TEDx CarthageWomen in Tunisia Sells Out in 4 Minutes
After the success of TEDx Hiriya in Israel which focused on sustainability, its now the turn of TEDx Carthage, which will be held on the 8th of December in Tunisia. That’s right, one thousand seats...
View ArticleTunisia’s handmade tiles risk disappearing forever
The history of handmade tiles in Tunisia is fascinating. Green Prophet digs deep between the tiles of a rundown factory in Roman Neapolis, Nabeul, a historic tile making center in Tunisia, to discover...
View ArticleShale gas and fracking lies exposed in Tunisia by local bloggers
The fight against shale gas extraction through hydraulic fracturing continues in Tunisia where governments are lying and the water weary warn of disasters ahead. Last year, in November 2012, Shell was...
View ArticleDriba Atelier in Tunis – the bliss of unpretentious anarchic creativism
The Driba Atelier (or L’atelier Driba) in Tunis is one of those unique places that emanate a natural and humble love for creativity. Their motto “on travail pour le plaisir et avec plaisir” (we work...
View ArticleTen months, 7000 miles of earth, a bike, and a Tunisian passport
In 2010 Arafet Ben Marzou, like an increasing number of Tunisians, began to reach his personal limits of frustration when he saw his home country digress towards a political, religious and economic...
View ArticleMysterious mass fish die-off in Tunisia sparks world-ending debate (video)
Earlier this month several Tunisians in Hammamet, Sphax and Mahdia woke up to their beaches infested with dead fish and jelly fish, a beached whale in Tunis, off the coast of Sidi Bou Saïd was also...
View ArticleSand and Salt Siege film to highlight Tunisia’s eco struggles
A Siege of Salt and Sand (trailer), a new documentary film about Tunisia, promises to be an important motivator in redefining the current political agenda towards adapting to climate change and...
View ArticleTunisia’s eco-conscious start-up: Exploralis
As I enter Arafet Ben Marzou’s new “office” at the top floor of an apartment building facing the lakes in Tunis, I am met with a very familiar feeling: that silicon valley, young brains, start-up...
View ArticleWhy donkeys should be the new garbage truck
Tunisians are famous the world over for trash selfies. Now simple calculations made by this Green Prophet shows that Tunisia, and many other countries in the MENA region, could spend at least three...
View ArticleBreast milk reveals how many banned pesticides plague Tunisians
Rachel Carson would be shocked: A recent study has found that the concentrations of banned chemicals like PCBs, DDT and organochlorines found in human breast milk of women sampled throughout Tunisia...
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