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...
Finding Strength in Numbers
The impact of the Syrian crisis on Lebanon continues to deepen, reaching a scale unprecedented in the history of complex refugee driven emergencies. In...
Wishing upon a star … The search for fusion energy heats up
Words Alia Fawaz
Meeting the world's energy demands is one of the major challenges of our time. Our overdependence on fossil fuels to meet our...
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...
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...
Tree-topping beauty
Words Louis Parks
The world is home to some stunning examples of natural beauty, so much so that the humble tree never seems to appear...