Tag: consumer power

How to Design a Logo for an Eco-Friendly Business

Logos are critical to the success of your business, especially an eco-friendly one. Your logo can set you apart from companies that are not environmentally conscious.

Protecting birds from powerlines in the Middle East

Many species of birds are threatened by chemicals, alterations in their environment, aircraft, and electrocution. Larger birds, in particular,...

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...

Rachel Botsman Makes the Case for Collaborative Consumption

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQa3kUJPEko Moving from a culture of "me" to a culture of "we". Rachel Botsman, a researcher and social innovator, is...

Detox your life: Take the ‘Buy-Nothing-Ramadan’ Challenge

During the Holy month of Ramadan, followers have the opportunity to reflect on and reduce their consumption patterns with...

Omani Handicrafts Facing Extinction Versus Machine Made Imitations

At stake for Oman is the extinction of traditional handicrafts in the face of cheaper, machine made imitations.  Man...

Frankenstein Falafel? Israeli consumers at risk from GM foods

Recent laboratory tests have discovered that consumers in Israel are eating Genetically Modified Organisms – whether they like it or not. Tests...

Beer Sheva Getting 100,000 Sq. Meters of Greenwash

Beer Sheva, the long-suffering capital of Israel's Negev desert, just broke ground on the biggest shopping mall in Israel....

Shop for Social and Environmental Meaning in the Old City of Acco

This coming Tuesday, July 7th a new store will be opening up in the Old City of Acco in...

Palestinian Mall Chain Could Bring Suburban Living to West Bank

One of America's most enduring gifts to the Middle East is the suburban indoor shopping mall. Israel's first was...

Buy Nothing Day can save someone’s life or soul

A day before Buy Nothing Day in 2008 an American salesman lost his life, as bargain hunters in a Wal-Mart shop in Long Island trampled him to death.