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A large brown bear rests comfortably in its shelter at a wildlife sanctuary in Aley, Lebanon.

Wild Encounters: Meet the Eco-Warriors and the Endangered Animals They Defend

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Dana Hourany

Man wearing black standing in front of his farm in the border town of Dhayra, South Lebanon. He is surrounded by burnt trees and grass impacted by Israel's White Phosphorus attacks.

In South Lebanon, Cultivating Resistance Against Israel’s “Substance from Hell”

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Dana Hourany Yara El Murr

A group of six Amazigh women sit on the ground shoulder-to-shoulder. They all have their hair and faces partially covered; one of them is talking into a megaphone.

Dismantling the Greenwashing Machine: Strategies From Below

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Lylla Younes

Kids playing football on the sand in the middle of a sandstorm that colors the entire photo golden-yellow.

Lebanon, Radical Hope, and the Natural Economy in the Age of Climate Breakdown

By

Simon Assaf

A composite image of women riding a motorcycle through agricultural fields in Central Bekaa and a snowy mountain range.

Warm Winter Woes: How Global Warming is Affecting Local Agriculture and Food

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Yara El Murr

A composite of people protesting, barrels of toxic waste at a quarry, and a “river of trash”.

Merchants of Death

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The Public Source

Two rows of solar panels installed on land surrounding villa that oversees a village.

Privatizing the Sun: The Dark Side of Lebanon’s “Solar Revolution”

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Julia Choucair Vizoso Yara El Murr

A composite of a forged document claiming the successful incineration of the toxic waste, the Radhost motorship, and the toxic barrels. (Photos © ShipSpotting/Wolfgang Kramer & © Dr. Pierre Malychef from Lab of False Witnesses for Ecotoxicological Research and Communication)

The “Ecological Time Bombs” Unloaded at the Beirut Port Decades Ago

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