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Greening The Refugee Camps of Lebanon

Arwa Aburawa
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Greening The Refugee Camps of Lebanon

Nina Rahal-Lott, is a trained architect who wants to transform the Badawi refugee camp in Lebanon from an ‘environmental catastrophe’ into a green haven

Born and raised in Beirut and trained as an architect, Nina Rahal-Lott is a women with a vision. After witnessing the dire conditions that Palestinian refugees live in across Lebanon, she is single-handedly attempting to setup a voluntary organisation of environmentalists and architects to help in any way possible to improve the environment of the refugees.

The idea is to improve first the living units of the most needy, such as the elderly and the handicapped,” she explains. “That can begin with simple help, such as thermal insulation, or new hinges for the doors, simple water taps, cleaning their streets and planting trees for them…I will be doing my best to provide sustainable solutions with minimum cost. ”

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Can Israeli Oil Shale Outsize Saudi Arabia?

Maurice Picow
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Can Israeli Oil Shale Outsize Saudi Arabia?

oil shale israelAn oil shale trial plant in Colorado. Does Israel want its Negev and Galilee regions torn up for “black gold”?

Until recently, Israel has been an energy poor country, with nearly all its energy needs having to be supplied by importing both petroleum – bought mainly on the international Spot Market – and coal. Previous attempts to find oil in Israel have only been marginally successful, with small amounts discovered outside the city of Ashdod, and on the shores of the Dead Sea. But following the discovery of large amounts of natural gas in offshore Mediterranean  fields, such as the Tamar and Leviathan gas fields off the coast of Haifa, Israel has begun to become a potential world player in energy production, with ideas to export natural gas to Europe in an undersea pipeline, despite security and environmental implications. But these finds could be nothing, compared to vast amounts of oil shale waiting to be processed.

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Journalist Accuses Better Place of Contempt of Israeli Consumers

Tafline Laylin
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Journalist Accuses Better Place of Contempt of Israeli Consumers

Electric Vehicles, Israel, Better Place, Greenhouse Gas EmissionsBetter Place EVs are looking less and less like a good idea for Israel

Haaretz writer Dan Rabinowitz claims that the Better Place pricing structure for its electric vehicles in Israel shows nothing but contempt for the consumer. Not only does he believe the vehicles will be less eco-friendly and cost effective as marketing schemes have depicted them, but he also claims that the vehicles are just a foil for a better financial incentive: a monopoly on the country’s future charging stations.

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Jordanians Step Up Nuclear Protests

Arwa Aburawa
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Jordanians Step Up Nuclear Protests

jordan-greenpeace-nuclear-protestAnti-nuclear campaigners in Jordan have staged another protest against the nation’s plans to build a nuclear reactor

Around a month ago, Jordanians held a protest in Amman against the government’s plans to build a nuclear station which they remarked posed more risks than potential positive impacts. Now, they have stepped up their protests with support from Greenpeace Jordan which is urging the country to reconsider renewable energy resources as an alternative to nuclear power.

Wearing gasmasks and surrounded with mocked-up radioactive nuclear waste barrels, the campaigners insisted that nuclear power was dirty, unsafe and a security threat. The nuclear plans are part of Jordan’s effort to become more self-sufficient at providing its own energy.

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Amazing Meeting Between Green Sheikh and ECOFFEE Founder Norman Cescut

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Sheikh Abdul Aziz introduces ECOFFEE founder Norman Cescut, who describes three “amazing” days spent with the man we call “The Green Sheikh.”

Through social media, ECOFFEE Founder Norman Cescut was following my various ecological trips worldwide, and soon asked me if I was interested in doing sustainable business with him.

I told him: “it is not as easy as you think. You should know me first, meet me, and see inside me, because as a title Sheikh, it is not about investment or material wealth; it is about ethics and morals, and I wish for you to understand this.”

