By Chiara Appendino By 2030, all countries will be required to contribute to achieving the United Nations’ approved Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Local governments are also called upon to implement these goals. Our work on the NUR (New Urban Resources) Project fulfils our commitment to goal No. 11, the creation of more sustainable cities and […]

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By Ziad Alsayeh Bethlehem, which in Arabic translates to “house of meat” (“house of bread” in Hebrew), is the capital of the governorate by the same name. The city which sits at an elevation of 765 meters above sea level is known for its Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and cold winters. In winter […]

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By Hazem H. Kawasmi A sustainable city is a city whose development tackles three complementary dimensions, namely: economic, social, and environmental. Building sustainable cities means building inclusive, resilient, and sustainable communities – inclusive in terms of community participation in the planning and oversight of infrastructure sub-projects and environmentally sustainable in terms of cleanliness and efficiency, […]

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A Future Sustainable Hub By Georgina andRafael Abboud As the world’s population grows, architects of this generation should alter the concept of design to wisely accommodate this growth. Our vision should focus on increasing efforts to introduce new self-sufficient, eco-friendly buildings that can serve various needs. Ecological architects are desperately working to create viable building […]

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By Suleiman Abu Muferreh Integrated solid waste management considers waste prevention, minimization, generation, treatment, source recovery, and disposal as well as its impact on environmental, social, and health aspects, even years after final disposal. Many countries have achieved advanced status in waste treatment while others are still trying; some countries or cities are even considering […]

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By Guglielmo Giordano The environment is a significant issue for the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) as a whole, and for Palestine in particular, as the Palestinian population faces economic crises, wars, uncertainty, food precarity, and unending social problems. Environmental issues matter because Palestinians in their homeland have the right to quality air, food, […]

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By Francesca Costero,Claudio Daniele,Salvatore Guida In the framework of the New Urban Resources (NUR) Project, vocational training was prioritized to help build the vocational skills of Palestinian youth. Developing vocational skills was entrusted to EnAIP Piemonte, a nonprofit association that operates nationally and internationally to service youth, workers, and companies, and VIS – Volontariato Internazionale […]

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Rena Lenchitz September 5, 2021 To alleviate concerns over water scarcity, wastewater reclamation has emerged as a trusty solution to provide adequate water resources. But even after rounds of treatment procedures, is it safe to use? New Israeli research sheds light on the issue. Between the hot, blistering summers, the severe lack of precipitation, and […]

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Amnon Direktor and Max Kaplan-Zantopp August 5, 2021 With each passing summer, cities are getting hotter and more unbearable. With the demand for cooling at an all-time high, a new Israeli study investigates the real-scale benefits of living green buildings on the urban environment and human health. You don’t realize how small you are until […]

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Yonatan Sar and Max Kaplan-Zantopp Make Forests Resilient Again August 22, 2021 With climate change warnings reaching unprecedented new levels, how will our forests cope? A new study reveals how effective Israeli forests are in sequestering carbon from the atmosphere and what needs to be done to improve their resiliency to the climate crisis. In […]

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Tabele of Contents – Issue 280 (selected articles to follow) Message from the Editor … Two Cities in Transition … Supporting Environmental Sustainability in Palestine … Humans and the Environment … Supporting the COVID-19 Response in Bethlehem … Enabling Sustainable Energy for Bethlehem Residents … Sustainable Cities … Developing Social Business in Palestine … Spotlight […]

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The world is getting more serious about climate change and the impact that it has on our planet. As such, it is not enough to rely on governments to help fix the issues at hand. These Israeli companies are helping make the world a better place by focusing their efforts on new technologies and services […]

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A new report makes the case that disasters are interconnected and that piecemeal solutions will continue to fall short. By Radmilla Suleymanova 8 Sep 2021 Given the ever-increasing frequency of severe weather events, human-made catastrophes and epidemics, piecemeal and fragmented responses will fail to address root causes and may in fact compound the challenges, a new […]

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Aug 19 (Reuters) – Returning to power in Afghanistan after a 20-year absence, the Taliban have regained control of natural resources that a former mines minister of the country once said could be worth up to $3 trillion. That estimate was made toward the end of the last commodities supercycle in 2010 and could be […]

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Emissions in Israel increased by 14 percent in 2020 compared with the previous year and stem partly from the increased production capacity of several factoriesSend in e-mailSend in e-mail Zafrir Rinat Aug. 30, 2021 Around two-thirds of the carcinogenic or suspected carcinogenic emissions in Israel in 2020 came from the illegal burning of waste, mainly […]

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Plastic packaging and discarded fishing nets bob in the tranquil waters of the Mediterranean, signs of the choking pollution that has stirred strong feelings at the world conservation congress in the French port city Marseille this week.   “The Mediterranean is the most beautiful sea in the world… and one of the most polluted,” said Danielle […]

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Illegal dumping often carried out deliberately by waste collection contractors to save transportation costs and landfill fees is a major source of pollution and danger to public health, new report says Zafrir Rinat Sep. 9, 2021 Last week a water cannon was used to fight an underground fire that raged at an illegal landfill in […]

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Sep 09,2021   The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) on Thursday said that mining, in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, poses a serious threat to “everything unique in the reserve”; its local community, trees, flora and fauna (Photo courtesy of RSCN) AMMAN — The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) on […]

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Sep 09,2021   AMMAN — A Daehan Wind Power Company (DHWP) owned wind project was launched on Thursday in Tafileh govenorate, the southern region. Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Hala Zawati, during the ceremony, said that the 52-megawatt wind project with a projected annual output of 155 gigawatt hours a year, is part of […]

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Energy ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon on Wednesday agreed a plan to bring gas and electricity to crisis-hit Lebanon at a meeting in Amman. Egypt’s minister for oil and mines Tarek al-Molla said that his country would “be ready to transfer gas (to Lebanon) as soon as possible” via the transnational Arab Gas […]

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