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...
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...
Thank you, Governor Riad Salame Lebanon’s first green bus is a gift to the...
Words Sawsan Bou Fakhreddine
How to handle its trash is one of Lebanon’s most pressing problems. In the summer of 2015 it reached a tipping...
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...
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...
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. ...