Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Food & Health on Sep 26th, 2008
Last Friday, World Vision and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) celebrated the achievements of a three year project that has helped hundreds of Lebanese farmers grow organic agriculture in Lebanon. The project - called the Sustainable Agri-Business Initiative for Lebanon Project - directly helped 800 farmers and over 4500 people in total.
USAID [...]
Posted in Travel & Nature on Sep 2nd, 2008
It’s September already and officially the end of the summer (not that you would notice by the still-scorching Middle Eastern climate). As the temperature begins to cool down (slightly), the next couple of months offer the ideal time to hit one of the many hiking trails, forests, or natural springs in Israel.
But sometimes enjoying the [...]
Posted in Travel & Nature on Aug 7th, 2008
Here in the Middle East, echoes of the Biblical prophets are never far off–even in environmental discourse.
Nowhere is that more apparent than in the famous cedars of Lebanon, which have been a wonder to the world for thousands of years, and were used to build King Solomon’s palace. Some of the remaining cedars in Lebanon [...]
Posted in Travel & Nature on Jul 27th, 2008
Buckle your (cyber) seatbelts and prep your imaginary passports, because this week we’re continuing our green journey. After eco touring other Middle Eastern countries - such as Jordan, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Egypt, and Israel - we’re off to pay a green visit to Yemen.
Yemen, like other countries in the region, has a variety [...]
Posted in Travel & Nature on Jul 13th, 2008
Now that we’ve toured Lebanon, Jordan, and even Iran, let’s make an online eco-visit to Syria. Since Syria has not yet experienced a wave of mass tourism, its sites are still well preserved and relatively undisturbed. That, combined with the fact that Syria has a wide variety of landscapes ranging from [...]
Posted in Travel & Nature on Jul 6th, 2008
As part of our ongoing virtual eco-tour of the Middle East, this week’s cyber journey is to Iran. Iran is a little further off than Jordan and Lebanon, but it is also an intriguing spot. And thanks to some information provided by Mohammad Memarian as a response to a Green Prophet post [...]
Posted in Travel & Nature on Jun 22nd, 2008
Now that we’ve eco-toured Israel and Jordan, let’s move right along to another green tourism spot in the Middle East. Lebanon. And it’s no surprise that a country that places a regional cedar tree in the center of its flag (colored in green) has lots and lots of eco tourism options.
Here are some [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Jun 10th, 2008
As part of our mission to foresee a green, environmentally-sound future for Israel, its neighbors and the world, we’ll be occasionally featuring blogs from the regional blogosphere that also care about all things green, especially those in Arab countries where green issues are relatively undeveloped.
Last week we featured environmental blogs from Lebanon and Jordan, and [...]
Posted in Travel & Nature on Jun 1st, 2008
Borders, though an understood concept in the modern world, are anything but natural.
The truth is that although borders may physically and ideologically separate us, one of the things that we all share is that we are citizens of the earth. And caring about the environment is a concern that can unite us.
The internet, too, has [...]
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