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RECIPE: Moroccan Carrot Salad

Miriam Kresh
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Carrots are fat and sweet now. Dress dinner up with this tangy Moroccan carrot salad.

We’re enjoying every drop of blessed rain, Arabs and Jews having prayed for it during the hot, bright summer. The moisture in the earth fattens  root vegetables, which we usually think of as soup ingredients but which make delicious salads as well. Find more winter salad recipes from Green Prophet here. Carrots do more than coleslaw: Brighten their sweetness with lemon juice and balance the whole with Middle Eastern spices, and you have an easy side dish for lunch or dinner any time, these rainy days.

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UAE to host Sustainability Camp

Arwa Aburawa
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UAE to host Sustainability Camp

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The UAE takes another green step with a sustainability camp set for February 26.

The United Arab Emirates has been up to all manner of green things over the last couple of years. From solar-powered cash machines to plans to go plastic-free by 2013, and now they are hosting a unique sustainability camp on February 26, 2011. Rather than taking a narrow understanding of sustainability, the campaigners insist that sustainability is more than just being a tree hugger. The groups says that, “sustainability is the potential for long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions.” As such, they’re inviting everyone from human rights groups, animals rights activists to compost makers and tree planters along to share their struggles and successes in becoming more sustainable.

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The Early Bird Gets The Sun: Save €400 On May MENASOL Conference In Morocco

Tafline Laylin
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The Early Bird Gets The Sun: Save €400 On May MENASOL Conference In Morocco

solucar-csp-plantAs solar energy becomes a more widespread reality and lessons are uncovered, conferences allow stakeholders to get the learned scoop.

Given that Morocco has the highest concentration of solar power in the MENA region, it is appropriate that the country should host this year’s third annual MENASOL conference on May 4-5. These two days comprise the single most important conference for solar stakeholders interested in exploiting the region’s limitless solar reserves to attend. With over 350 leading experts expected to attend, and presentations that demystify everything from regulations to regional technology preferences, this year’s conference should attract its widest audience yet. 

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MENA’s Top Five Ideal Countries For Solar Energy Generation

Tafline Laylin
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MENA’s Top Five Ideal Countries For Solar Energy Generation

top-five-mena-sunMENA has enough sun to make everyone smile, so why aren’t we using it?

Until 2008, not one of the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries produced a single kilowatt of renewable energy, so reliant are they on oil and natural gas. And yet three of the six are on Al Masah Capital’s list of the Middle East North African region’s best locations for solar energy generation. That seems like a waste of untapped potential. According to a recent Al Masah report, however, rising renewable energy generation in the region might be the clue to keeping revenue-generating oil exports steady.

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Pacific Green Inaugurates Masdar City’s Sustainable Palm Gates

Tafline Laylin
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Pacific Green Inaugurates Masdar City’s Sustainable Palm Gates

palmwood-gates-masdarThese beautiful Palmwood® gates at the entrance of Masdar City help keep the hot desert winds at bay.

What should the gates to the world’s most talked about carbon-neutral city look like? For starters, they should be built out of a material that is sustainable, and they should blend in with Foster & Partner’s high-tech/ancient Arab vision. The gates, external cladding, and screens were all made from Pacific Green’s Palmwood® – a beautiful alternative to forest-depleting hardwood – and also contribute to the project’s commitment to passive design. 

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GMO Beets Coming to a Sugar Supply Near You?

Tinamarie Bernard
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GMO Beets Coming to a Sugar Supply Near You?

With GMO beets likely to hit the US market, and their sugar to reach global markets, savvy eco-conscious consumers are going to have to pay extra attention to finding organic, non-engineered beets.

One prevailing assumption about GMO foods is that if one country bans them, her citizens are safe. But a statement from Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch, suggests that dangers of GMO foods is looming larger across the globe, including the Middle East. This in response to the USDA’s recent approval to plant genetically engineers beets, following on the heels of GMO alfalfa deregulation in the US. Could the sugar from such bulbs make its way unknowingly into our food chain?

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Solar Powered ATM Machines in Abu Dhabi

Karin Kloosterman
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Solar Powered ATM Machines in Abu Dhabi

solar-atm-abu-dhabi imageWhen it’s cloudy, does the money stop flowing?

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi has become the first bank in the UAE to launch a solar-powered ATM, and it’s the first time this Green Prophet has heard of such an initiative.

But after Googling a bit, we see it’s not the first.

“As part of our CSR [corporate social responsibility] initiatives, we hope to be the ‘trend-setter’ in adopting solar power for future ATMs in this country,” says Suvo Sarkar, the General Manager of the bank, who hopes the act will be an example for other banks in the region to follow.

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Qatar Alternative Energy Summit Pairs Investors And Innovators

Tafline Laylin
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Qatar Alternative Energy Summit Pairs Investors And Innovators

qatar-renewable-energy-conferenceAlternative energy investors and innovators can meet n’ greet in Doha, Qatar March 16 and 17.

Networking is a fact of business life. But in the Middle East, where numerous developments are incubating, exciting projects that could transform how we source and use energy in this region, conferences are no longer the droll small-talk affair. Instead, they comprise an opportunity for serious and creative collaboration. During the upcoming Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference, for example, stakeholders will review Israel’s Renewable Energy environment, while the Qatar Alternative Energy Investors Summit (QAEIS) provides an essential meet n’ greet service for investors and innovators.