Norman decided to take the risk to visit me in Ajman. We agreed on 3 day visit to experience and discover our journey to live, to know, to reflect and to be inspired more in actions. Nothing personal, but to engage how we practice our faith, culture, business, and how we network and socialize with local and international people.

Norman experienced most of my daily life: family, business, charity, and faith. The experience really touched him deeply.  He agreed we are all human beings with many similarities, but with different choices and tastes. My friend Norman expressed his impressions of my small world with the following story.

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Israeli Farmers Get Useful Data on Microclimates – for Now

Susan Kraemer
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Israeli Farmers Get Useful Data on Microclimates – for Now

microclimates israel

For farmers in one region in Israel, microclimates can be a headache. Little hills and valleys at differing heights and aspects influence how quickly crops grow and when infestations of pests,weeds and disease are likely to occur.

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Post-Chernobyl Agriculture in Turkey: A Sign Of What’s In Store For Japan?

Julia Harte
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Post-Chernobyl Agriculture in Turkey: A Sign Of What’s In Store For Japan?

The Black Sea province of Rize is synonymous with tea production in Turkey. After the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown, the Turkish government tried to avoid testing the area for radioactivity, and encouraged Turks to continue drinking Rize tea.

As the news from Japan gets worse and worse — only one month ago it was announced that three of the nuclear reactors at Fukushima had melted down — attention is turning to parts of the world that have already undergone nuclear disasters. In a recent interview, renowned pediatrician and nuclear energy expert Dr. Helen Caldicott compared the Fukushima disaster to the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown of 1986, noting that Chernobyl was directly responsible for at least 20,000 cancer cases and blighted crops for hundreds of kilometres around.

In Turkey, particularly regions around the Black Sea coast, at least two years of crops were completely ruined. The government’s efforts to hide the truth from Turks, however, were equally insidious, according to Alidost Numan of Greenpeace Mediterranean.

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Rothschild Foundation Moves To Greener Windmill Hill

Tafline Laylin
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Rothschild Foundation Moves To Greener Windmill Hill

green building, alternative energy, sutainable architecture, greywater recyclingLast month the Rothschild Foundation moved into a renovated dairy building situated on the Estate at , in Aylesbury, England.

The Rothschilds feature prominently on this news site, mostly because the family’s green superstar is involved in a host of environmentally-positive programs. We recently featured an interview with David de Rothschild, and reviewed Plastiki, an inspiring book that David wrote following his epic journey across the Pacific in a boat made from Plastic.

Lord Jacob Rothschild has a less green record given his support of IEI’s designs on Israel’s oil shale reserves. But the recent emphasis on greening an old dairy farm that now houses the Rothschild Foundation and the Waddesdon Archives demonstrates that overall, this family is committed to environmental and other important issues.

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UAE McDonalds Greases Its 100% Biodiesel Delivery Fleet

Tafline Laylin
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UAE McDonalds Greases Its 100% Biodiesel Delivery Fleet

greenhouse gas emissions, biodiesel, mcdonalds, UAEMcDonalds is poised to recycle all of its vegetable oil from UAE branches into 100% biodiesel.

In conjunction with Dubai-based Neutral Fuels, LLC, McDonalds UAE has committed to converting all of its used vegetable oil into a biofuel. Neutral Fuels LLC is the first commercial producer of 100 per cent biodiesel in the Middle East.

On the heels of Arwa’s excoriation of environmental groups that accept funds from major corporations, McDonalds continues its support of various conservation initiatives. Also affiliated with the Emirates Wildlife Society (EWS), McDonalds uses more than 5,000 gallons of vegetable oil in its 90 branches throughout the UAE, which will be recycled to produce a fuel that is significantly less harmful to the environment than regular diesel.

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Dr. Helen Caldicott: Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Much Worse Than Chernobyl

Maurice Picow
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Dr. Helen Caldicott: Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Much Worse Than Chernobyl

nuclear dangers Helen CaldicottThere are good reasons not to eat apricots and hazelnuts from Turkey (after Chernobyl). Japan’s reactor is much worse. Brace for future horrors says expert Dr. Helen Caldicott.

