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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...

Seed Banks Contain Memory, But Not Enough Against GMOs in Lebanon

Lebanon goes green with seed bank, but can this memory keeper for nature fight GMOs? Lebanon harbors over 2600 plant species of which 119 are...

Israelis Are Drinking the Country’s Drugstores

Increased levels of male breast cancer and early onset puberty are consequence of water pollution in Israel. The 52nd Conference of the Israel Geographical Association...

Water Pollution in Israel Threatens People, Animals, Plants

Lead and other pollutants are seeping into Israeli drinking water at alarming levels. Lutra numbers decimated; human health at risk. Water pollution in Israeli lakes,...

7 of the Saddest Wildlife Stories From the Middle East

Although many people in our region revere wildlife, too often we write about egregious abuse. Here are 7 of the saddest wildlife stories from...

Shark Fin Soup Contributes to World Hunger

It's not a stretch. Vanishing shark populations affect the food chain in a very concrete way. Karin's post on shark meat's high mercury levels made...

Jessica the Hippo Doesn’t Know She is Africa’s Most Dangerous Animal

Experiencing the incredible bond between game warden Tonie Joubert and Jessica the Hippo, it's easy to forget that this is Africa's most fearsome animal. Having...

Shark Fin Soup Can Give You Brain Damage

Gulf experts say that shark meat contains extremely high levels of mercury. The picture above depicts a deformed Japanese boy whose mother had mercury...

Is Troubled Egypt Ripe Enough For Eco-Tourism?

A new eco-village in Upper Egypt raises hopes that the country may move in a more sustainable tourism direction, which we would really love,...

The Cheetah: Nature’s 21st Century Feminist

Green Prophet recently visited the Hoedspruit Endangered Species center in South Africa to get a better sense of conservation initiatives aimed at restoring the cheetah's...

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AIR ONE electric flying car is getting closer to your garage

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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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