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Qatar Plans Environment Program With Syria For Turning Deserts Green

The UAE Emirate state of Qatar is planning to launch an environmental program to turn desert areas into usable pasture lands and other green...

Turkey Plans to Dam its Sole Biosphere

Farmers in northeastern Turkey are furious at the government's plans to flood the verdant region with eight hydroelectric dams. According to the Hurriyet Daily News,...

Is Israel's Haifa Bay Mermaid Frolicking In Pollution?

According to Canada's National Post and Britain's Sky News Israel has a mermaid and she is causing quite a stir. The reported half female...

Jordan, Israel and Palestinian Reps Meet to Jumpstart Controversial Red-Dead Canal

Representatives of Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority met last week to study ways to undertake a project known as the "Red Sea-Dead Sea...

5 Must-See Green & Tech Travel Stops at Israeli Kibbutzes

In past Green Prophet articles, we've visted Kibbutzes in Israel's Negev region -- ones involved in environmental and renewable energy projects. Negev's Arava- Arabah...

Baby Crocodile Boards EgyptAir Flight

If until now you worried about carbon offsets for your international flights, you may want to add baby crocodiles to the list of concerns. On...

Palestinian Farmers Look to Export Fair Trade Grapes

The southern West Bank is known for its grapes, which Palestinians grow with little to no water on small plots. Often the vineyards are...

Top 7 Middle Eastern Trips for the Eco-Curious Traveller

In a previous article dealing with eco tourism, Green Prophet o whet your desire to do some "eco-touring" of the Middle East, where there...

Jordan’s Feynan Eco Lodge One of the Top 50 Eco Hotelsin the World

Feynan Eco Lodge, one of several eco tourist destinations in Jordan, has been rated by National Geographic as one of the top 50 eco...

WWOOF Your Way to Organic Food in the Middle East

If you think that WWOOF is the sound that a dog makes... well, you're right.  But it also stands for "Willing Workers On Organic...

Hotel Mizpe Hayamim in the Galilee Offers Luxurious Vacations in Their Hotel, Spa, and… Organic Farm

Luxury and "green" are usually mutually exclusive.  Sure, you have to spend a lot of green to be luxurious, but generally speaking there isn't...

Live Like A Bedouin and Save Water at Chan HaShayarot

(A bird's eye view of Chan HaShayarot) We've already learned about immersion Arabic in a solar Bedouin village in Israel. Here's another eco-tourism stop: located...

In Jordan and Israel There is a Desert Plant That Waters Itself

A team of researchers from the University of Haifa have stumbled upon a rare desert plant living in Israel's mountainous Negev desert, which can...

IDF Says Birds, Not Guns in Northern Reserve

According to Haaretz, the Israeli army has decided to limit its activities in the Hermon Mountain nature preserve in the country's North to give...

Palestinians Support Dead Sea for Wonder of the World

Although the Palestinian Authority had previously opposed nominating the salty lake that borders the West Bank, Israel and Jordan as one of the Seven...

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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

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.

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Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

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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

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

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

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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