Tag: consumer behavior

Lebanon’s Trash Theatre & the True Cost of Rubbish

Trash Theatre is a free theatre performance about trash - it's taking place across Lebanon's coast Lebanon is drowning in trash....

The Rise (& Fall?) Of Consumer Society in the Middle East

I speak to historian Relli Shechter about smoking in Egypt, consumerism and why the Middle East still has a...

“Green It” Shop Brings Green Urban Living to Tel Aviv

Green It is Tel Aviv's new one-stop-shop for green urban living. As the ecological movement becomes mainstream, more and more...

Ikea Increases Israeli Design Awareness, but What About Sustainable Design?

After ten years in Israel, what is Ikea's regional legacy? When the Swedish affordable home furnishing company, Ikea, came to...

MENA and the Muslim World: Can Having Less Babies Really Save The World?

Arwa argues that population control is not the silver bullet that will solve climate change, rather over-consumption is the...

Israel Combats Consumption With Comedian Tal Friedman

The Environmental Protection Ministry's New Campaign Urges Israelis "To Start Thinking Green." It is certainly one of our pet peeves...