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Have a Green and Joyful Sizdah Bedar (Persian New Year)

If you are Iranian, now is the time to celebrate the Spring holiday. Make the green holiday, greener. Spring is celebrated as a time...

Morocco Looks to $9 Billion Solar Project to Supply 40% of Country's Power By 2020

Every day is a beach day in Morocco. In a smart move, the country unveils its plans to solar-ize the nation. Image via joaomaximo...

Lights Out for the Sphinx and Pyramids On Earth Hour in Egypt

The Sphinx and the Great Pyramids of Giza shut off their lights for one hour on Saturday evening in Egypt to mark Earth Hour,...

11 Things I Learned From My Dog

The other night my dog passed away. Looking back over the past ten years I realized that I had learned many valuable lessons from...

Monkey love: When Females Rule fornication, Mother Earth Delights

From the world of science comes data that suggests males who share are more likely to copulate, and with greater frequently, than their stingier...

Ecological Activities in Israel During Passover

An impressive aerial shot of Israel's garbage mountain - site of new ecological activity - for Passover.You've already begun your preparations for Passover -...

I Pee, You Poo, We All Need Peepoo (Emergency Sanitation Bags That Grow Crops)

The Peepoople people have invented the Peepoo bag to solve sanitary problems. Good for disasters like Haiti, Maurice argues it could solve emergency sanitary...

Middle Eastern LG Electronics Design Competition Concludes with Iranian Eco-Friendly Winner, Ali Kajuee

Ali Kajuee from Iran wins for his eco-friendly design, called "Ecoquina" In order to better understand the needs of their consumers, and in particular...

AGRAme, Honeywell, and Biofuel Projects in Dubai

Honeywell launches project that converts the oil from salicornia plants, commonly known as samphire into biofuel at Dubai's AGRAme conference later this month. Image...

Book Review: Strategy for Sustainability by Adam Werbach – A Primer for Third Wing Environmentalism or a Harbinger of the Black Swan?

I find it fitting and perhaps a little ironic that I was asked to write a review about Adam Werbach’s popular book, Strategy...

Saudi Arabia Has the Highest Road Accident Death Toll in the World

Time to turn Saudi youth onto bicycling: video of dangerous stunts on the rise in young Saudi males who purposefully "drift" cars. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWax-G1AlvA An average of...

Fast Food Causing Increase in Colon Cancer in Cairo

Egyptians are seeing soaring rates of colon cancer and obesity. Researcher links this to a change in diet.

Polyamory and Sex Could Save The Planet, Author Argues

The Middle East is conservative. But could increased "polyamory" open people up to practices that could save the environment? At first glance, sex and the...

Join the Campaign to Get Facebook to Use 100% Renewable Energy

For the next week, your friends' profile pictures might look a little different on Facebook.  A little greener.  Don't worry, they're not sick -...

Green Prophet Interviews Author and Journalist, Alanna Mitchell

Of the many non-fiction, environmentally-themed books I've read over the past few years, those that stand out are Alanna Mitchell's 'Dancing at the Dead...

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Elkhorn kernals planted to restore reef diversity

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