When concrete is an ugly shock…
You’re crowding my space!
Words Bassam Alkantar
Beirut’s biggest green space, the Horsh Beirut pine forest, is partially closed to the public. Wherever you walk in...
Stop Playing Dirty It’s time to come clean
Words Malek Hakim
Major global insurance companies are urging G20 leaders to commit to a specific timeline for rapidly phasing out fossil fuel subsidies –...
Thumbs up Bikfaya Biclean helps one municipality take the lead by example
Words Bassam Alkantar
The Lebanese government has said that it will temporarily reopen a landfill and build three new landfills to ease an eight-month rubbish...
The only way is out
Words Bassam Alkantar
Seven months ago, the authorities shut the main landfill site (Naameh) for garbage from the capital, without providing an alternative. Since then, rubbish...
It’s Getting Hot in Here So let’s talk about sex
Words Bassam Alkantar
Climate-warming temperatures might be expected to affect the sex ratio of species if sex determination is temperature-dependent. Several studies show that indirect...
Do Not Disturb
Developments in the mountains may be endangering the vital water cycle
Lebanon, the mountainous terrain with the highest peaks in the Middle East region, is...