Articles Tagged with the word ‘desert’
Gardens in the Desert
10 Mar 2009
The creation of Oman Botanic Garden is an aspiring project unlike any other. Commissioned by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said, the Sultan of Oman, it is the very first of its kind in Arabia.
Changing World –Energy
30 Nov 2008
Changing World looks at innovation all around the world from Seawater Greenhouses, how South Africa is investing clean technologies.
Positive News Hong Kong
26 Apr 2006
Positive News is published in Hong Kong in English and Chinese. And is distributed at central Hong Kong's organic vegetarian cafe, Life.
Growing Futures
29 Jun 2005
Tree Aid is an organisation that seeks to eliminate the effects of drought and poverty in the dry lands of Africa, not only by planting trees but also through educational programmes and the pro-vision of equipment. Since 1987 Tree Aid has raised over £3 million pounds, funding 76 projects across Africa and benefiting more than 180,000 people who have...
Mystics peace Plan
29 Dec 2004
Earlier this year, Neil Douglas-Klotz helped co-ordinate the Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace. He believes that the West's interventions of the Middle East have been, at best, ignorant of the Middle Eastern mind and, at worst, manipulative for its own benefit. The recent history of violence and human tragedy on all sides has produced an...
Pioneers for a Saner World
30 Sep 2003
An inspirational biodynamic farming project in Egypt has won a 2003 Right Livelihood Award. Dr Ibrahim Abouleish founded Sekem in 1977 by cultivating 70 hectares of desert north east of Cairo using organic, biodynamic methods, based on the teaching of Rudolf Steiner.