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Syria Campaigns to Curb Country's Voracious Plastic Bag Appetite

Estimates of 15 million bags per day consumed in Damascus alone! Moshe uncovers news in Arabic - that Syrians are launching a campaign to...

Smokers Decompose Slower Than Non-Smokers

"Smoked pigs" decompose slower than those that don't smoke. (They were actually injected with nicotine). With smoking rampant in the Middle East, and rates in...

Greenpeace’s Flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, to Grace Tel Aviv and Haifa’s Harbors

Put down your matkot and take a tour of Greenpeace's flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, this week. Beachgoers on Tel Aviv and Haifa's shores will be...

Book Review for Light Summer Reading: French Lessons by Peter Mayle

If you like to beguile the slow, hot summer hours with a good food book, you will love this one. Author Peter Mayle, famous...

Clare Dissects Post-apocalypse Britain in 'Everyone Can Be a Hero'

I have quite a taste for post-apocalyptical fantasies myself (such as Cormac McCarthy's chilling 'The Road', reviewed here earlier on GP), so I picked...

Seven Tips for Modest Moms: Choosing a Green Breastfeeding Cover

For many mothers in the Middle East, breastfeeding in public is an issue because of modesty. In my post on breastfeeding in hijab, I...

Libya's Pivot Irrigation in the Sahara Proves Money Can Do Anything

Libyan pivot irrigation at Al KHufrah Oasis: These are not crop circles or part of an Alien movie plot! Libya, in North Africa, now drilling...

Libya Touts Great Man-Made River as 8th Wonder of the World

To make up for the gap in its traditional supplies, the Libyan government, headed by Gaddafi, undertook the largest civil engineering project in the world, popularly known as The Great Man Made River Project (GMMR), to green the northern deserts of Libya

Red Sea Spill Causes Oil Company Stocks to Drop

A Maridive rescue boat. It's as though oil drilling has reached a holding pattern off the Red Sea coast of Egypt as the media,...

Palestinian and Israeli Wind Companies Create Energy Venture for Peace

Ira wrote about the Palestinian-Israeli wind power cooperation deal last week. Karin updates us with details on how Brothers Engineering Group plans on rolling...

GE Ecomagination Centre in Masdar City

Abu Dhabi's oil wealth funds energy infrastructure transformation with General Electric at the helm. In 2005, a light bulb went off for GE, which pledged...

4 passive energy environmental solutions from the Middle East

When we think of the environment today, the West looks like the clear leader. But did you know that some of the world's most important discoveries originated in the Middle East?

Eco-Tripping With The Wood-Auster Family – From Australia to Israel

An Australian family of five goes on a 5-month worldwide eco-tour. Their adventure begins at Kibbutz Lotan in Israel as GoEco volunteers for 5...

Engineers Without Borders (Middle East) Build Biowaste Reactors in Nepal

Engineering students from Israel's Technion have developed an anaerobic digester to help solve fuel and pollution problems in Nepal. Inspired by a lecture from Bernard...

Prince Charles on Islam and the Environment

Prince Charles delivers a speech targeted to Muslim population and how it mobilize to quell environmental problems, such as over-population in the developing world....

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Renewables hit 5,149 GW in 2025 as the world edges away from oil shocks and fossil-fueled conflict

“In the midst of uncertain time, renewable energy remains consistent and steadfast in its expansion,” said Francesco La Camera, IRENA’s Director-General. “A more decentralised energy system, with a growing share of renewables and more market players, is structurally more resilient.”

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Somehow vegetables with short seasons excite the imagination and appetite more sharply than produce that’s available all year around. Good Middle Eastern cooks have many recipes for delicate fava beans, and this turmeric-fragrant soup is one.

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Renewables hit 5,149 GW in 2025 as the world edges away from oil shocks and fossil-fueled conflict

“In the midst of uncertain time, renewable energy remains consistent and steadfast in its expansion,” said Francesco La Camera, IRENA’s Director-General. “A more decentralised energy system, with a growing share of renewables and more market players, is structurally more resilient.”

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Health insurance is a regulated financial product. Insurers operate under binding contracts, overseen by state insurance commissioners, that legally obligate them to pay claims meeting policy terms. Policyholders who believe a covered claim was wrongfully denied have legal recourse through state regulatory channels.

Zentera drops “ethical wool” claim after peta exposé into zq-certified farms

The New Zealand Merino Company, now rebranded as Zentera, has quietly removed the phrase “world’s leading ethical wool brand” from its website, a notable change that comes after a disturbing investigation by PETA Asia-Pacific into the company’s ZQ-certified wool supply chain, PETA reports to Green Prophet.

Fresh Fava Bean Soup, A Vegan Springtime Recipe

Somehow vegetables with short seasons excite the imagination and appetite more sharply than produce that’s available all year around. Good Middle Eastern cooks have many recipes for delicate fava beans, and this turmeric-fragrant soup is one.

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