Tag: Consumption

Water turned off in Abu Dhabi desert tree experiment (photo)

Our local photographer takes a look at what happens when trees are cut off from their water source in...

Wildlife Thrive at Flooded ‘Arabian Canal’ in Dubai Desert

In my last post I described how I had discovered the remains of a defunct development known as the...

Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates Fuels the Shopping Cult

If consumerism is the predominant modern day religion, then this week's picture shows one our most monumental cathedrals -...

Bahrain Radically Overhauls Energy Delivery and Billing Systems

Bahrain is looking to overhaul its energy management system and announced this week that it was to implement a...

Crushers Reduce Emirate Mountaintops to Rubble in the Name of “Progress”

Green Prophet's resident photographer documents "cut" Hajar Mountains in the United Arab Emirates. Huge swaths of the Hajar Mountains in...

Fake Wind Towers “Heat” Homes in Abu Dhabi

On a man-made Abu Dhabi island, fake wind towers heat homes instead of cooling them. I recently photographed a...

Car Consumption: 8,000 Boring White Chevrolets in Dubai

This is a Chevrolet logistics depot in the Jebel Ali Freezone in Dubai. A rough estimate from studying the...