INDUSTRY INSIGHTS YOUR PEERS ARE READING
These are just some the images and experiences of Morocco that will forever be engraved on my mind. Severed goat heads, bloody and besieged by flies, lay side-by-side on a butcher’s slab. MORE
Their facility in Morocco’s UNESCO-protected Argan Biosphere Reserve – just a skip from Agadir’s popular beaches – has won a bevy of green accolades that distinguishes it as one of the most sustainable such eco-tourism establishments in the entire country (if not the Magreb!). MORE
Morocco, a state thriving mainly on tourism as its primary source of foreign exchange, has manifold ventures to offer. Fez, being the signature cultural city of Morocco, holds many talents of leather artistry hidden inside the clustered bazaars. The men of the desert. MORE
The train system runs like clockwork in Morocco. Related : Stop TGV campaign challenges Morocco’s high speed rail initiative. This is really important as anyone who has ever traveled by train in Morocco can tell you. It’s fast, easy and safe. MORE
The Arab World’s superstar, Morocco’s longstanding exploitation of natural resources in the Western Sahara casts a dark shadow on the country’s reputation. Why, you ask, would Morocco be interested in the Western Sahara? Will Morocco continue to look the other way. MORE
A huge hydro-wind hybrid power station will double Morocco’s entire installed hydropower capacity – and be a world’s first. Quite aside from the innovation aspect, the size of the project would double Morocco’s existing hydropower, rated at 1,205 MW. MORE
The UN organization is alerting North Africa’s Algeria, Libya, Mauritania and Morocco to prepare for the likely arrival of Desert Locust swarms from the Sahel in West Africa in the coming weeks. Food & Health Algeria food security Libya locusts Morocco pesticides MORE
Built by a British-Berber partnership and hugged by one of the most stunning vistas you can imagine, the Kasbah du Toubkal is an absolute must, a once-in-a-lifetime experience for anyone traveling to Morocco. The Kasbah was a highlight of my trip to Morocco. MORE
Morocco has persuaded foreign investors to underwrite a $9 billion solar power project. Since 1975, Morocco has controlled most of the Western Sahara, one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world. MORE
The companies Acciona and TSK will be meeting in Dubai to discuss the challenges and opportunities of constructing the Noor I CSP plant in Morocco. Join in on their panel discussion on Morocco’s CSP industry and the lessons learnt on site in Ouarzazate. Energy Morocco Solar Energy MORE
Saudi Arabia gives Morocco a sunny boost, but Joseph looks at Morocco’s bigger renewable energy picture: an aim to use 42% renewables by 2020. To meet Morocco’s electricity needs, the government has adopted and is implementing a three-phase strategy. MORE
For example, a previous Green Prophet article “ Morocco’s Berbers Had Water Management Sorted “, reveals how water management interventions led by the Word Bank replaced traditional water systems and eventually resulted in even poorer social and environmental outcomes. MORE
In some areas of Morocco, over 50 percent of fig cultivars have therefore disappeared, and figs decay, unharvested, on the tree branch. She spent 2014-2015 in Morocco as a Critical Languages and Boren scholar. Health figs Morocco Ouezzane MORE
Whenever I read the news about Syria’s refugee and environmental crisis I wonder how Syria’s dictator Bashar Al-Assad’s wife Asma al-Assad, once so vocal about the natural environment (even biking to the West Bank in the past), can let her husband keep this madness up. MORE
” Once the pilots have visited the construction site of Morocco’s first solar-thermal plant in Ouarzazate and their trip to Morocco is complete, they will begin to prepare for the next step of their remarkable journey: to fly around the world relying only on the sun for power. MORE
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is pushing to revive a thirty year old plan to build a submarine rail link between Morocco and Spain , local Moroccan press reports. Still, if the project does lift off, it could be completed as soon as 2025. :: Morocco World News. MORE
Twikes have been around for 15 years, but they have only now made their way to Morocco. A hybrid electric vehicle on three wheels, this ergonomic two seater can travel 10,000km on the equivalent of just 50 liters of fuel, and you can ride one yourself. MORE
Every year thousands of Europeans head to Morocco for a cheap trip; hopefully more will travel the eco-friendly way. To get to the camp, visitors will drive about seven hours south of Marrakech, a journey that passes through some of Morocco’s most compelling and winding vistas. MORE
By the end of the decade, Morocco hopes to generate a full 2,000 megawatts of wind energy , but for now, the North African country needs all the help it can get from foreign investors. At the end of two decades, Africa’s largest wind plant to date will be owned by Morocco. MORE
Morocco’s zero-carbon car factory opening earlier this month, via NY Times. Morocco has only one car plant in Casablanca and seeks to develop its car industry further with Renault Group which will be exempt from both corporate and export taxes for five years. MORE
Morocco has activated the Noor I concentrated solar power (CSP) plant, the first part of a three-phase development in the Sahara Desert intended to supply more than a million homes with electricity by 2018. MORE
Morocco is now battling the impacts of excess demand for “red-gold” sea weed, an alternative to animal-sourced gelatins for strict vegetarians. Killing Morocco’s ecosystem and society. Lifestyle food halal kosher marine life Morocco vegans Vegetarian vegeware MORE
