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Hot Air Ballooning over Turkey’s Cappadoccia

Park those alternative energy cars and hybrid vehicles, hot air ballooning is my new green travel of choice. Can there be a more magnificent...

Turn Disposable Water Bottle into Pencil Case: Upcycling Tutorial

Now that the kids are back at school, time to go green and continue the celebrations with this back-to-school tutorial. Parents will need to...

Souk Jara is Amman’s Favorite Flea Market

People usually associate a flea market with old, dusty clothes and other “junk,” consider it a sort of yard sale collision.  In Amman, however,...

A Sustainable Postcard from Turkey: You’ll Wish You Were Here

This Green Prophet tours Turkey and sees a mosaic of eco-sensibility. Little Eid, a Muslim holiday, is a great time for a getaway. So I reeled...

How to Ward Off the Evil Eye

Laurie attempts to explain Middle East evil eye superstition. Can a lingering look with a penetrating gaze cause catastrophe in another’s life? If you’re Jordanian, you...

Egypt Makes Recycling A Priority

Dr. Mamdouh Khalil, a professor of environmental sciences at Cairo University, told Al-Shorfa there is currently a waste disposal crisis in Egypt, because of...

Diwan Baladna Books Are Arab-Jordanian Culture for Dummies

Learn about Arab greetings, the evil eye, funeral traditions and the habit of pigeon-keeping in these colorful books from Jordan. On my first free Friday...

Share Beirut is TED-style Creativity Conference for Lebanon

Lebanese illustartor Maya Zankoul "draws" against issues that range from pollution, electricity cuts, real estate pricing, to politics in Lebanon. She will be one...

Human Anti-Bacterial Drug to Help Coral Fight the White Plague

There is a losing battle in saving coral reefs worldwide, but a drug made for humans might be able to help corals fight...

We’d Need Five Worlds to Live Like the United Arab Emirates

If we all lived like the citizens of the UAE, we would need 5.4 planet earths to sustain us... Sometimes the best way to say...

What Can Islam Do For The Environment?

What can Islam do for the environment? That's a question I have been asking myself for some years now and, in all honestly, I...

Date rape straw can taste GHB

Chemists at the Tel Aviv University have invented a device with a sensor that changes colors instantly when popped into a spiked drink.

Learn Efficiently While You Sleep?

Cram for your exams while taking a cat nap? This Israeli study says you might be able to learn while you are asleep. Is sleep...

Dubai Bribes Recyclers With iPads and Cash

We probably shouldn't poke fun at the Dubai Municipality for bribing local residents with cash awards and iPads as part of their recently-launched My...

Egypt’s Electricity Suppliers Struggle to Meet Demand

On August 9th an electrical power outage hit people in parts of Cairo.  This happened only ten days after India's massive blackout grew to...

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Elkhorn kernals planted to restore reef diversity

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