Why keeping your old car is better than buying a new Tesla
Hybrid or full electric? Elon Musk sells a nice idea, but it might be more eco of you just to stick with your old car
Eco-friendly ceramic tiles
Eco-friendly materials are one of the biggest and fastest-growing trends within interior design. If you choose to opt for a ‘greener’ choice when it comes to your home’s flooring, you’ll be helping to ensure the future of our planet as these types of materials is more sustainable compared with man-made textiles.
Landmine detection using lasers and engineered glow bacteria
Glow bacteria are engineered and activated to sniff out nitrogen oxide, a gas emitted from old landmines
Secret oil pipeline deal revealed between Israel and the Emirates
A new deal in the wake of a blooming love story between Israel and the UAE has led to a landmark oil deal allowing UAE crude oil to be transported through the Indian Ocean and Red Sea by tanker, then shipped by pipeline through existing infrastructure in Israel.
The Best Cannabis Strains For Beginner Growers
Cousin to the cannabis plant, hemp is also considered a healing herb - and one that is legal anywhere to grow. High amounts of CBD make it an interesting anti-anxiety medicine for many folks. And growing your own marijuana means an organic, chemical free medicine that won't break the bank.
Covid-19 survives sewage treatment, finds new study
Wastewater must be treated beyond conventional methods used today in Israel in order to eliminate Covid-19, report scientists from Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in Beersheba, Israel. The researchers have found that parts of the coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2 survives after sewage purification in treatments plants. They isolated RNA samples of the virus post-treatment and the finding worries […]
The hijab is the bombshell sportswear in this Afghan gym
While some women may dream of going to a post-workout Starbucks in Lululemon hot pink workout pants - in Afghanistan women are fighting for the right to work out at all.
This ancient Arab irrigation system invented before Rome’s aqueduct
An ancient water management system engineered 3000 years ago is still keeping farms and oases green in the UAE and Oman.
Wind turbine power company nixed for biosphere risks in Israel
Israel is known as a solar energy pioneer, but wind in some locations, is not lacking in the small Middle East nation. But after seeing the research and the environmental impacts of wind energy companies, offshore wind turbines, and on land turbines, the Israeli government has rejected a plan for a local company Energix which works with wind turbine energy suppliers such as Vestas and Siemens.
CIBC Aventura card awards you for eating local
A Canadian bank has offered benefits for shopping local. With restrictions on restaurants beginning to ease across Canada, the CIBC bank is launching a new program to support business owners and help them bring back customers.
The Cedars of God are dying
Greenpeace is promoting a new film about the trees, the ‘Cedars of Lebanon’. This is the second film that was produced to document and highlight the devastating impact of global climate change on precious and unique ecosystems in the Middle East.
At the Four Seasons Casablanca? Learn about desert oases at risk
You are having an adventure of a lifetime. But if you weren't at 5 Star Four Seasons Casablanca or Marrakech - what would you know about the local people in Morocco? A video produced by Greenpeace helps show some of what happens as a byproduct to climate change. The deserts are getting even drier.
7 Great Eco-Friendly Dates
It’s 2020 and the world is slowly becoming more environmentally conscious. For most of us, it’s about creating better habits in our day-to-day lives with positive, sustainable changes.
Israel plans for medical cannabis stock index
Since the 60s Israel became known for its scientific look at cannabis. It was never illegally federally for cannabis to be studied so decades of progress have been in Israel thanks to those early pioneers, most notably chemist Raphael Mechoulam who I got to interview more than a decade ago, before the cowboys rushed in. […]
A $100 million USD fund unites Arab Gulf and Israel
A new fund is launched to create peace and hopefully cleantech investments between the Gulf and Israel.