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Waste Reform from the Ground Up: How Trash Balers Are Helping Cities Rethink Sustainability

Waste Reform from the Ground Up: How Trash Balers Are Helping Cities Rethink Sustainability

If you’ve ever watched a recycling truck weaving through city streets, you’ve seen the problem firsthand. Most of what we call “recycling” still depends on long-distance transportation and centralized sorting facilities. Those systems are energy-intensive and prone to contamination — the dreaded mix of wet food, plastic wrap, and paper that renders recyclables useless. The…

Black cats banned from this Spanish town – until after Halloween

Black cats banned from this Spanish town – until after Halloween

Terrassa is home to more than 9,800 cats, according to municipal data — a population that lives quietly among its 220,000 residents. The temporary ban forces the town, and perhaps the rest of us, to confront a deeper contradiction. How can a culture that loves animals and fills social media with cat memes still tolerate…

EU Funds for Academic Bias? Why the “Aula Mediterrània” Lecture Series Undermines Democracy and Dialogue

EU Funds for Academic Bias? Why the “Aula Mediterrània” Lecture Series Undermines Democracy and Dialogue

When European taxpayers fund programs through institutions like IEMed, they do so under the promise of promoting mutual understanding and academic rigor. Instead, Aula Mediterrània has become a platform for the normalization of anti-Israel bias wrapped in academic legitimacy –- and offers credit when you attend these lectures online. By platforming speakers who describe Israel’s…

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Who Narrates the Narrative at TEDx? Greenwashing in Iranian Architecture’s Spotlight

Who Narrates the Narrative at TEDx? Greenwashing in Iranian Architecture’s Spotlight

The TEDxOmid Architecture event in Tehran promised sustainability and social justice but revealed deep contradictions between its rhetoric and reality. This in-depth report exposes how Iran’s star architects—linked to commercial tower projects and weak environmental accountability—reflect a pattern of architectural greenwashing under the guise of “responsive design.” The post Who Narrates the Narrative at TEDx?…

Lizard tail stew, dhub mansaf, is a favored folk dish in Saudi Arabia

Lizard tail stew, dhub mansaf, is a favored folk dish in Saudi Arabia

By exploring forgotten folk dishes like lizard stew, Green Prophet continues to connect the dots between culture, ecology, and the future of sustainable living in the Middle East. The post Lizard tail stew, dhub mansaf, is a favored folk dish in Saudi Arabia appeared first on Green Prophet. Does your rental include an eco mattress…

The little known nuclear testing sites used by France in Algeria’s Sahara Desert

The little known nuclear testing sites used by France in Algeria’s Sahara Desert

More than sixty years after France’s nuclear tests in the Algerian Sahara, radiation still lingers in the sand. At Reggane and In Ekker, plutonium traces remain where underground detonations vented into the open air. The sites were never fully decontaminated after France’s withdrawal in 1966. Algeria now monitors them with help from the International Atomic…