Time for an Alternative
Lebanon’s electricity woes are a part of daily life. The constant shift from government-provided power to diesel generators is the norm. And while residents...
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...
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...
See them before they disappear
Words John Gray
Shishmaref, a remote Inupiate Eskimo village with a population of 650 people, has been identified as one of Alaska’s most eroded communities. ...
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin, who in his later years became increasingly passionate about plants; and his son Francis thought of the plant as a kind of...
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...













