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Kuwaiti Musician Zahed Sultan Launches Eco-Electronica Track “Reuse Me”

Zahed Sultan is an internationally-celebrated musician from Kuwait who also happens to promote sustainability! Zahed Sultan is one of the most visible musicians in the...

Hundreds Join SlutWalk Israel on Facebook and the Streets

SlutWalk started in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in April 2011 in response to the slur of a Toronto Police officer who suggested that women could...

Environmentalists Mourn the Passing of Egypt’s Patriarch of Environment

Dr. Mohamed Kassas was a leading pioneer of Egypt's environmental movement and a beloved mentor.  Dr. Mohamed Kassas was active until the end, says Mindy...

Interfaith Eco-Conference Reveals Need To Educate Religious Leaders

Miriam found much good will but only dawning eco-awareness in Israel's religious leadership. "I came today, not to say anything new - but to learn."...

S-x Shop Hoax May Point to New Wave of Social Activism

A story about a Morocco sex shop turns out to be a hoax, but is the idea of expanding sexual freedom finding fertile ground...

Cairo’s Zabaleen Scavenge for Renewables to make Solar Cities

No better place to do a reality check on our environmental vision than Cairo’s Manshiet Nasr neighborhood. Its local inhabitants, the Zabaleen (Arabic for...

5 Million Goldfish Die for Nowruz – the Iranian New Year

Goldfish have made up a small part of the Iranian New Year festivities for thousands of years, but some activists want this practice to...

Christians Take on Carbon Fast for Lent

Among other eco-conscious Church leaders, the Archbishop of York has gone vegan and  fair-trade for the duration of Lent. Lent, the pre-Easter season of reflection...

Greener TV With Comcast Cable?

Want to support a cable company that cares about the planet? True, a lot of environmentalists promote reading over television. A nice intimate dinner...

Food Security Overwhelming More Than 1 Million Syrians

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a special alert on the food security situation in Syria this past week, voicing serious...

Jerusalem’s Western Wall for the Birds

Swifts return to nest at Judaism most sacred site When the swifts came back to Jerusalem’s Western Wall last week there was rejoicing as bird...

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...

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