The Great Green Wall of China

Words Alia Fawaz The Great Green Wall (also known as the Three North Shelterbelt project) is by far the world’s largest tree-planting project. To date 66 billion trees...

Beyond takes you far away from your routine and out into the big, wide...

Alia Fawaz Many of us tend to play it safe when it comes to vacations by going to the most popular destinations. Perhaps it’s time to...

A dam fine solution?

Bassam Alkantar  Increasing water storage capacity is a very practical way to increase water security in Lebanon. A revised set of priorities, including further evaluation of risks and financing, might expedite the construction...

list of blue flagged beaches around the world

Bahamas Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Denmark Dominican Republic England Estonia France French Departments and Territories Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Italy Jordan Latvia Lithuania Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Scotland Serbia Sint Maarten Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden TrinidadAndTobago Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates US Virgin Islands Wales

Making water more transparent: Better governance is the way forward to safeguard resources

Bassam Alkantar According to a newly published report titled The Way Forward to Safeguard Water in Lebanon: National Water Integrity Risk Assessment, “Lebanon’s water resources are under stress from a growing population, rapid urbanisation, economic growth, mismanagement...

What a wonderful world

Pascale Choueiri Saad Yesterday, while driving, I was listening to Louis Armstrong’s famous song. I closed my eyes and saw trees of green, red roses too. I...