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"Hope Tree" of Bottles for the Sea of Galilee

A "Hope Tree" planted outside Sea of Galilee incites eco-awareness in Israeli kids and public. Israel's only freshwater body of water, the Sea of...

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...

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"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

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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

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...

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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?

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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.

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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.

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