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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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Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals revived with global campaign against factory farming

Jewish Vegan Life has launched a global campaign celebrating the New Year for Animals, with synchronized events in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Montreal and Jerusalem, alongside an international livestream on August 9 featuring partners including Mercy for Animals, The Good Food Institute and Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary.

The Space Orchestra, and the search for extraterrestrial life, to eclipse celebration

The event will livestream eclipse views from Iceland and northern Spain, where the eclipse will be total, while the 35-member International Space Orchestra, made up of astronauts, scientists, engineers, and researchers—performs a new orchestral interpretation of Voyager by PJ Harvey.

Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

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Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

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A rooftop solar system looks simple: panels, an inverter, a battery and a few cables. But beneath that simplicity lies a bill of materials thousands of lines long, where tiny current sensors, magnetic cores, gate drivers, capacitors and connectors quietly determine efficiency, safety and lifespan. These overlooked components—not the solar panels themselves—are why today's residential solar systems are smaller, smarter and far more reliable than those of a decade ago.

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Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals revived with global campaign against factory farming

Jewish Vegan Life has launched a global campaign celebrating the New Year for Animals, with synchronized events in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Montreal and Jerusalem, alongside an international livestream on August 9 featuring partners including Mercy for Animals, The Good Food Institute and Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary.

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Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

Jewish Climate Network founded so innovators don’t leave their identity at the door

Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

The Hidden Components Powering the Renewable Energy Revolution

A rooftop solar system looks simple: panels, an inverter, a battery and a few cables. But beneath that simplicity lies a bill of materials thousands of lines long, where tiny current sensors, magnetic cores, gate drivers, capacitors and connectors quietly determine efficiency, safety and lifespan. These overlooked components—not the solar panels themselves—are why today's residential solar systems are smaller, smarter and far more reliable than those of a decade ago.

Teen Farmerettes were Canada’s answer to Victory Gardens during wartime food shortages

It is a wake-up call to teen girls on TikTok planning their next Coachella outfit or trip to Sephora: During the Second World War, thousands of young men left family farms to enlist, but the crops still needed planting and harvesting. Ontario's government answered by recruiting high school girls, from ages 16 to 18, to spend parts of spring, summer and fall to fill in for the labor shortage. 

The Early Believers: Investors Who Backed SpaceX Long Before Its Record IPO

SpaceX’s 2026 IPO didn’t just mint billionaires—it revealed the many forms of conviction behind one of the most doubted bets in venture history.

From eco city experiment to global clean energy giant: How Masdar became the UAE’s renewable energy powerhouse

Masdar began as an ambitious eco city in the Abu Dhabi desert. Two decades later, it has become one of the world's largest renewable energy developers, financing billions of dollars in solar, wind and battery storage projects across the globe.
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