Although several months have passed since the devastating earthquake and tsunami occurred in Japan, the resulting nuclear power plant crisis, and the effect on the world environment is still far from over. The health risks caused by the meltdown of  nuclear fuel rods in at least three reactors actually melting down will be felt for hundreds of years to come.

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Tree-trimming Mob Uncovered in Israel

Karin Kloosterman
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Tree-trimming Mob Uncovered in Israel

man chop treeThe sting operation  “Weeds in the Underbrush” uncovered a cartel of tree-trimmers in Israel.

It’s really quite common to see the entire tops of trees lobbed off, and sitting by the side of the road in Tel Aviv, and other cities in Israel. It makes one sad, especially since it’s often done in the summer time, when the foliage is perfect for providing much needed shade. I always thought it was a throwback from the settlement days, when people lived in the Kibbutz and were eager to get back to nature by pruning it. Perhaps over enthusiastically. Turns out there is a very good reason for the tree-trimming madness in Israel, and it’s about money: Bribes, scandals, the Jewish National Fund, and the tree-trimming mobsters are in it together.

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Mt. Toubkal: Chasing Berbers to the Top of North Africa

Tafline Laylin
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Mt. Toubkal: Chasing Berbers to the Top of North Africa

eco-tourism, moroccoMy Berber guide Mohammed on our return journey from Mt. Toubkal, North Africa’s highest point.

“You should know that I haven’t hiked in a while,” I told Mohammed, my Berber guide for a two day trek to the highest point in North Africa. He nodded and grinned,  understanding nary a word. I allowed myself to feel reassured knowing full well that he should have said, “lady – go hike a few smaller trails and then come back.” Instead, we set out at 9am the following morning for our 14 mile, 7, 826 foot climb from Imlil, a small village in the nook of the Atlas Mountains south of Marrakech, to Mt. Toubkal – the top of the range.

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Meet The Mexican Muslim Tree Huggers

Zaufishan
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Giving Life

Beginning as a meeting once upon a time in Mexico, Trees Give Life is the co-effort of Arif Malik and performing artist Mohammed Yahya. Green Prophet talks to the organisation founders about why they are planting trees for religion. Less than a year old, the Trees Give Life campaign began with a trip to Latin America, one of the latest parts of the underprivileged world to embrace the Muslim faith. Founder of the campaign, Arif Malik was inspired by Islam’s environmental principles to reach out and make a difference.

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Third Egyptian Natural Gas Pipeline Blown Up By Terrorists

Maurice Picow
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Third Egyptian Natural Gas Pipeline Blown Up By Terrorists

natural gas pipeline egyptThird act of sabotage in 5 months may spell the end of Egyptian natural gas shipments of both Israel and Jordan.

Egypt’s natural gas pipeline to both Israel and Jordan suffered still another setback during the night when a third act of sabotage caused an explosion. This is three attacks since the beginning of the popular uprising in Egypt in February this year. The most recent, said by Egyptian security authorities to have been caused by men armed with machine guns caused the ill fated pipeline to blow apart again with “an explosive boom” that frightened people living in the vicinity and resulted in a “plume of fire” after the saboteurs, who had arrived in a small truck, forced security forces to leave and then planted explosive charges. Not being able to prevent this kind of attack doesn’t bode well for anyone who thinks about investing in Egypt’s future, even in renewables like solar energy.

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Plans For Cleaner Zam Zam Distribution In Madinah

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ZAM ZAM WATER Holy water: the Zam Zam well in Makkah will be bottled and distributed in 42 outlets

Officials in Madinah released a statement on plans to install a new Zam Zam water project. Historically preserved as a sacred life source in neighbouring city Makkah, the Zam Zam water well was recently under scientific investigation for arsenic contamination. 

A BBC report found the water to be “unsafe for human consumption”, stating that large amounts and regular intakes could pose a serious health risk – including cancer.

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