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UAE Scholars And Imams Speak Up For The Environment

Littering and lack of moderation violates important Islamic tenants, according to prominent scholars With businesses in the UAE slowly beginning to take the environment message...

“Eco Options Egypt” Makes Egyptian Environmentalism Easy and Accessible

Eco Options Egypt is working on becoming a one-stop shop for resources on leading a green lifestyle in Egypt. It's not always easy to be...

Green Prophet Flies To “The Yemenite Blog For Sciences And The Environment”

A weekly Green Prophet series that looks at the Arabic "green" blogosphere and online communities After looking at "The Forum of the Ornithological...

Breastfeeding and Islam

Islamic states have the highest infant mortality rate in the world thanks in large part to a decline in breastfeeding.

Finally, Koala Recycling Solutions Offers A Way to Recycle Aluminum Cans and Other Metals in Israel

Koala Recycling Solutions, the only Israeli company offering collection and recycling of metal packaging from consumers, tells us what we can and should be...

Saudi’s Long Love Of Wealth Exhibited At The Louvre

The Louvre exhibition demonstrates Saudi Arabia's historical influence on the Middle East region; can they spread a clean energy agenda too? When we...

Muslim Vegetarians Say Eating Less Meat Is Friendlier

Are Muslim vegetarians creating a false campaign to discourage meat-eating? An article by Joseph Mayton in The Guardian created some debate. He claimed that...

Help the Abu Dhabi Eco-Chicks Map Out a Green Abu Dhabi

Know of a sustainable lifestyle spot in Abu Dhabi?  Help the Abu Dhabi Eco-Chicks pinpoint it on their green map. The Abu Dhabi Eco-Chicks, a...

Mazzy reviews ‘The Story Of Stuff’

In order to change our unending addiction to Stuff, we need to redefine progress. We need to realize Stuff doesn't make us happy. The...

Green Prophet Flies To “The UAE Environment & Life Blog”

A weekly Green Prophet series that looks at the Arabic "green" blogosphere and online communities. After looking at "The Forum of the Ornithological...

Blue-Green Algae’s Slimy Tricks Revealed

Blue-Green algae threatens freshwater bodies (and marine bodies) worldwide. Will a new discovery by Israeli scientists help restore those threatened watersheds? Freshwater bodies such as...

Jordanian King Goes to War Over Celebratory Gunfire

No more guns for celebrations, says King of Jordan. Men in the Arab world shoot live fire in the air to celebrate weddings, and holidays....

Detox your life: Take the ‘Buy-Nothing-Ramadan’ Challenge

During the Holy month of Ramadan, followers have the opportunity to reflect on and reduce their consumption patterns with the "buy-nothing" challenge Despite many...

‘Ground Zero Mosque’ will be Green

When the controversy subsides and construction begins, "Park 51," otherwise known as the "Ground Zero Mosque," will be LEED certified Green mosques are sprouting up...

Green Prophet Flies To “The Oman Eco Group Blogs”

A weekly Green Prophet series that looks at the Arabic "green" blogosphere and online communities. After looking at "The Forum of the Ornithological...

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What happened inside the cockpit of flydubai Flight FZ1073 on Wednesday morning is still under investigation, but the story has become considerably more disturbing since the first reports of a “fight between pilots.”

Two People, One Dataset, and a Disagreement Nobody Can Settle

Two people can look at the same sustainability dashboard and reach different conclusions. The problem is not necessarily the data, but whether anyone can trace how the number was produced.

Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

Walk through almost any Saudi city today and one form dominates residential streets: the detached villa, sitting on its own plot, separated from its neighbors, usually surrounded by a wall and reached by car. It feels thoroughly Saudi. But much of the architectural DNA of the modern Saudi house comes from American suburbia.

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Drinking Mercury: How Art Makes Invisible Pollution Visible

Drinking Mercury in La Paz uses photography, sound, video and installation to reveal how mercury pollution from gold mining moves through water, ecosystems and people.

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Two people can look at the same sustainability dashboard and reach different conclusions. The problem is not necessarily the data, but whether anyone can trace how the number was produced.

Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

Walk through almost any Saudi city today and one form dominates residential streets: the detached villa, sitting on its own plot, separated from its neighbors, usually surrounded by a wall and reached by car. It feels thoroughly Saudi. But much of the architectural DNA of the modern Saudi house comes from American suburbia.

Leen Kawas and the Work of Carrying Promising Medicines Forward

EIT Pharma CEO Leen Kawas is advancing lonafarnib for chronic hepatitis D, showing how stalled late-stage drug programs can be revived and carried toward regulatory review.

The Financial Impact of Meta Glasses on Europe’s Eyewear Market

Smart glasses are changing the economics of eyewear by turning conventional frames into higher-priced technology products. What used to be mainly a sale built around frame design, lenses, prescription needs and brand preference is now also a sale built around cameras, audio, AI features, app support and connected-device setup.

Why Pest Control Has to Be Local: Mira Home on How Climate and Geography Change Pest Pressure Across America

Why pest control needs to adapt to local climate, moisture, building patterns and pest pressure rather than rely on one national treatment plan.

Brad Pitt walked the red carpet with rescue dogs. Why isn’t rescue just the default?

The film itself is about a Special Forces officer, played by Pitt, stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with his combat dog Odin after a plane crash. Odin is played by Uber, a highly trained German shepherd from a military and law-enforcement breeding line.
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