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Prakti

Check out the initiative asking Jordanians to step up their recycling game

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Eco Hikers

You can now collect trash as you eco-hike through Jordan’s beautiful nature

Journalist Nader Manaseer has been hiking for years, as a way to de-stress and get away from the crush of cars and people inherent to city living.

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Elixir

Meet the entrepreneur shaking the agribusiness scene in Tunisia

Afif Chiboub inherited a passion for agriculture and growing food in the form of over a 93-hectare (230-acre) farmland — a plot tirelessly attended by his 20-member team.

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ECO Food Dehydrators

Food security through dehydrators: a revised ancient food preservation technique

ECO food dehydrators is a project aiming to reduce crop waste by providing farmers with innovative solar food dehydrators for their products.

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Epicerie Verte

Moroccan eco-concious customers can now find organic products via this portal

Epicerie Verte provides a marketplace for artisan businesses, and making it easy for eco-conscious customers to find the goods they need.

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Lama Yulu

Out of tyres’ inner tubing, these Lebanese entrepreneurs are creating nifty accessories

Jana Saleh and Gaston Velenzuela resolved to start their own ethical business by upcycling materials to ecologically reverse the impacts inflicted by the fashion industry.

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Beit al Batroun

This Lebanese guesthouse is giving upcycled materials a sustainable home

This countryside retreat on the Lebanese coast, just 40 minutes from Beirut, is the culmination of dreams for one woman who has an eye for decoration and a taste for good food.

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Kitchen Confidential

Inspired by Bourdain, this business promotes healthy food habits in the city of Beirut

One entrepreneur is trying to provide healthy options to people suffering from celiac disease, while providing healthy, organic food for people with other allergies.

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Nagila Vegan Restaurant

This Jerusalem restaurant combines vegan, kosher and cozy in one homely place

Nestled inconspicuously across from a synagogue and next to an Ethiopian restaurant, Nagila Vegan Restaurant’s charming location is as much a treat for the soul as it is for the stomach.

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ElectroWaste Malta Ltd

This entrepreneur is tackling electronic waste in Malta one gadget at a time

Brian Cardona toured his country, Malta, as well as other European countries to salvage the waste and sustainably upcycle or recycle it.

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Green WATECH

This multi-soil layer system treats water to be used for irrigation purposes

Dr. Lahbib Latrach was pursuing his Ph.D. in environment and water treatment technologies at Cadi Ayyad University in Morocco and Shimane University in Matsue, Japan when he first developed a technology called a “multi-soil layering system”, which is meant...

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Tadhamen

Crossbreeding and animal welfare while aiding society’s most vulnerable

Kaddoussi’s grand scheme evolved from his sheer interest in supporting rural women and the unemployed youth through rewarding collaborations. He calls it Tadhamen which means “solidarity” in Arabic.