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Holy Land Leaders: Muslims, Jews, Christians Link to Save the Planet

Ahead of Rio +20 join the interfaith climate and energy conference in Jerusalem next week. Can mobilizing the world's faithful save the planet where activists...

What the Kony 2012 Video Can Teach Saudi Arabia’s Greens

Let’s admit it: the Kony Video is big. With more views in a week than any other TV show and YouTube video showing a number...

SlutWalk Israel A Step Forward For Religious and Conservative Women

Israel will host the first SlutWalk in the Middle East this weekend, but the movement has growing support in other countries, including Morocco....

Setsuden Helped Japan Conserve 75 Nuclear Reactors Worth of Energy

The Middle East can learn about energy savings from the Japanese, and the Japanese concept of setsuden.  Sometime during the mid 1990s a series of...

Jerusalem Camel Abuse Caught on Camera

Cold, wet and utterly miserable, this is no "dancing camel" Regular Green Prophet readers have surely seen our articles on animal cruelty and abuse. They...

The Arab Feminist Who Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Green Activists

A "green" Arab renaissance cannot be accomplished without the rise of women in Arab countries. Recently in Jordan, the Google image was of Middle Eastern intellectual, feminist and writer,...

SlutWalk Israel in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem – a First for the Middle East

Karin draws a line between women's rights and green issues in light of upcoming SlutWalks in Israel. Last April Green Prophet asked: Should the...

Celebrate Purim with Friendly Purim Baskets

The Jewish holiday of Purim begins this coming Wednesday night, the 7th of March. Fulfill the mitzvah of sending treats to your neighbors the...

Sustainable Break-up Tips To Turn Your Blues Green

Laura offers tips on unloading the stuff that comes between you and a broken heart. Broken relationships may leave us sad, lonely, or even...

Inspired by Oman Caves: Take Green Prophet’s Plastic Bag Challenge!

Are you up for a bit of quiet activism? Take our plastic bag challenge This is a call to arms, and to hands: my challenge to...

Measure Your Water Footprint

Country data reveals that Syria, Lebanon and Iraq are potentially the only virtual water exporting countries in the Middle East. Get in the know...

Measure Your Ecological Footprint

When looking for country-specific environmental indicators, it is often difficult to find a single indicator that  holistically summarizes the environmental situation in a tractable and visual manner....

Blingh20’s Most Expensive Water Costs $2,600 for 750ml

The world's most expensive bottle is encrusted in Swarovski crystals and costs a mere $2,600. Earlier today we poked a little fun at Dubai Mall's...

5 Things to Avoid to Keep Your Complexion Beautiful

When professional photographer Alex Tricani sent this image, I couldn't get past the giant red craters on my face.  I've always been incredibly lazy about...

Iraqis love Valentine’s Day. We don’t love new consumerism

As it turns out, I haven't received a Valentine's Day gift since 2006, but even when I wasn't single and out saving the world,...

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He’s selling a book. But Tony Cho is really selling a new model for cities

Tony Cho is a regenerative developer and community builder focused on designing cities as living ecosystems that support human connection and ecological balance. A key figure in Miami’s urban transformation, he helped shape the Wynwood Arts District and founded the Magic City Innovation District. Influenced by an unconventional upbringing that included time in an ashram, Cho brings a spiritual lens to real estate, blending culture, community, and capital into what he calls regenerative placemaking.

Israel and the UAE find that animal conservation can be as easy as adding new watering hole

Sometimes conservation doesn’t begin with moving animals around in...

Is Britain creating a smoke-free generation by banning sales to those born after 2008?

Today, Britain is attempting something that would have seemed unthinkable way back when.

Japan wants to build a solar panel ring around the moon

Unlike solar power on Earth, which is limited by night cycles, weather, and seasons, the Moon offers something close to uninterrupted exposure to the Sun. By placing solar infrastructure in orbit or along the lunar surface, engineers could generate continuous clean energy at a scale that may exceed global electricity demand,  the Japanese scientists say.

African kids born in these Star Homes are less likely to die

What the Star Home demonstrates is something bigger: that health can be built into infrastructure. Instead of relying only on healthcare systems, communities can reduce disease at the source—through smarter design.

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He’s selling a book. But Tony Cho is really selling a new model for cities

Tony Cho is a regenerative developer and community builder focused on designing cities as living ecosystems that support human connection and ecological balance. A key figure in Miami’s urban transformation, he helped shape the Wynwood Arts District and founded the Magic City Innovation District. Influenced by an unconventional upbringing that included time in an ashram, Cho brings a spiritual lens to real estate, blending culture, community, and capital into what he calls regenerative placemaking.

Israel and the UAE find that animal conservation can be as easy as adding new watering hole

Sometimes conservation doesn’t begin with moving animals around in...

Is Britain creating a smoke-free generation by banning sales to those born after 2008?

Today, Britain is attempting something that would have seemed unthinkable way back when.

Japan wants to build a solar panel ring around the moon

Unlike solar power on Earth, which is limited by night cycles, weather, and seasons, the Moon offers something close to uninterrupted exposure to the Sun. By placing solar infrastructure in orbit or along the lunar surface, engineers could generate continuous clean energy at a scale that may exceed global electricity demand,  the Japanese scientists say.

African kids born in these Star Homes are less likely to die

What the Star Home demonstrates is something bigger: that health can be built into infrastructure. Instead of relying only on healthcare systems, communities can reduce disease at the source—through smarter design.

Art from Oman at the Venice Biennale

Oman is returning to the Venice Biennale with Zīnah, an immersive installation by artist and curator Haitham Al Busafi that transforms a traditional form of horse adornment into a large-scale sensory experience.

Korean researchers create battery from greenhouse gases

Professor Ji-Soo Jang, in collaboration with Professor Taekwang Yoon of Ajou University and Professor Hansel Kim of Chungbuk National University, has developed a novel energy device that generates electricity during the process of capturing greenhouse gases.

SunZia comes online and America’s 11B, and largest renewable project begins wind power

The impact is already being felt. California has broken its wind generation record multiple times in recent weeks as SunZia begins feeding electricity into the grid. It’s a glimpse of what a renewable-powered future could look like when large-scale infrastructure finally comes online. Can we start saying goodbye to Saudi Aramco and Arabian Gulf oil? 
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