Tag: local

Tel Aviv gets an A- for sustainable city

The city of Tel Aviv on the Mediterranean Sea received the advanced grade A- in the ranking of the CDP, the largest international platform for measuring, managing and reporting the environmental data of companies and cities.

Family travels to Chiang Mai, Thailand

A guide to sustainable family travelling in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, Thailand.

Guide to Going Green: Sustainability Practices for Small Businesses

Your business is small but you want to make it sustainable in every single way. Here are some starter tips.

Beirut’s Pascale Habis cooks up a new local Lebanese cookbook

In this day and age, with the superpower of Google, you can locate any recipe, and find infinite recipe...

Bezalel, Israel’s Art Academy, Shops Imported for Local Architecture

A starchitect from Japan? As Israel's oldest and leading arts academy, shouldn't Bezalel be a locavore when it comes...

Michael Tsinovsky Puts Arabic Into Israel’s Melting Pot

Industrial designer Michael Tsinovsky brought together Israel's many local styles in his 'asli' furniture design. When it comes to consumerism,...

Local Israeli Authorities Take More Control Over Environmental Protection

Who's responsible for this Tel Aviv tree?  The local Tel Aviv environmental committee. Some of the red tape preventing local...

Rehabilitate and Detox Your Lifestyle in Time for the New Year

Detoxing your lifestyle of non-green habits doesn't have to be as dramatic as drug rehab. It can be simple and...

5 Green Dating Ideas for the Middle Eastern Romantic

Impress your date and reduce your negative impact on the environment with a green-ified date. Dating can be rough. Firstly,...

Zolaykha Sherzad Resurrects Traditional Afghan Crafts Via Modern Fashion Design

Zolaykha Sherzad revives Afghan artistic culture and trains women with her Zarif Design company in Kabul. Fashion can be environmentally...

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...

How Green Is Your Garlic?

Imported garlic looks beautiful, but locally grown is  healthier. Contaminated garlic from China  was a scandal in the late 1990s...