Desert Shade
Sustainable tourism finds haven in Israel’s rugged desert
Walking up to Desert Shade Eco-Camp, the buildings look like they belong there, grown straight from the sandy, rocky landscape.
Walking up to Desert Shade Eco-Camp, the buildings look like they belong there, grown straight from the sandy, rocky landscape.
The Gazelle Valley Park and the Jerusalem Bird Observatory are part of the Jerusalem Urban Wildlife Initiative and are shifting the relationship between people and nature.
Nestled in an undisturbed mountain forest high above the Chouf Valley, Bkerzay is Ramzi Salman’s response to the negative changes he witnessed in Lebanon in the years following the civil war.
YOO which means “Up” in Senegalese was picked as a name by Maurizio Pinto, and was assumed by the couple as an upward way for vegetarianism in Essaouira.
Ben Yavnieli founded Eden Social Wood Recycling as a way to preserve discarded wood, and to bring people who work with their hands into a community of their own.
As with any expert pioneering a field of study, Amarna’s business journey was wrought with challenges. Palestinian farmers were skeptical of the agricultural alternative, and investors even more so.
ECO-OS is the first cloud-based operating system to empower companies of all sizes to collect environmental data on its own.
Beirut-based cycling NGO, The Chain Effect, use street art as a way to spread their message of cycling mobility in Lebanon.
Boucherouite means “a scrap from used clothing”, and it is traditionally made using recycled wool, cotton, lurex, and nylon. But now, many of these weavers are having a hard time making ends meet, which is why two young women...
Raowia Lamhar is trying to reduce food waste with a refrigerator she named “Fresh’it”, that works without electricity, keeping food safe and good to eat for up to 15 days, even in the desert.
Verd is an organization started by a group of five college students hoping to transform rocky and sandy soils into usable, fertile ones.
Djebli Club has created an alternative form of sustainable tourism where guests pay by sharing their skills with the local community.