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David De Rothschild Sails Plastiki With Environmental Lessons to be Learned

David de Rothschild finally sets sail on his recycled bottle boat, Plastiki. English banking family scion David de Rothschild and his crew are already 8...

10 Tips For Greening Your Passover

Getting outside is one way to "green" your Pesach.  Pessach, or Passover in English, is an interesting paradox of both returning to a way of...

Super-Sex Insects With Breakfast of Champions To Be Better Lovers, and Killers!

A new super-sex protein jock shake "A Breakfast of Champions" for fruit flies and mosquitoes to make them better lovers, and mercenaries of their...

Ilana Meallem Is The Green Peacemaker of the Middle East

A young, 'green' peacemaker Ilana Meallem, who first wanted to serve her country in the army, now devotes herself to coexistence and environmental good...

Egypt Tries to Attract Eco-Tourists to Sharm el-Sheikh With Promises of Carbon Neutrality

Sharm el-Sheikh, in the Sinai region of Egypt, has been a thriving tourist location for decades due to its incredible beaches and vast coral...

The Tale of Ancient Trees in the Holy Land (Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjsDjPvsN8&feature=player_embedded Trees tell stories. And it's not just because you can see and measure their rings. In Israel there are thousands of old trees with...

Garbage Trucks Dump Straight Into the Sea in Lebanon As Hizbollah Takes Hold

Raw sewage seeping off Beirut coastline, and dump trucks heading straight for the sea, is the "catch of the day" in Lebanon. Marine pollution in...

Bunkers for Bats

Bats find no-man's land makes a great "hang-out." Image via Yuvalh. The song lyrics ask, "War — what's it good for?" Well, conflicts between peoples...

Help From Above As Saudi Environment Satellite-Monitored

e-GEO satellite monitoring of Dubai's Palm Island. Can technology protect the endangered Persian Gulf? Saudi Arabia's fragile desert and coastal environments will now get "help...

Persian Gulf Mermaids, Face Manmade Environmental Threats

The rare and beautiful dugong inspired "tails" about mermaids. This strange creature faces extinction in the Middle East. Image via Christian Haugen. Can you...

A Nature Peace Park

Israeli-built wind farm on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israeli Syrian expert skeptical that nature Peace Park on Golan Heights would bring peace. We'd reported last...

Egyptian "Sonar" Bats Have Very Positive Environmental Roles

Bats can eat their weight in mosquitos. Some, 1,200 mosquitos every night, making them man's best night flying friend. Have you ever noticed those night...

EU Gives $4 Million Grant to Med and Red Sea Coral Reef Studies

Getting close to his subject: marine biologist Prof. Zvy Dubinsky hopes to understand the changes global warming will cause to the world's delicate coral...

Animals Cope With Climate Change At the Dinner Table

Some animals, it seems, are going on a diet, while others have expanding waistlines. It's likely these are reactions to rapidly rising temperatures due to...

Qatar Establishing Gene Bank of Local Animals and Plants for Conservation

In a step towards preserve the wealth of its national animal and plant populations, Qatar will be setting up a gene bank of local...

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Adidas wanted to sell one shoe. Then it stepped into a global culture war

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Europe’s mountain plants are paying off an extinction debt

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