Tag: Lebanon
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Technicolor Furniture Collection Reuses Textiles of the Silk Road
Inspired by age-old cultures and fabrics of the historic silk route between East and West, Beirut's Bokja Design creates upcycled furniture with a story to tell.
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Artists Takes Trash to New Heights as Habitat for Urban Birds
A Danish street artists upcyles trash into colorful tiny birdhouses for urban feathered friends.
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Stylish Seats Made from Old Washing Machine Parts
In the hands of two Beirut-based designers, old washing-machine drums from some of Lebanon's many junkyards become colorful, sturdy stools fit for any home.
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Closed Park Prompts Green Occupation Of Beirut
Activists are taking over 12 different locations in the Lebanese capital with grass, picnickers, cyclists, kite-flyers, and kids to demand the reopening of the city's largest green space.
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Beirut's Roofs and Walls Ripe for a Green Takeover
Architects and designers in Beirut are dreaming up ways to create a healthier environment that looks more like the hanging gardens of Babylon than its current concrete jungle.
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Leveling the Playing Field for a Cleaner Mediterranean
Onlookers gazing out over the Bosphorus last week might have been shocked to see a tanker ship and a passenger ferry collide on the busy strait, sending rescue personnel scrambling to
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The Week in Animal News: Long Lost Cat Comes Home, Animals Bathing, and More (Slideshow)
A Colorado family that had long ago given up on finding their cat got some incredible news this week, when Willow was found in New York City -- five years later and 1,800 miles from home.
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Flawed Hunting Ban Puts Birds at Risk in Lebanon
Smaller than the state of Connecticut, Lebanon is nonetheless home to a rich variety of landscapes, from beaches and deserts to
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Reaching Past Borders to Protect the Mediterranean
Countries around the Mediterranean have been abuzz in recent weeks over currently thwarted plans to sail a flotilla of ships to run Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip -- an
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Fed Up With Living In A Concrete Jungle, Beirut Residents Make Their Own Green Space
Even coming from an overbuilt, traffic-clogged city of 15 million-plus people like Istanbul, Beirut was a bit of a shock.
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World's Biggest Canvas Recycled Into Reusable Bags
After thousands of Lebanese left their handprints on a giant cloth last fall to break the world record for the largest hand-painted canvas, organizers of the Guinness Book of World
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6 Mediterranean Biodiversity 'Hotspots' Identified by New International Conservation Plan
Home to forests, shrublands, wetlands, and alpine landscapes, the Taurus Mountains (Toros
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Pesticide Scare Drives Organic Purchases in Lebanon
A lack of food-safety laws in Lebanon has created a pesticide scare that may drive more consumers to seek out organic produce. Locally grown fruits and vegetables, including grapes,
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Green Prophet's Top 7 Mideast Eco-Tourism Spots
From historic rivers to the world's largest desalination plant, from a futuristic city to a 100-year-old tree-planting
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Fortunes Fade for Fishermen, Marine Life in Lebanon
"The sea back in the 1960s, '70s and '80s was thick with fish and we were the envy of the town. My pockets were always full and I traveled a lot," says Mustapha Shaalan, 68.
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Stop Kissing To Stop The Swine Flu
Tips like washing your hands, recognizing symptoms and anti-social behavior are among
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Israel's New Natural Gas Bonanza Could Ignite Conflict With Lebanon
Amidst all its struggles to develop clean and cleaner technologies (and a recent war with Gaza), it seem that Israelis got a huge gift this week: they were celebrating the discovery of a massive estimated 3 trillion cubic feet natural gas pocket found
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Eco-Tourists In The Middle East Explore Jordan
If you are a safe traveler, then a European holiday is a safe bet. If you do have a taste for the exotic, traveling around the Middle East is full of surprises and intrigue. And eco-tourism is spreading through the Middle East. A typical journey (by
