Tag: rooftop farming

Palestinian beekeepers make Jerusalem sweeter

Well in the Bronx, honeybee keepers have tasted notes of pollution. In Jerusalem will the sweet bees offer a taste of holiness?

These guys think coffee can do a green roof good

We know that coffee can be both good and bad for our bodies, depending on who you ask. I...

Rooftop Farm in Egypt Finally Trumps Red Tape

It has been two years since Mohamed Ashraf Abdel Samad founded Shagara - a non profit organization that aims...

Refugee Camp in Bethlehem Sprouts Green Rooftops

Supported by the women's group Karama, families in Bethlehem's Dheisheh refugee camp have begun growing fresh food on their...

Green Prophet Hasn’t Given up on Egypt

Green Prophet is heading into Egypt and we want to hear about all your growing green projects. Now more...

Rooftop Hydroponic Farms in Egypt Scrub the Air and Uplift Urban Poor

Urban farming in Egypt has soared. Read about Schaduf - a soilless solution taking root in Maadi. Two Egyptian brothers...

Green Roof Architecture in Kuwait

When we think of Kuwait, not only do we have a hard time getting past the young hunter who killed a wolf and then posed for a series of family shots, but we also envision an unforgivable industrial landscape pocked with oil drilling platforms and desalination plants. While not entirely inaccurate, present day Kuwait belies a fertile past. Educators are hoping to reinvigorate "the Cradle of Civilization" with a new green roofed school designed by Perkins + Will that promotes hands-on agricultural learning.