Volume 17, No.175, October 2012
CONTENTS
5 Knowledge economy is green by nature (editorial by Najib Saab) 6 Greening our school
20 Fuel-efficient cars for companies guidelines from AFED handbook (cover story)
25 I want a green car
29 Solar water heating in a Saudi university
30 No third-class ministry where there is vision and determination interview with Haidar El-Ali, environment minister in Senegal
32 Kuraymat solar power plant shifts Egypt to renewable energy
40 Ajloun houses: rural development in a Jordanian natural reserve
46 Kent, the garden of Britain
51 Birds mourn their dead
52 Artificial reefs in northern Morocco
54 America’s worst drought
58 Clean energy for India
60 What happened to the Wand river? Iran stopped the flow to Iraqi lands
62 Artificial lakes in the desert
Environment in a month 14 - New science 62 - Environment market 66 – Calendar 68