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Elephant Dung Makes Perfect Compost at City Safari in Tel Aviv

Letting nature take care of itself: Instead of paying a private company to haul away elephant dung every day, caretakers at the Ramat Gan...

David de Rothschild Sails Away To Plastic Island

Built from plastic bottles the de Rothschild heir sails his boat to show plastic island and marine pollution.  David de Rothschild is no ordinary person;...

Eco Tourism in the Middle East Ready For Next Generation Explorers

With so much concern over global warming and the future of our planet, the idea of eco tourism is becoming more of an "in...

Immersion Arabic Course in First Solar Bedouin Village in Israel

For many tourists to the Israeli Negev desert, a visit to the Bedouins includes a commercialized camel ride and perhaps an afternoon spent in...

Eco-Kibbutz Lotan Rolls Out Two Green Programs

Tucked deep into the Arava desert at the southeastern border of Israel, Kibbutz Lotan's Center for Creative Ecology has announced two programs for the...

Eco-Thiopia Festival at "Earth's Promise" in Israel Helps New Immigrants Plant Sustainable Roots

If you are planning to be in Beer Sheva next week, make it Thursday and drop by the Earth's Promise community garden for a...

Light at the End of the Pipeline? Water Crisis 2009 Conference

Nature's right to water was the focus of the latest conference in the wave of water crisis conferences in Israel in the past month...

Turkey Takes Bold Stance Against Coastline Development

The Turkish Tourism and Culture Ministry is turning the western Bodrum Peninsula into an official tourism site. The peninsula, located not far from the city...

Climate Change Kills 160 Syrian Villages

If we'd thought that talk about global warming in the Middle East should stay in the future tense, news from Syria suggests a lot...

Peace Cycle Takes Bikers Through West Bank

We've posted here before about a Walk About Love, a hike for Israel and a bike ride to benefit Israel's environment. This October, get...

Tour of Tel Aviv with Cities of Tomorrow Conference

(Kiryat Sefer resident and activist Miri Kupermintz on the park site. All photos by Daniella Cheslow) A tour of Tel Aviv organized last week by...

Hunt for Air France Flight 447 Brings Garbage Problem to the Surface

Brazilian naval personnel were astonished to discover that what they thought to be remains of the missing Air France flight 447 in the Atlantic...

UNESCO Biosphere Reserves Declared in Syria and Lebanon

Jabal Moussa, Jordan So we all know that the Middle East is biospherically fascinating, but at the ongoing meeting of the UN International Coordinating...

Photo: Sandstorm Strikes Israel

I remember the day when it rolled in early in May, or hit us rather, like a wall. Sandstorms are common in Israel and...

Boston Globe: Who wins and loses from wildland conservation?

Israeli nature advocates are proud of their efforts at both nature conservation and cultivating a love of hiking among the people. However, an article...

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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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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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