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Beyond Magazine Issue 20 Spring 2016

Plants I.Q.

Words Alia Fawaz Plants dominate every terrestrial environment, composing ninety-nine per cent of the biomass on earth. By comparison, humans and all the other animals...

Meet me in paradise

Words Sanya Shahrasbi and Nabil Michael Barbir Far off in the corner of the world, nestled in Micronesia, lies an isolated country of unparalleled beauty,...

Insatiable Thirst For Truth and Beauty

    With so few trees in the city and so much misery of all kinds surrounding us, how could we ever expect to see a...

The man with a (sustainable) plan

words Jody Jaffe     Illustration Riad Hanna-el-daher Lebanon seems to be constantly teetering on the brink of collapse. The garbage crisis was resolved only...

What climate change costs Lebanon

Words Rania Zahia Experts have been warning us about the negative effects of climate change, which results from the emission of greenhouse gases. In the...

Green wide web

Words Alia Fawaz For decades scientists have been claiming that plants are deeply interconnected and function in synergy. Recently people have begun to compare flora...