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KAUST’s Breakwater Beacon is a Mashrabiya Lighthouse for Saudi Mariners

Ever wonder what an Arabian lighthouse looks like? Mariners approaching the Red Sea harbor at Thuwal, about one hour north of sprawling Mecca, Saudi Arabia...

Graffiti Artists Color Egypt’s Soul-Crushing Corruption

Corruption is black, brown, grey, devoid of color. And in Egypt, it can be seen in streets piled high with trash and polluted canals, in...

Solar Bridge in Pakistan Replaces One Swept Away by Floods

As if they didn’t have enough trouble on their hands, residents of 15 towns and 45 villages in Pakistan’s Swat Valley have been completely stranded...

Dubai’s “Sustainable City” Launches Next Month

We’ve been hearing about Dubai’s version of Masdar City since 2011, but skeptics have doubted that “Sustainable City” would ever become more than a mirage...

Mpact: David de Rothschild Mobilizes Good Humans for the Right Cause

We haven’t heard from our favorite eco-warrior, David de Rothschild in some time, but that doesn’t mean the youngest heir to the Rothschild banking fortune has...

Nile Taxi – Scenic Stress Free Commuting for Cairo’s Residents

Having just returned from Lamu, Kenya, where there is no other way to travel but by boat (or plane or donkey), it seems strange to...

Suspended See-Saw Makes Music from Movement in Morocco

We have to admit that this isn’t anything particularly “green” about this see-saw, but it does harvest the movement of people to make music. And that’s...

Algerians Mould Bricks from Sahara Sand Dunes

Although the Sahara desert used to be a green retreat for giraffes and hippos 5,000 years ago, it is now a giant, sometimes rolling landscape...

Ladies of Solar Unite – at the Women Solar Seminar in Dubai

If it seems like there are just too many men receiving all the glory in the solar industry and not nearly enough women, then you...

Green Deserts – The Saltwater Revolution (An Ode to Innovation)

We are not alone in our awe of the Sahara Forest Project (SFP), which has already built a pilot project in Qatar that produces energy,...
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