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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

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

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Green Bloggers Meet in Madaba, Jordan

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

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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

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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

Cloud seeding in Beijing, where silver iodide is fired with canons into the clouds to induce rain. (Photo from Howstuffworks.com) As the fourth driest country...

Greenpeace Petition Calls on Netanyahu to Attend Copenhagen Climate Change Summit

Lebanon's Prime Minister is going, but Israel's won't. Locals sign petition to get its PM to Copenhagen. Sick of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...

Greening Hajj and Madina for the Muslim World

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