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Beyond Magazine Issue 22 Winter 2017

Cold Comfort Winter casts its magic spell

Words Alia Fawaz What could be more relaxing than sitting on a blanket of whiteness and inhaling the fresh scent of crisp new snow? Winter’s...

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...

Boom Baby Boom It’s a small world, literally

Words Tamara Batshon Over the last one hundred and fifty years, humans have drastically altered the natural environment through industrialization, intensive farming, rapid urbanization, and...

WE CARE, THEREFORE WE ACT: LEBANON’S CORPORATE GREEN CONTRIBUTION

Today companies around the world are leading the way in green initiatives, adopting a wide range of admirable, in-house sustainability practices such as ambitious...

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 –...

Who you calling a polluter? We’re all guilty as charged

Words Tamara Batshon In our day-to-day lives, things that we do routinely cause pollution. Have you ever wondered what pollutes the most?  Is it throwing...