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Crisis Averted: Gushing Over Israel’s Governmental Water Bailout 

Beyond staking its claim as one of the most innovative countries in the world, Israel has made significant contributions in the realm of environmental...

Cutting down ancient trees to make way for Jaffa’s eco-train

Tel Aviv is a relatively new city, but its older sister city next door, to which it shares the same municipality is home to...

Penguins swim the Dead Sea and walk Israel’s desert?

Volunteers hope to build an international Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary –– a safe haven for penguins, whales and seals, putting the waters off-limits to the industrial fishing vessels sucking up the tiny shrimp-like krill which Antarctic life relies on.

Throwaway plastics and ignorance are killing our oceans

The growing threat of plastic pollution in the world's seas and oceans has been a great concern for marine environmentalists and oceanographers. These include Dr....

Applying Mountain Thinking to Artificial Intelligence

If a tree falls in the forest, does anyone hear? Does your artificial intelligence-driven software even ponder this philosophical paradox? With so much of...

Kuwait to endure unlivable August heat and humidity

A Kuwaiti meteorologist warns said the tiny coastal country on the Persian (Arabian) Gulf will witness a significant rise in temperature and relative humidity in...

Get wise to 20 facts on World Water Day

It's World Water Day, celebrated annually on March 22.  The day is about focusing world attention on the importance of clean water and how...

Safdie’s Changi Airport will house the world’s tallest indoor waterfall

The world’s largest indoor waterfall is under construction in Singapore’s new Jewel Changi Airport extension. Designed by Safdie Architects, the spheroid-shaped dome will be...

We need courage, not hope, to face climate change.

I'm sitting in Vail, Colorado, with a view fairly identical to the stock image above (my iPhone camera broken thanks to an especially poor...

Top free and eco-friendly things to do in Dubai

The United Arab Emirates, the UAE, has embarked on a long-term national initiative to build a green economy for sustainable development. The initiative extends...

Tips for planning the perfect honeymoon travels

With your green wedding in the planning stages, you probably have very little time to do anything but plan and prepare. While the whole...

8 groups that turn your cash into a better planet

In the wake of the 2016 American presidential election, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) observed an unusual and muscular increase in online political...

Treepex lets people and companies plant and track new forests

Planting trees gives all of us humans a connection to something bigger than ourselves. We also know they suck up greenhouse gases, create habitat...

Iranian gives two decades of his life to the Oaks

A retired teacher in Kohgiluyeh and the Boyer Ahmad Province has planted over 10,000 oak tree saplings over a two-decade period.

Can you believe earth is running out of sand?

Peak sand and an end to construction as we know it

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Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

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

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EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

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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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