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Sunflower Sustainable Investments Continues to Blossom in Italy

Ira Moskowitz
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Sunflower Sustainable Investments Continues to Blossom in Italy

Sunflower Sustainable InvestmentsBellisimo! Sunflower already produces some 24 MW of solar energy in Italy and Spain. 

Israel-based Sunflower Sustainable Investments is continuing to find sunny prospects in Italy for its solar activity, announcing the purchase of another solar energy farm last week. This comes on the heels of the financial investment house’s acquisition of three Italian solar farms at the end of 2010.

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Stay at Villa Tehilah, Galilee Country Inn in Israel

Miriam Kresh
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Stay at Villa Tehilah, Galilee Country Inn in Israel

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My favorite place to stay in Israel is Villa Tehilah, Rosh Pina in the Galilee region of Israel. A beautifully restored, 120-year old property originally belonging to the Rothschild family, it has a magical atmosphere of private beauty and peace. I’ve been there with family, with friends, and alone. Others here on Green Prophet have written about eco-tourism in Kfar Kalil, also in the Galilee. Next time I stay at Villa Tehilah, it would be fun to visit the wind farm reported here too. In the green springtime, friends and I sometimes  hike through the nearby wadi all the way to Safed. I’ve also stayed in the Villa in the autumn, when there are few guests and I might have the hot tub, set in one of the gardens, all to myself at night.

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Birds in Iran Migrate Between Polluted to Less-polluted Cities

Mehrdad Parsipour
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Birds in Iran Migrate Between Polluted to Less-polluted Cities

Once part of the urban horizon, crows are leaving Iranian cities.

Since the 1980s scholars have studied the influences of urbanization on the environment, particularly the ecosystem. The rapid growth of the urban population and especially the lifestyle of the urban dwellers have undeniable effects on the life of living species and plants. Birds are of the animals that are completely affected by urbanization. Among several studies that have been done on the effects of the urban life on ecosystem, some are on the influences on the life of urban birds. Such studies show how urbanization modifies the life of avian communities of the cities by influencing food, water, climate, and predators.

During the past years, the lives of urban birds of the Iranian cities have been monitored by activists. This was started when reports of fleeing birds of Tehran were given out. While many believe that the birds of Tehran are really less than before, some say that the birds just move from the regions with higher pollution to the less-polluted parts. So the population of birds in some regions is even more than before.

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Facebook Users More Prone to Eating Disorders, Israel Study Suggests

Tinamarie Bernard
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Facebook Users More Prone to Eating Disorders, Israel Study Suggests

A new study from the University of Haifa reveals that girls are particularly susceptible to a darkside of social media – eating disorders.

The more time adolescent girls spend in front of Facebook, the more their chances of developing a negative body image and various eating disorders, such as anorexia, bulimia and exaggerated dieting. This has been shown in a new study from the University of Haifa. The same has been found with regard to exposure to music and fashion on the Internet, and to harmful programs on TV. The study also reveals that the risk of developing eating disorders in adolescent girls is moderated when there is more parental supervision over viewing habits.

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Nature: Plastic Waste Kills 100,000 Mediterranean Creatures Each Year

Tafline Laylin
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Tiny pieces of plastic invisible to humans is likely behind the death of thousands of Mediterranean mammals, turtles, and fish.

Maurice once speculated whether the Mediterranean has a plastic waste situation comparable to that of the Pacific, an issue particularly sensitive to our favorite eco-hunk David de Rothschild. His hunch – informed by empirical evidence along the shoreline – was painfully accurate. Because according to Nature Middle East, plastic waste is a big killer in the Mediterranean. An awareness and research campaign that started to collect water samples along the sea’s northern coast has found that at least 100,000 marine mammals, turtles and birds are killed every year.

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Oy! Soy! Does Soy Put Your Health At Risk?

Miriam Kresh
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Are soy products increasing women’s health risks? Miriam takes up the debate.

Hannah’s thoughtful post on increased breast size in modern women made me think of the effect of soy on hormone stimulation. The theory that genetically-modified, unfermented soy products stimulate estrogen flow production is gaining ground, paired with what we know about GM foods’ effect on our health in general. See our post on GM foods’ effects on fertility and sexual health.

This disturbing study on GM foods from the Institute for Responsible Technology site may be a fresh eye-opener, but others are aware of changes in world health due to diet. An article on the Museum of Menstruation and Women’s Health shows that today’s girls enter puberty six months earlier than their mothers did and mentions the presence of phyto-estrogens in today’s food. I became interested in the effect of soy on health when my children’s pediatrician told me she had patients nine years old who were already menstruating. My curiosity was piqued further when two mothers of young girls told me that their daughters had adult-sized breasts at the age of nine. All the children regularly ate soy “shnitzels,” patties of compressed soy protein boosted with fat and flavorings.

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How Israel Will Lead The Search For Oil Substitutes (And How The Rest Of The World Is Watching)

Tafline Laylin
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How Israel Will Lead The Search For Oil Substitutes (And How The Rest Of The World Is Watching)

Desalination is considered one of Israel’s many genius innovations. That genius is now being applied to oil substitutes.

Long considered leaders of R&D and Clean Technology, particularly in the fields of water desalination and solar energy technology, Israel has now set firm sights on leading the shift away from oil dependence. Between now and 2020, the tiny country intends to spend NIS 14 billion (US $ 3.82 billion) to help innovators and researchers test viable alternatives to oil. And while often slow to implement their own technology, cooperation with Europe may change that.

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