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Ohev Sholom is America’s First Jewish “Energy Star”

As California's LEED synagogue hits the auction block, a more sustainable "light unto the nations" might be the DC synagogue's Energy Star rating. Larry...

Dubai’s Eco Maid Is Green And Orange

Tolga Soytekin may not look like an Eco Maid, but his new Dubai-based business is pretty darn green. When a close friend became pregnant several...

The Little Black Dress Is Not For Dubai

Apart from the frigid air-conditioned buildings, there is another reason to ditch the little black dress when in Dubai. No one loves the ugly...

A Guide To Green Blogging For Muslims

Want to attract Muslim readers and help them switch to a green way of life? Well, here's how. A couple more weeks of blogging...

Innovative Israeli Burials Save Land Resources

A multi-level tomb in Tiberias, Israel, shows how one space may house the remains of several family members. In Judaism, respectful care of human...

Are Sea Burials Greener Than Land?

A body is prepared for a "full sea burial". Note iron weights alongside the remains. Following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Ladin...

Can Muslims Be Buried At Sea?

The world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden, was given the ultimate green burial. Read more on how Muslims bury the deceased at land and sea.

Eco-Funeral? Jewish Burial Rites Are Green.

Traditional Jewish burials: guidelines to a green farewell. The recent controversy over arch-terrorist Osama bin Laden's burial at sea has piqued an interest in eco-funerals...

The Latest Most Urgent Reason To Breed And Consume Less

By 2100, at least ten billion people will devour the planet. At a recent film screening in Al Ain, one female student asked: "what's the...

Sexual harassment against women in Muslim countries

Conservative Muslim bloggers and women’s rights activists bring harassers and inadequate legal and cultural protection to task, with women leading the charge. Women’s rights are...

Strip Naked for the Dead Sea and Spencer Tunick

The Naked Sea installation is intended to draw attention to the declining environmental situation at the Dead Sea. Will you get naked for the...

Help Save The World’s First Green Synagogue

Help save the world's first green synagogue which is currently under threat of closing down due to financial difficulties Here at Green Prophet, nothing makes...

Competition: Calling All Future UAE Eco-Bloggers

UAE high school students have a chance to flex their eco-blogging muscles for Green Prophet's writing competition. Green Prophet is launching a blogging competition for...

Book Review: Plastiki – Across The Pacific Ocean On Plastic

A good friend of David de Rothschild's, Treehugger founder Graham Hill takes the Plastiki helm Theirs was one of 2010's most talked-about, scoffed-about, and dreamed-about...

The Rising Voices of Arab Women – From Social Activism to Eco-Feminism

Defiant women, some "worth 100 men" are reshaping the Arab world in grassroots activism. While news of a minority of Muslim women in burkas...

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Sydney is best known for the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. If you’re looking to enjoy dinner with views of these landmarks, here are some great options.

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Sámi shaman drums: why owning one could get you killed in Scandinavia

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How to Effectively Promote Your Sustainability Progress

Before promoting sustainability progress, companies must ensure their initiatives are genuine and measurable. Today’s audiences are increasingly skeptical of vague environmental claims, particularly as awareness of “greenwashing” has grown.

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Sámi shaman drums: why owning one could get you killed in Scandinavia

For centuries, the Sámi shaman drum was one of the most powerful sacred objects in northern Europe, and one of the most feared by church and state. If ISIS looks bad to us today for its religious fundamentalism, Christians were just as fervent. 

Flying the friendly skies… but can we get out in 90 seconds?

In a real emergency, romance takes a back seat to physics, panic, and how fast 150 people can squeeze through a narrow tube. The Federal Aviation Administration says every aircraft must be evacuated within 90 seconds. That’s the gold standard. But new research suggests that in the real world,  especially as we age, that number might be more aspirational than achievable.

Most of the world’s marine protected areas are polluted by sewage

Research from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the University of Queensland, published in Ocean & Coastal Management, found that nearly three out of four marine protected areas (MPAs) worldwide are exposed to sewage pollution.

Adamah in Los Angeles wants to make Jewish climate action local, practical and spiritual

At a time when climate anxiety can feel abstract and overwhelming, and being Jewish something people may need to hide in big cities, Adamah Los Angeles is trying something different: turning Jewish values into local climate action with dirt-under-the-fingernails practicality.
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