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Gulf Country Completely Bans Ownership of Wild Animals

Tafline Laylin
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Gulf Country Completely Bans Ownership of Wild Animals

gulf, middle east, cheetah on a leash, wild animals, illegal wildlife trafficking, Ajman, Emirates, Law 54, The Green Sheikh, illegal wildlife ownershipBecause cheetahs don’t belong on leashes, Dubai’s neighbor, Ajman, has passed a law that makes it illegal for anyone to have wild animals or reptiles in their homes.

Remember the Porsche driver in Dubai who thought it was cool to walk his pet cheetah on a leash in the middle of a busy urban center? It turns out that if he is a resident of neighboring Ajman, he could have received a massive fine and the animal would have been confiscated. In a move that makes our green, animal-loving hearts sing, one of the smallest of seven Emirates and the home of our very own Green Sheikh, is the first Gulf Country to pass legislation which makes it clear that keeping lions, cheetahs, and crocodiles at home is not ok.

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Dead Sea Almost Died Eons Ago

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Zvi Ben-Avraham drilling dead sea, drying dead sea
New drilling results from the Dead Sea provides clues that the Dead Sea almost dried up because of climate change — 125,000 years ago!

The rapidly dropping water level of the Dead Sea, a cause of much concern today, occurred as well in the distant past, resulting in the severe drying up of the lake, an international drilling project there has shown. The project opens a window into the climatic and seismic history of the Dead Sea over the past hundreds of thousands of years.

The project discovered that about 125,000 years ago, the lake had dried up almost completely as a result of climate change. This finding arouses worry about the present status of the Dead Sea – the lowest place on earth — in which human intervention is causing acceleration of the drying-up process.

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Morocco’s Berbers Had Water Management Sorted

Linda Pappagallo
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Morocco’s Berbers Had Water Management Sorted

water management, water issues, middle east, morocco, berbers, atlas mountains, agriculture, indigenous knowledge, indigenous people, tradition, culture, natureInternational water management policies in Morocco have disrupted the Berber’s perfectly good and longstanding system.

In 2009 I travelled to the High Atlas mountain region of Morocco to reach some friends that ran an eco-lodge in a very lonesome village with a wholesome lifestyle. The mother of Houssa, the owner of the eco-lodge, revealed the interesting methods used in the Berber tradition to manage their water supply. Sadly, these indigenous traditions have been falling apart since dam projects funded by the World Bank have disrupted local practices. “Now families are fighting over water, this was never the case in the past, our system was perfect, we don’t know why international organizations have come to help” Houssa’s mother said.

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FoEME Calms Water War Rhetoric Between Palestine and Israel

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FoEME Calms Water War Rhetoric Between Palestine and Israel

water issues, FoEME, gaza, palestine, palestinian authority, joint water commission, interim agreement, israel, french parliament, water wars, desalination, waste water treatmentNews that the French Parliament accused Israel of using water “apartheid” unleashed a fury of water war rhetoric that Friends of the Earth Middle East’s Director Gidon Bromberg is trying to calm.

Yesterday the Israeli paper Haaretz reported that the French Parliament accused Israel of using water as “a weapon serving the new apartheid.” Socialist Party MP Jean Glavany wrote that “450,000 Israeli settlers on the West Bank use more water than the 2.3 million Palestinians that live there.”

In response, Israel’s Government Press Office released a report yesterday entitled The Israeli-Palestinian Water Conflict: An Israeli Perspective by Haim Gvirtzman of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. Gvirtzman places responsibility for Palestine’s water shortages squarely on the shoulders of the Palestinian Authority’s ineffective governance.

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Are Walnut Floors in Abu Dhabi Ungreen?

Maurice Picow
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Are Walnut Floors in Abu Dhabi Ungreen?

walnut floorsWalnut floors and bookshelves gives “warmth”, but at a cost of live trees that take 50 years to grow

The use of ornate wood products in building homes, furniture and ships has been part of humanity since time began. Even the Bible gives note to using wood for ornate construction projects with such examples as King David living in “a palace made of cedar”, and of King Hiram of Tyre sending his best wood craftsmen and “trunks of cedar” to King Solomon in Jerusalem for use in building the First Temple for the Jewish people. With world forests being depleted at a very rapid rate, continued use of wood in architectural projects as well as for furniture has often been put into question as whether this  practice is sustainable in today’s climate changing world. Wood can be used as a carbon sink, but what if it’s being shipped around the world?

