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Women in the Taliban-controlled country of Afghanistan are already banned from showing their bodies and faces in public. A new blow to dehumanizing women is the ban of the sound of women's voices in public. Like the regime in Iran that controls women singing in public and showing their hair, the restrictions in Afghanistan are more fierce and among them bans women from being friends with non-Muslims and from entering national parks: 

Tell your dorm mates you are "upcycling" an old mattress into a luxury organic mattress, one made with sustainably harvested hevea milk.

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Experience gifts are the perfect gift to give. They take the guesswork out of what to get a loved one, and they can be used for any occasion- a birthday, an anniversary, or just because. Now you can rest almost all assurances that every experience that you gift will be an eco-friendly one. 

Transitioning operations takes some tweaks in the short term, but working with an experienced supplier makes the process easier. Green Paper Products has years of experience helping the food industry switch over to certified compostable products.

Water beads, also known as Orbeez are marketed as a tactile product for children, but the beads are toxic to the environment and can choke children and wildlife. Some researchers and consumer report organizations want them banned due to the risks.

Judaism is rich with water symbolism and environmentalism spanning back centuries.

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The Talmud, a the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law and Jewish theology, would grow so large that a person who read a folio a day would complete one cycle of the Talmud in seven and half years. To the surprise of many, buried among these pages are jewels of information about the “environment”. 

The Maldives president has jailed his environment minister over fears she's been doing witchcraft.

They weren't prepared for 116F or 47C degree heat: about 20 people have died from Jordan and Iran and more are missing amid the ongoing Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Officials to urge worshippers to avoid the blistering heat as climate change take its toll on the region. 

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Similar to Pope Francis encyclical Laudato Si’ published in 2015, Al-Mizan is an Islamic-inspired global call to head the cries of the people and the earth seeking to inspire billions of people from all religions in all parts of the world to tend to our one planet, our home.

Despite the political instability in Yemen, Socotra has remained relatively peaceful and continues to be a symbol of Yemen's natural heritage.

In the world of pods and convenience, a company has developed a new kind of shisha, one that uses pre-loaded fruit tobacco and no charcoal is needed. Each pod delivers one session that can last up to 70 minutes depending on the intensity of the session.