Green Prophet is a news website that covers clean technology and sustainable news about the Middle East.[1][2] It focuses mainly on topics related to the Middle East.[3][4]
In 2012, the site was reaching almost 200,000 viewers per month.[2] By 2015, more than 20 journalists and analysts reported for Green Prophet, following social issues related to the environment, in the Middle East-North Africa region.[citation needed]
History
editGreen Prophet was founded in 2008 by Karin Kloosterman, an environmental activist from Canada, who moved to the Middle East.[5] At first the website focused on environmental news from Israel.[6][failed verification] Shortly thereafter it began to publish news and feature articles about environmental topics throughout the Middle East, including eco-faith, solar and wind energy, organic living, sustainable housing,[7] oil independence, science and health. Over the years Karin reports being one of the "biggest friends to the enemy states",[8] because she works from Israel, a society with freedom of speech for Zionists only,[9] she is able to write about the atrocities reported to her secretly from people in Iran, Iraq, Egypt, who might "disappear" for social, environmental action.
Green Prophet followed a social experiment in electricity use Masdar City in Abu Dhabi in 2010.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Green Prophet's Top 7 Mideast Eco-Tourism Spots". Trehugger, Jennifer Hattam August 8, 2009
- ^ a b "Eco-Muslims Greening the Earth", Aquila Style Magazine, By Laila Achmad, Friday, 31st August 2012
- ^ Daniel E. Orenstein; Alon Tal; Char Miller (1 December 2012). Between Ruin and Restoration: An Environmental History of Israel. University of Pittsburgh Pre. pp. 348–. ISBN 978-0-8229-7811-4.
- ^ "Roots of Justice, Green Shoots of Hope". Peace x Peace, March 2012 -By Mary Liepold
- ^ "The Mideast’s Environmental “Prophet”", The Green Edge, The Cutting Edge News, Ruth Eglash, September 11th 2011
- ^ "Green news harvest: 500-mile fuel cell car, Linux gets 'green flag'". CNET, Martin LaMonica, June 10, 2008
- ^ "An Interview With Karin Kloosterman, Editor of greenprophet.com" Archived 2008-05-31 at the Wayback Machine. New Vilna Review, May 27, 2008
- ^ "She Joined the Tribe and Thrived". 14 June 2018.
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/22/an-atmosphere-of-fear-free-speech-under-threat-in-israel-activists-say
- ^ "Masdar City’s Hidden Brain". ARPA Journal. by Gökçe Günel May 15, 2014