THE SOURCE OF THE TROUBLE

Words Nour Masri * Threats The Qaraoun Catchment feeds Lebanon’s big- gest and longest river, the Litani. This catchment is a critical source of water for...

A GREEN DIRECTION FOR LEBANON

To know more about the green strategies and those that impact public services, Beyond speaks exclusively to Claudine Aoun Roukoz, special advisor to President...

Well, hello there! A new guest in Lebanon bears glad tidings

Words Bassam Alkantar Even though Lebanon has witnessed many environmental tragedies on more than one level, especially in terms of biological degradation, in the last...

We need to keep our oceans clean

The toxic truth of our waste Words Alia Fawaz Midway Atoll is a deserted paradise in the Pacific Ocean approximately halfway between California and East Asia,...

SYMBOLIC GREEN GESTURES

Nature’s gifts cannot be valued in monetary terms. Like clean air, they are often taken for granted, at least until they become scarce.  This...

Goodbye Paris …Trump turns his back on the future

Words Bassam Alkantar In December 2015, after years of negotiations, 195 countries made a new commitment to work together to address global climate change. This...