Tag: sustainable city

Off-the-Grid and On Point: Rechargeable Lighting That Supports a Greener Lifestyle

Lighting sources that use rechargeable batteries include an LED flashlight, a generator, and an outdoor solar light fixture. Flashlights are some of the more versatile lighting choices, since these devices offer various sizes and brightness. Brightness capability is also known as lumens. If you need strong lighting, choose a device with a higher lumen output.

On Planning Crowded Cairo with Dr. Abdulrahman Makhlouf (Interview)

In the new Portal 9, the first Arabic-English journal about the city, the founder of Abu Dhabi’s urban planning...

A Sustainable Postcard from Turkey: You’ll Wish You Were Here

This Green Prophet tours Turkey and sees a mosaic of eco-sensibility. Little Eid, a Muslim holiday, is a great time for...

Reconstructing Beirut by Demolishing its Identity

Far from being Paris of the Middle East, traditional red tiled roof and sandstone houses suffocate inside the "other"...

World’s First All-Women City Coming to Saudi Arabia

The patriarchal kingdom of Saudi Arabia creates an all-female city where (the arguably better half) of humanity can...

Arab Towns Get Sewerage Upgrade in Israel

A relief to the environment as Israel allots money to upgrade poorly services sewers in Arab towns. Last Wednesday,...

Blatt Chaya Revives Traditional Floor Tile Making in Lebanon

Edgard Chaya and his family bring back ancient tile making practices and Lebanese "neo-traditional" architecture After being handed over a...

Urban Beehive So You Can Make Healthy Honey at Home

Philips has created a plastic, urban beehive. Honey, I am home! When I told my husband that I want to...

Masdar’s Sustainability Begins with Design, But Where Are the Humans?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILlF34KJMJwTake a new tour through the Masdar Institute with this video. Modeling traditional Arabic cities and using old innovation like...

The Compact City As Sustainable Urban Form Can Reduce Air Pollution

Middle East cities started "compact" and dense but now suffer from the same problems as the west. Tehran's recent Smog...

Mercer’s Oman Eco-City Ranking Suspect

Can a city relying on oil revenue and desalination really be labeled "eco"? (Image by dislona via flickr) At first,...

Preserving Acre's History, Heritage and People

A living conservation laboratory (above): a new partnership with Rome will boost Acre's efforts to protect its ancient history,...