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Book Review of Precycle! by Paul Peacock: So You Can Do Better Than Recycling

Recycling uses up the planet's resources. You can do better than to recycle: consume less to begin with. That's the premise of this short book...

"Bird's Eye View" Raw Sewage Sighting off Beirut's Coast

Beirut, the "Paris of the Middle East," is pouring raw sewage into Mediterranean Sea. It's not just the Sidon garbage dump that's polluting the...

Lebanon’s Sidon Garbage Dump More Serious Than Just the Smell

"You smell it before you can see it," says Mohammad who talks of Lebanon's utterly toxic dumping ground by the sea. Image: BBC. We've written...

Green Prophet's Top 10 Middle East Environment News Stories of 2009

Want to read the most popular green stories of 2009 on your favourite Middle East environment blog? Read on. Every blog and news site does...

With Marda as the Model: Be the Change for a Global Green Palestine

Wael looks into the horizon (on Mount Nebo, Jordan) and sees a new "green" economy that could radically improve life for Palestinians. The Marda...

Eco Rabbi: Parshat Vayigash – Standing Up for What You Believe In

Every week, it is the custom of religious Jews to read their holy book, the Torah, and relate it to the world around them....

Green Bloggers Meet in Madaba, Jordan

After around two months of international phone calls, this Sunday and Monday Green Prophet hosted a whirlwind two-day (20-hour) seminar on environmental blogging in...

Environmental Awareness in Palestine

Hiba Hamzeh from Volunteering for Peace living in the West Bank, Palestinian Authority, blogs about her desire to initiate a "green" change among people and youths in the PA:

Environment Journalists, Bloggers and Activists From Israel, Jordan and the PA Unite: Let’s Meet Jordan

Osama, Khaloud, Zein and Sawsan (from left to right) present green projects from Jordan at Green Prophet's Environment blogging workshop. It was 20 hours...

COP15 and 7 Israel-related Cleantech Headlines, Week of December 13, 2009

During the week of December 13, 2009, Israel's solar energy field suffered a major setback and it was announced that IDE is set to...

A Jewish Heart for Africa Shines Its Jewish-American-Israeli Solar Lights During Hanukkah

Picture an African village at night. It is completely dark. Look at the continent of Europe above (pictured left); and Africa below. Notice a stark difference? In...

Eco Rabbi – Parshat Miketz – Solutions for Famine

Every week, observant Jewish people read a section of the Torah. This week, our in resident Eco Rabbi looks at Parshat Miketz. Okay, this week’s...

Multifaith Green Writers Unite in Jordan

Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanians host cross-border workshop on environment blogging in Jordan to spur Middle East change. The UN climate change meeting in Copenhagen...

Jordanian Water Pipeline Construction Starts

The Disi pipeline to supply Jordan with 30% of its water needs is underway. The building of a pipeline that will supply Jordan’s capital with...

Eco Rabbi – Hanukkah and the Importance of Spreading the "Green" Message

This week we begin our celebration of the festival of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights. The main event of Hanukkah...

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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