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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...

Safari Animals Get Blood, Fish and Fruit Popsicles to Cool Off

Safari animals in Israel get giant popsicles to help them beat the heat. The worldwide heatwave is also showing effects in the Middle East....

Wild ways to travel the Middle East

You can visit travel websites for all-inclusive holidays where you can find week-long or two-week sun holidays in Sharm, Sinai; You can also find loads of ways to  hang out in Agadir, Morocco at exclusive resorts; but not every all-inclusive option can give you the right eco spirit you are aiming for.

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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?

Stardust’s solar geoengineered $10 billion plan to blot out the sun

Israeli-American startup Stardust Solutions has raised $75 million to develop technology that could cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight. Is solar geoengineering becoming a real industry? Or could it be a new threat?

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.

Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Here’s what we found

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

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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?

Stardust’s solar geoengineered $10 billion plan to blot out the sun

Israeli-American startup Stardust Solutions has raised $75 million to develop technology that could cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight. Is solar geoengineering becoming a real industry? Or could it be a new threat?

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.

Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Here’s what we found

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.

Scientists make lead-free perovskite solar cells that can weather the elements

Scientists have developed a “raincoat” for lead-free tin perovskite solar cells, helping them withstand air, moisture and heat while maintaining high efficiency.

Europe’s mountain plants are paying off an extinction debt

Europe’s mountaintops may look richer in plant life, but rising species numbers are masking the disappearance of alpine specialists as temperatures climb.
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