Hitting the top notes

Words Alia Fawaz   Heartbeat is a Lebanese NGO that was founded in 2005 by a group of doctors and musicians with big hearts to help...

Deeply moving

Words Louis Parks     Photography Jason Decaires Taylor / Cact Lanzarote A remarkable collection of underwater sculptures highlights the dangers that are faced by...

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 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...

Sidon’s trash turns to treasure

Words Tamara Batshon Many recall the infamous trash mountain in the city of Sidon, which existed for three decades. Now, however, residents of Sidon can...

Once upon a time in Rotterdam: a floating forest

Words John Gray    Photography Olivier Scheffer In today’s urbanized environments we all strive to make our spaces greener.  Whether it’s creating garden landscapes and...