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Israel: Earth-Friendly Middle East

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 @ 17:28 UTC

by Maya Norton

Countries:: Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria
Topics:: Ideas, Environment, International Relations
Languages:: English

Help Karen Chernick build a list of environmentally friendly blogs in the Middle East. In “Green News from the Blogosphere,”, this Green Prophet author opines: “The truth is that although borders may physically and ideologically separate us, one of the things that we all share is that we are citizens of the earth. And caring about the environment is a concern that can unite us.”

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