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Faisal O'Keefe
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Amman Design Week spotlights Jordanian creativity
Three public spaces in downtown Amman have been temporarily re-purposed as platforms to promote contemporary design from Jordan and the wider region. This is Amman...
Coffee extinct by 2080
The sun may be setting on a popular morning brew. According to a new report issued by the Climate Institute, global warming will underpin an...
Growing your own food in America is now a criminal act?
Last week in Florida, a judge ruled on an ordinance banning front yard vegetable gardens. This allowed the upscale village of Miami Shores to take...
Build an ecological homestead for 1/10th the cost of a trad home!
It’s coming up on two years since Cameron Sinclair announced the shutdown of Architecture for Humanity, probably the best thing to ever emerge from an architect’s imagination....
Israeli artist raises a ghostly bride from the Dead Sea
Dip a dowdy dress into one of the world’s saltiest lakes and see what happens. Artist Sigalit Landau did, and ended up growing a crystalline...
Olympian David Kiribati dances against climate disaster
A weightlifter from Kiribati is our favorite Olympian. After completing a move called the “clean and jerk lift”, he steps away from the barbell and...
The Greatest Show OFF Earth? Catch this week’s Perseid meteor shower!
Our planet is passing through the path of Comet Swift-Tuttle, a once-in-133-years-or-so event happening this year from July 17 to Aug. 24. But this week...
Beirut art project pushes for preservation of public space
Beirut art collective Dictaphone Group is combining activism with show-biz in a fight to preserve Lebanon’s public spaces. Their series of interactive performance pieces is...
Syrian refugees list their tent on Airbnb
Take empathy to a new level by living just like a displaced person. A group of Syrian refugees advertised their camp tent as a rentable...
Holy cow! Bovine burps blamed for climate change?
It’s common knowledge that cows destined for the meat aisle are shot up with antibiotics and fed water and chow dosed with lower levels of...
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