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Karen Chernick
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Celebrate Tu B’Shvat With a Tu B’Shvat Seder
Tu B’Shvat (the Jewish new year holiday for the trees) happens in late winter. This means that many people are gathering dried fruits and nuts...
Organic Pizza Fusion Has Hit Jeddah, Looking to Expand All Over Saudi Arabia
Pizza Fusion, a US-based chain, proclaims itself as being committed to “saving the earth one pizza at a time.” And now its slogan might ring...
Jordanian EU Ambassador Ahmad Massaadeh Named Mediterranean Union Chief
When Jordanian EU Ambassador Ahmad Massadeh’s name was proposed as the new head of the Mediterranean Union Project on Tuesday, everyone applauded. The project has...
Haifa University Study Generates a Profile of the Israeli Cyclist
A new study profiles the average Israeli cyclist. If you’ve read the title, looked at the picture, and are either excited or worried that Haifa...
Learn Permaculture and Green Building Techniques in Israel
We’ve had our eyes on Greek-Israeli green architect, Elias Messinas, for a while. President of the NGO ECOWEEK (active in Greece, Cyprus, and Israel), and...
Slow Food Movement is Active in Beirut
The Slow Food Movement, founded in 1989, in a non-profit organization that attempts “to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food...
Greenpeace Petition Calls on Netanyahu to Attend Copenhagen Climate Change Summit
Lebanon’s Prime Minister is going, but Israel’s won’t. Locals sign petition to get its PM to Copenhagen. Sick of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s excuses...
Rima Malallah Brings Handmade Art and Love on a Bike to Amman
Rima Malallah, a young woman living and creating in Amman, Jordan, is bringing her colorful handmade art to the Ammanian masses. Different from other galleries...
Second Annual Arab Forum for Environment and Development Met in Beirut Last Week
The second annual meeting of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) took place this past Thursday and Friday, this time with a harsh...
Inspire Collective’s ReUse 3 in Tel Aviv positions art as a social cause
Reuse design? We thought Green Prophet had it pretty much covered. We've brought you plastic dolls converted into lamps, plastic bags transformed into wallets, beer...
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