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Are You An Eco-Sexual?

Homo. Bi. Hetero. Now a new label for sexual preference that connects to the environment: eco-sexual. Image via gribanov. The Middle East is rife with...

Green LEGO? Build Futuristic Solar Cars and Wind Powered Robots

Get your kids to build tomorrow's solar power plant or wind turbine, with LEGO. LEGO, makers of timeless bricks of wonder, continue their welcome advance...

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...

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AIR ONE electric flying car is getting closer to your garage

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Stardust’s solar geoengineered $10 billion plan to blot out the sun

Israeli-American startup Stardust Solutions has raised $75 million to develop technology that could cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight. Is solar geoengineering becoming a real industry? Or could it be a new threat?

Mantle8 takes its natural hydrogen hunt from the Pyrenees to Dubai

Mantle8 is taking its hunt for naturally occurring hydrogen from beneath the Pyrenees to the Middle East, opening a Dubai hub after raising €31 million. But finding hydrogen underground is one thing; proving it can be produced cheaply and at scale is another.

Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Here’s what we found

Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Starbucks tested precision-fermented milk from Perfect Day in 2021, but is it hiding in your latte today?

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AIR ONE electric flying car is getting closer to your garage

Israeli eVTOL startup AIR has moved beyond prototypes, with a new Florida production facility, eight aircraft in production and about $50 million raised. How close is AIR ONE to your garage?

Stardust’s solar geoengineered $10 billion plan to blot out the sun

Israeli-American startup Stardust Solutions has raised $75 million to develop technology that could cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight. Is solar geoengineering becoming a real industry? Or could it be a new threat?

Mantle8 takes its natural hydrogen hunt from the Pyrenees to Dubai

Mantle8 is taking its hunt for naturally occurring hydrogen from beneath the Pyrenees to the Middle East, opening a Dubai hub after raising €31 million. But finding hydrogen underground is one thing; proving it can be produced cheaply and at scale is another.

Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Here’s what we found

Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Starbucks tested precision-fermented milk from Perfect Day in 2021, but is it hiding in your latte today?

Alien chemistry crashed through a roof in New Jersey

meteorite crashed through a New Jersey roof carrying ancient salts, organic compounds and amino acids. After a few too many visits to Ontario’s Crystal Cave — and my own mysterious fireball in the forest — I have questions about the alien chemistry falling around us.

Adidas wanted to sell one shoe. Then it stepped into a global culture war

Adidas Israel featured amputee runner Shalev Biton in its Single Shoe campaign, designed to let people who need only one shoe buy one instead of a pair. The local campaign has since sparked international boycott calls and an apology from Adidas.

Scientists make lead-free perovskite solar cells that can weather the elements

Scientists have developed a “raincoat” for lead-free tin perovskite solar cells, helping them withstand air, moisture and heat while maintaining high efficiency.

Europe’s mountain plants are paying off an extinction debt

Europe’s mountaintops may look richer in plant life, but rising species numbers are masking the disappearance of alpine specialists as temperatures climb.
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