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Permaculture & Sustainability Project Takes Off In Jordan

Arwa Aburawa
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Permaculture & Sustainability Project Takes Off In Jordan

permaculture, jordan dead sea harmony centerA permaculture garden and a mud-brick house, the Dead Sea Harmony Centre in Jordan spreads the word on sustainability

William Alajalian, who was born and raised in the Dead Sea area of Ghor Mazraa, may be new to environmentalism but he is more passionate and pro-active than most campaigners. Around three years ago, his passion to build a garden and host visitors staying in Jordan collided in new ways. “Through hosting different people from different cultures I became more open minded and educated in sustainable solutions and projects,” he explains to Green Prophet. “Every new person gave me a new idea and more energy to keep going.” Three years on and with the support of locals from his neighbourhood, he  has set up an flourishing eco-centre which showcases green methods of growing and water conservation . 

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Free Movie: First Earth – Uncompromising Ecological Architecture

Tafline Laylin
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Free Movie: First Earth – Uncompromising Ecological Architecture

ecological architecture, first earth, david sheen, green building, sustainable design, eco-design, middle east, mud architecture, kibbutz lotan

Through his free movie First Earth David Sheen is passing on the positive transformation that occurred in his life after learning about ecological architecture.  

When David Sheen first decided to make a film that depicts the history, necessity, and straight-up sensibility of ecological architecture, he had no idea what a massive task he had set for himself. It took four years to scout out both ancient and contemporary natural homes on four continents and hundreds of hours of footage to create First Earth – Uncompromising Ecological Architecture.

Remarkably, the Canadian-born Israeli designer and reporter has never sought fame or fortune. Instead, he hopes to pass on to everyone, regardless of their demographic, the positive transformation that learning about healthy homes has created in his life. First Earth has been translated into 12 different languages and costs absolutely nothing to watch. This is not a trick – we promise.

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US Navy to Dispatch Mine-Detecting Dolphins to Strait of Hormuz?

Tafline Laylin
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US Navy to Dispatch Mine-Detecting Dolphins to Strait of Hormuz?

dolphins, animal rights, persian gulf, arabian gulf, oil, marine mammalsThe US Navy has trained dolphins to detect underwater mines since 1960.

Last week the Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi denied that Iran had threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz – a crucial 54km wide strait through which Gulf countries export petroleum – but the United States press has been abuzz with reports that oil exports are in jeopardy.The Atlantic Wire recently reported that instead of dispatching a heavily-armed military arsenal in defense, the U.S. Navy is poised to send in a pod of mine-detecting dolphins. If this happens, it will be their 3rd tour of duty in the Persian Gulf.

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Terra Nex to Help Oman Build its own Solar Supply Chain

Susan Kraemer
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Terra Nex to Help Oman Build its own Solar Supply Chain

Oman-solar-investmentFossil-fueled til 2004, Oman is now making bold moves into solar

The Sultanate of Oman, despite its small population of under 3 million, is forming an unusual partnership arrangement with Terra Nex for financing and project development of solar infrastructure capabilities locally.

Terra Nex, a Switzerland-based wealth management company that develops investment opportunities, acts as a project and business developer in the Middle East, and it partners with institutional investors in Europe that are able to further the projects it develops.

In collaboration with the Middle East Best Select (MEBS) Group of Funds, Terra Nex plans to invest $2 billion to develop local solar power factories in the Sultanate, with the capability of producing 400 MW of solar panels a year.

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Professor Urges Regulations to Prevent Further Fatal Building Collapses in Beirut

Tafline Laylin
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Professor Urges Regulations to Prevent Further Fatal Building Collapses in Beirut

green design, sustainable design, beirut, architecture, environment, safety, urban planning, green space, unsustainable developmentAt least 19 people have died following the collapse of a 1940s apartment building in Beirut, Lebanon on Sunday.

The owner of the 5 storey building that collapsed on Sunday  killing 19 people has been arrested. The Daily Star reports that Lebanon’s Interior Minister Marwan Charbel told local media that Michel Saadeh is being questioned about the apartment building that once housed 50 people in the Fassouh neighborhood of Ashrafieh – one of the oldest Christian neighborhoods in Lebanon.

Lebanese American Univeristy’s Assistant Provost and Interim Dean of the School of Architecture and Design, Professor Elie A Badr told Green Prophet that it is too soon to guess at the causes and underlying circumstances that led to this disaster, but that he recalls similar incidents in the past that suggest that the country has yet to learn from its mistakes.

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Sex Toys and Tips That Are Planet Safer

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Sex Toys and Tips That Are Planet Safer

mating green beetlesValentine’s Day is less than a month away. Here are a few ways to get green and sexy all over the planet. 

The PIP breast implant recall has Green Prophet readers worried. The breast implants filled with industrial-grade silicon instead of medical grade, can leak – leading to not so good health effects in adult women.

