocktails and explode them for maximum impact.

Awesome Eco Future Exhibit in Abu Dhabi Teaches Kids the ABCs of Green Living

Eco Future is an engaging interactive exhibit on Al Saadiyat Island that teaches children the ABCs of going green in Abu Dhabi. Partially modeled after...

New Environmental Exhibit Inspires Hope for UAE’s Future

At the end of September an interactive multi-media exhibit, Eco Future, opened at Manarat Al Saadiyat in Abu Dhabi. The family-oriented exhibit presents children...

Ode and Farewell to my Daily Cup(s) of Joe

Oh Joe. It's hard to believe that after all these years I finally have to let you go. You have been the only constant...

Israel Closes Down Bodies Exhibition Early

Legal, or a human rights violation? The "Bodies" exhibit raised a storm of controversy in Israel. Israelis are no strangers to making art from live...

Khaleafa: New Green Muslim Blog Nominated For Prestigious Award

Khaleafa, an Eco Islam blog created by Muaz Nasir, has been nominated for the Brass Crescent 'Best New Blog' Award Over the last year, I've...

Recycle Art Workshops @Darb 1718 This October

If you are in Cairo, don't miss these fun and fabulous recycling and upcycling workshops at Darb 1718 Following what looks like a very successful...

INTERVIEW: The “Man On The River” Finishes 5,200-Kilometer Journey In Istanbul

Giacomo de Stefano raises his hat as he rows into Istanbul's Golden Horn, the final stretch of a trans-Europe experiment in sustainable travel. It shouldn't...

“Zero-carbon” Architecture Doesn’t Mean Eco-smart

Former English footballer Gary Neville's $9.7 million eco-home was granted planning permission. But is this really what environmentally-smart building's about? The ex-Manchester United club captain’s five-bedroom subterranean mansion...

SARS-like Mystery Virus Appears in Saudi Arabia, Alerting Haj Pilgrims

A new SARS-like mystery illness has health authorities alert ahead of the millions-strong Haj pilgrammage to Mecca. There have been two recent cases of...

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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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