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Yoga in Jordan’s Spectacular Wild Outdoors

Jordan's Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature didn’t name its eco-tourism division Wild Jordan for no reason; there is plenty of adventure to...

Hashish Field Wars Between Soldiers and Lebanon’s Locals

Why grow apples in Lebanon when hashish and cannabis is hundreds of times more lucrative? An overview of Lebanon's unsustainable drug business in the...

The Kala on Samui Sets Eco Bar for Thailand

We took a family holiday to Koh Samui and relaxed in this eco retreat. with people who walk the walk.

A 12 Step Program to Stopping Drought and Desertification

Soaring temperatures and low precipitation could not occur at a worse time for many farmers in the United States, and around the world. Intensifying...

Sushi Lovers Might Not Have to Give up Endangered Bluefin Tuna

It's hard to convince a sushi lover that the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna doesn't exist for them alone. I know this because I used to...

Egyptian Bedouins Maimed by Land Mines in Achingly Beautiful Portraits

We have often written about the land mines that riddle Egypt's desert. Originally planted during World War II by both Axis and Allied forces,...

Field Notes from a Sharjah Desert Summer Trek

Early morning on a Saturday in May I headed out on my routine weekend nature trip into the desert. My visit was to a...

A Desert Shrub That Outwits Mice

While humans inch closer to their eventual demise by burning up the resources upon which they so richly depend, the earth's "lower" species are...

Israel’s Marine Center Will Reveal Sea Secrets

Deep sea corals off Tel Aviv's coast will be more of what new marine center will investigate. Despite having a gorgeous coastline of sandy...

Win a Climate Change Summer Camp in Jordan

A free, week-long summer camp on climate change at the end of the summer, in Jordan. Apply now! The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Foundation (HBS) in Ramallah, along...

Treehugger Friend to Sick Trees

"Trees can sense that you've come to help them" - Oded Yaffe: Photo by Ilya Melnikov Helping to save and protect trees is an ongoing...

Black Sea Village Turks Use Bird Language Instead of Cell Phones

In Kuşköy, which literally means "Bird Village" in Turkish, the villagers have been able to communicate across long distances well before the invention of...

Qatar’s City of Birds and Islam’s Teachings On Animals (INTERVIEW)

“In Qatar, the birds have built their own hidden city. They live in the towers and stairwells of an abandoned palace...” Over at Guernica Magazine,...

Spencer Tunick Plans Naked Dead Sea Shoot Anniversary Float

Spencer Tunick will return to Israel this September to celebrate the anniversary of last year's wildly controversial Dead Sea naked photo shoot. Designed to...

Lebanon’s Trash Theatre & the True Cost of Rubbish

Trash Theatre is a free theatre performance about trash - it's taking place across Lebanon's coast Lebanon is drowning in trash. Now artists are making theatre...

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