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Abandoned Building Becomes Urban Bat Habitat in Israel

Sometimes the urban environment is an ideal place for wild animals. Here's an example: In 2006, Petach Tikva's two hospitals merged to form the...

Can the Cedars of Lebanon Survive Climate Change?

"So Hiram, King of Tyre, gave King Solomon timber of cedar and timber of cypress according to all his desire."-Book of Kings vs. 24 A...

Permaculture and Green Communal Living Through Eco-Israel

Last year's Eco-Israel group on a trip to the North. Photo courtesy Naomi Katz. Although winter has come to Israel belatedly in the season's heaviest...

Using Black Gold to Build a Greener Future: A Visit to the UAE

Last month, I had the unexpected pleasure of visiting Abu Dhabi and Dubai, two of the seven tiny kingdoms that together make up the...

What To Do on Tu B’Shvat in Israel

Tu B'Shvat is the Jewish holiday marking the beginning of a new year for trees, and is usually celebrated by planting trees and exchanging...

From Beer Sheva to the Negev: Hiking Out of Rocket Range

As a Green Prophet studying at Ben Gurion University, for the last two weeks I have been out of school due to rockets on...

Katan Adventures Puts the EcoloJEWcal (and Ecological) in Travel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WqjOn1sxQw For those of you out there who may have been planning an eco tourist trip to Israel but have... ahem... postponed your plans for...

An Eco-Farm Blooms Under Rocket Fire From Gaza

While rockets fly overhead, Bat-Zion Benjaminson tends her garden. The religious mother of four hopes to establish an eco-village in the moshav (cooperative community)...

Daryl Hannah Splashes Into Sinai Eco-Tourism

Green Prophet would love to invite the Splash icon to Israel and other Middle Eastern countries. See the video below where Daryl Hannah, the...

A Distraction From The Conflict With More Eco-Travels In Vietnam

(Plastic bags on the trees in Vietnam) With the bombing and chaos in Israel and Gaza right now, it's a little hard to focus on...

Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Israel and Jordan Compete For Wonders of the World: Get Your Vote On!

Several Middle Eastern countries are competing to have their natural treasures listed on the new "Seven Wonders of the World" online competition. Some friendly...

Non-Kosher Turkeys Are Going To The Wolves in Tel Aviv

It's holiday time, joked Prof. David Eilam. He and the head of Tel Aviv University's Zoology Department Prof. Micha Ilan escorted me around Tel...

Musings on the Environment and "Where Things Come From" In Vietnam

Today's guest post comes by way of my friend Tania Guenter, who I met years ago when she was living in Tel Aviv. The...

Organic Goat Herding in Israel: The Podcast

GreenProphet.com is trying out audio podcasting! Click here to listen to a morning with volunteer goat herder Robert Lavenstein. You can read along with the transcript below.

Reflections On A Day Hiking Through Jordan Valley's Wadi Qelt

Green Prophet recently wrote about the rise in environmental activism and awareness amongst Palestinians, including conservation biologist and educator, Sami Backleh. In this guest...

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Two people can look at the same sustainability dashboard and reach different conclusions. The problem is not necessarily the data, but whether anyone can trace how the number was produced.

Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

Walk through almost any Saudi city today and one form dominates residential streets: the detached villa, sitting on its own plot, separated from its neighbors, usually surrounded by a wall and reached by car. It feels thoroughly Saudi. But much of the architectural DNA of the modern Saudi house comes from American suburbia.

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Was the Flydubai cockpit emergency an attempted terror attack — or a pilot in crisis?

What happened inside the cockpit of flydubai Flight FZ1073 on Wednesday morning is still under investigation, but the story has become considerably more disturbing since the first reports of a “fight between pilots.”

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Two people can look at the same sustainability dashboard and reach different conclusions. The problem is not necessarily the data, but whether anyone can trace how the number was produced.

Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

Walk through almost any Saudi city today and one form dominates residential streets: the detached villa, sitting on its own plot, separated from its neighbors, usually surrounded by a wall and reached by car. It feels thoroughly Saudi. But much of the architectural DNA of the modern Saudi house comes from American suburbia.

Leen Kawas and the Work of Carrying Promising Medicines Forward

EIT Pharma CEO Leen Kawas is advancing lonafarnib for chronic hepatitis D, showing how stalled late-stage drug programs can be revived and carried toward regulatory review.

The Financial Impact of Meta Glasses on Europe’s Eyewear Market

Smart glasses are changing the economics of eyewear by turning conventional frames into higher-priced technology products. What used to be mainly a sale built around frame design, lenses, prescription needs and brand preference is now also a sale built around cameras, audio, AI features, app support and connected-device setup.

Why Pest Control Has to Be Local: Mira Home on How Climate and Geography Change Pest Pressure Across America

Why pest control needs to adapt to local climate, moisture, building patterns and pest pressure rather than rely on one national treatment plan.

Brad Pitt walked the red carpet with rescue dogs. Why isn’t rescue just the default?

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