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Israeli Eco Tourism Welcomes the Yurt

If you don’t know what a yurt is, have no fear.  Most people don’t (including yours truly).  But yurts, with their portability, suitability for nature...

A Green Prophet Tour of the Big Green Apple (aka New York City)

This Prophet recently got the chance to travel to New York City, and was a little bit apprehensive about the green-ness factor of the Big...

Jordanian Ministry of the Environment Launches Eco-Cities of the Mediterranean Forum 2008

In a press conference held last week the Jordanian Minister of Environment, His Excellency Khaled Irani, announced the launch of a Jordanian initiative called “Eco-Cities...

Carbon Neutral Car Rentals with Avis Israel

Israel’s tourism industry has made some serious changes recently.  The Ministry of Tourism announced a few months ago that it was going ‘green’ for 2009,...

Sustainable Reading: Offset Your Books With Eco-Libris

With September rolling around and the back to school shopping in full swing, books are more prominent than ever.  It’s officially book season.  And whether...

Trio Energy Invents a Greener, More Energy Efficient Greenhouse

(Image credit: Corbis) It’s bad for the environment, but you know you want it.  You want those strawberries in the dead of winter.  You know...

Run the City Introduces a New Type of Israeli Eco Tourism

As the Green Prophet archives will tell you, Israel is no stranger to environmentally friendly tourism.  Not only is there a variety of ecologically minded...

10 Sustainable Israeli Designers

Lookout world. 10 sustainable designers from Israel

Environmental Conference for Imams Challenges Israeli Muslims to Go Green

(Image credit marantzer)  Last Thursday fifty Muslim clerics gathered in Umm el-Fahm for a conference to raise awareness regarding environmental issues among imams.  The first...

A Green Survey of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates

Stay tuned for our future eco-tour of Dubai, but in the meantime let’s take a look at some green goings-on in Dubai.  Because we’ve been...
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