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Tourists Bust Egyptian Restaurants Serving Endangered Species

Tourists offended by this gruesome display of endangered species reported the Picalbatros restaurant in Hurghada, Egypt to the local conservation agency. Tourists who dine at...

The Lebanon Mountain Trail is a World Class Hiking Destination

Lebanon boasts one of the world's most sophisticated hiking trail networks, which traverses 75 towns and villages. 

Sea Water Hydro Pump from Med to Dead Sea Needs Rethink

One alternative to the Red-Dead Canal is the Med-Dead Canal hydro pump. The massive hydro pump idea has been around since the 70s and...

Sinbad the Sailor’s Home Threatened by Rising Seas and Bad Development

Ever since the classic The Book Of One Thousand and One Nights, which include tales on Aladdin and the Lamp, Sinbad the Sailor and...

Martian Meteor Hits Morocco

Mars rock rarer than gold and called Tissint falls in Morocco. This might explain mystical Moroccan men: maybe they really are from Mars? Or at...

Gulf Country Completely Bans Ownership of Wild Animals

Because cheetahs don't belong on leashes, Dubai's neighbor, Ajman, has passed a law that makes it illegal for anyone to have wild animals or...

Dead Sea Almost Died Eons Ago

New drilling results from the Dead Sea provides clues that the Dead Sea almost dried up because of climate change -- 125,000 years ago! The...

US Navy to Dispatch Mine-Detecting Dolphins to Strait of Hormuz?

The US Navy has trained dolphins to detect underwater mines since 1960. Last week the Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi denied that Iran had threatened to close...

Geoscientists Say Oman is Sinking and Shrinking

Scientists discover that every year Oman loses a little bit more of its landmass to rising sea levels. Within the next 100 years, global sea...

Green Tours Across Palestine (PHOTOS)

The Siraj Centre is offering walk and bike tours across the West Bank as well as an environmental-focused trip in 2012 The 'Environment and Occupation...

Woman Spins Camel Wool to Prevent Slaughter of 1.2 Million Wild Australian Camels

While the Arab world has close ties with their hardy camels, Australia considers their 1.2 million population of wild camels to be nothing more...

Popular Egyptian Dive Spot Sharm el-Sheikh to be “Green” by 2020

Biodiversity preservation, waste management, and securing water sources are just a few of the principles being applied to convert Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh diving destination...

Permaculture Is the Silver-Green Bullet (INTERVIEW)

Jordanian Nadia Lawton, a permaculture teacher tells Green Prophet why she believes permaculture could be the region's silver green bullet. “Permaculture made total common sense...

Will Turkey’s New Constitution Include Ecological Protections?

Turkish environmental journalist Mahmut Boynudelik has proposed a set of fundamental ecological principles to be enshrined in the country's new constitution. Last Wednesday, Turkey's Constitution...

Greenpeace Lebanon Rocks the Boat With Undercover Water Expose

Want to see the garbage flowing from Lebanon's waterways? Greenpeace Lebanon goes undercover to reveal shocking videos of 14 polluters (see them below). They are...

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

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

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

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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

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

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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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