This is sad news for Green Prophets everywhere especially those that advocate safe and green sex, words that go together for a healthier, less populated planet. Looking ahead to better more loving news, next month is the internationally celebrated holiday of love, Valentine’s Day. Let’s accentuate the positive looking at options for adult toys like glass dildos and adult ways of celebrating sex, the Green Prophet way.

1. Enhance Your Breasts Naturally. Send these tips to your your lover. Eating foods like fenugreek can increase your bust size naturally, without any serious health effects, unless you consider smelling like Maple Syrup really bad!

2. Buy an Ofer Zick silicon sex toy.

Made from medical grade silicon which is unusual for sex toys: these are a little more expensive adult toys than most, but they are eco friendly, and sexy!

Zick, whose name rhymes with… you know… says this: “Design is the ability to recognize, analyze interpret and translate necessity to a new user experience. What this means is that you have to find something people need, and then give them the full experience. It’s not just functional; aesthetic issues are part of it too.”

Tina’s review on the products make us a bit queasy, in fact this whole topic does, but click above if you want to know more. Warning, according to our research at the site below, penetrative sex toys are not allowed according to Islam.

3. Visit the El Asira website for eco Muslims.

If you live in the Middle East and want to buy for an eco-Muslim or Muslimah, you can shop online at El Asira, a discreet online store that sells adult sex aids aimed towards a savvy international Muslim community.

Keeping with halal standards, Tinamarie finds, there are two entry points, no pun intended, one for men and one for women. The site offers oils, candles, lubes and nutritional supplements intended to increase innuendo of the sexual variety in the Muslim way.

If you have any other safe, green and loving ways to celebrate sexuality, please leave your notes in the comments section.

 

420 Pound Cow Brain Seizure in Cairo Deprives Egyptians of Tasty Dish

Tafline Laylin
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420 Pound Cow Brain Seizure in Cairo Deprives Egyptians of Tasty Dish

Food and Health, Mad Cow Disease, Cow Brains, Fried Cow Brain Sandwich, Sudan, Smuggling, Cairo, EgyptEgyptians will spend up to $6 a pound for cow brains, which are then deep friend and served in a pita.  

News that Cairo International Airport authorities seized 420 pounds of frozen cow brains last week has flooded the wires. Smugglers buy the brains for less than $1 a pound in Sudan and sell them to Egyptian specialty restaurants for nearly $6 a pound. The fourth such foil in just one week cost the three Sudanese men $1,500 in profit – a massive sum for this struggling country. Airport officials told AP on condition of anonymity that the confiscated brains will be burned. But here’s a question we have to ask: shouldn’t Egyptians think twice about eating fried cow brains?

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Geoscientists Say Oman is Sinking and Shrinking

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Geoscientists Say Oman is Sinking and Shrinking

rising sea levels, melting glaciers, climate change, global warming, oman, development, coastal erosionScientists discover that every year Oman loses a little bit more of its landmass to rising sea levels.

Within the next 100 years, global sea levels are expected to rise by at least 1 meter and swallow up coastal towns and cities – a reality from which the Middle East is not exempt. Already geoscientists from the German University of Technology have noted that in certain parts of the Gulf country Oman – the landmass is sinking and shrinking, Gulf News reports.

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Green Tours Across Palestine (PHOTOS)

Arwa Aburawa
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Green Tours Across Palestine (PHOTOS)

palestine-tour-eco-sirajThe Siraj Centre is offering walk and bike tours across the West Bank as well as an environmental-focused trip in 2012

The ‘Environment and Occupation Trip 2012’ tour will explore issues such as freedom of access to water and sanitation in the West Bank and the Jordan Valley. It will also be looking at deforestation issues and the tense relationship between Israeli settlers in the West Bank and Palestinians with regards to waste and pollution. The programme highlights includes visiting the city of Jericho, learning about the falling water levels of the Dead Sea and exploring permaculture projects in the region.

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Woman Builds Off-Grid Earth Bag Home in Turkey for $3,761

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Woman Builds Off-Grid Earth Bag Home in Turkey for $3,761

Kerry Bingham’s off-grid earth bag home in Turkey only cost $3,761 to build.

Everybody’s talking about earth bag construction lately, including The National, which reported this weekend that a British woman has built an earthbag home a la Iranian architecture Nader Khalili. Using dirt from her own 6,500 square foot plot of land, the artist and writer filled dozens of polypropylene sacks that were then stacked to create a striking circular structure overlooking Turkey’s magical Olympos Valley. Despite disbelieving critics, Kerry Bingham’s home is durable and doesn’t melt when it rains.

See this off grid solar solution kit for off grid inspiration.

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