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

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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...

Jordan Asks Thailand to be a Rainmaker

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Elkhorn kernals planted to restore reef diversity

The project centers on “Flonduran” corals, which are offspring of Florida elkhorn corals bred with elkhorn corals from Honduras. These new corals are being evaluated alongside Florida elkhorn corals of the same age that are outplanted side by side in natural reef habitats to assess whether the new genetic diversity can enhance coral resilience and reduce coral bleaching during Florida’s warm summers.

Signs of Shavuot: Grief, Love and Choosing Life

Shavuot is a holiday heavy with symbolism. While it marks the end of the counting of the omer, it also functions as a miniature jubilee. The fiftieth day like a tiny echo of the fifty year cycle. And in each of the seventh years during that cycle, acts of rest and liberation are performed, especially in the fiftieth year.

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Finally, the most damning thing about McDonald's is in how incredibly boring it is even compares to their competitors. While McDonald's is ubiquitous, that ubiquity only makes their mediocrity all the more McShitty.

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