Morocco recently announced that it has pre-selected several solar power producers to build two additional concentrated solar power plants (CSP) in Ourzazate. Energy Abengoa Acwa Power cleantech concentrated solar power MASEN Morocco solar plans ONEE World Bank Clean Technology Fund MORE
Mars rock rarer than gold and called Tissint falls in Morocco. Scientists have just confirmed that a meteor shower that brought a 15 pound rock hurtling into Morocco really did come from Mars. Travel & Nature Morocco weird science MORE
Morocco to invest 8 billion Euros in renewables over the next 8 years. Despite unrest in the Arab world, Morocco has remained a relatively stable environment socially and financially. Energy alternative energy Casablanca Germany green investment Morocco renewable energy Solar Energy MORE
International water management policies in Morocco have disrupted the Berber’s perfectly good and longstanding system. In 2009 I travelled to the High Atlas mountain region of Morocco to reach some friends that ran an eco-lodge in a very lonesome village with a wholesome lifestyle. MORE
In keeping with Morocco’s ambitions to amp up the nation’s solar energy production , Archi5 submitted a brief for a renewably-powered museum to the Moroccan Minister of Culture in 2010. MORE
Morocco already has the world’s most ambitious solar target. Morocco’s ascendance in renewable development is continuing apace. Currently, Morocco has 280 MW of wind energy. Now it is starting on wind. MORE
Claiming the the World Bank’s Clean Technology Fund is supposed to be used to alleviate poverty, a British group is objecting to the use of World Bank funds in Morocco to deploy a Desertec solar project in Morocco that will export power to Europe. MORE
The free EneR event is a networking and investment platform for those interested in Morocco’s renewable energy markets happening later this month in Casablanca. Morocco is wild, yet for the average business or tourist traveler tame and safe. Consider investing in Morocco. MORE
Illustration credit: Richie King, Quartz ; (click for larger image). via www.yahoo.com. I prefer bourbon. Unlike vodka, it has a flavor. And I refuse to call it whiskey. I don't know why MORE
The factory is the first-ever organic nut-processing system in Morocco. Built by the Ministry of Agriculture and HAF, and co-managed with Idrarn Cooperative, partners who are pioneers in developing organic agriculture in Morocco. MORE
The German renewable energy giant Siemens Energy has just secured its first wind turbine orders within Africa, with orders for two new wind farms going up in Morocco. Plus - Siemens is one of the biggest backers of the Desertec Initiative – now beginning in Morocco. MORE
But there is one thing always true about Morocco: the sun always shines. Foreign firms are eager to bank on Morocco’s attractive feed-in tariffs and catch some healthy profits from our sun. Energy Martifer Solar Morocco Portugal pv Solar Energy MORE
Women in rural Morocco are often responsible for the grueling task of trekking miles to collect fuel for cooking, which requires not only energy but also time that might have been used developing or applying other skills. Desertec Begins: 500MW Solar Power in Morocco by 2012. MORE
They documented their first 1500 kilometer trip through Peru and Bolivia and now they’re taking on 2,000 kilometers through Morocco. Click here to view the embedded video. Adam Colton, Paul Kent, and Aaron Enevoldsen are longboarding their way around the world. The videos follow their gnarly adventures through incredible landscapes, rough terrain, steep mountain passes and crazy speeds—all with a bit of humor. MORE
Slipping into Morocco from India, I wondered how I would feel would it still hold the same fas. Adventure Arts & Culture Atlas Mountains culinary experience Essaouira Marrakech Morocco Peggy Markel MORE
Retreaters must pay their way to Morocco, but after that, the retreat is 295 euros, inclusive. Travel & Nature eco-travel meditation Morocco retreat Sahara desertThe Sahara. MORE
If you thought that women from the Middle East and North Africa all wear drab black blankets over the head and stay home to cook dinner, these colorful photos by Moroccan-born artist Hassan Hajjaj might challenge that notion. MORE
Now based in Morocco, Dole incorporated local and natural materials into the design process to soften the rubber, adding color and a grace that belies the origin of these once wasted materials. Foster & Partners Finish Gorgeous Green Building in Morocco. MORE
Marrakesh also known as the “Ochre City” is my favorite place in Morocco. Read more about our adventures in Morocco: Staying at the Exclusive Kasbah du Toubkal. Morocco and Egypt Eye Eco-Tourism Markets. MORE
Spotted over on Brownbook Magazine , The Slaughterhouse is an exciting new space for artists in what has become one of Morocco’s most bustling commercial centers. MORE
Paris Gives Morocco’s Solar Plan a Frank Chance ). So why Morocco? Like Israel, Morocco has an energy balance heavily weighted against it by the need to import fossil fuels. With no fossil-fuel production capacity, Morocco has to import all its fuel requirements. MORE
Morocco Related Topics Elephant Journal
JUNE 3, 2015
Slipping into Morocco from India, I wondered how I would feel would it still hold the same fas. Adventure Arts & Culture Atlas Mountains culinary experience Essaouira Marrakech Morocco Peggy Markel
Green Prophet
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Morocco, a state thriving mainly on tourism as its primary source of foreign exchange, has manifold ventures to offer. Fez, being the signature cultural city of Morocco, holds many talents of leather artistry hidden inside the clustered bazaars. The men of the desert.
Green Prophet
JANUARY 18, 2012
Mars rock rarer than gold and called Tissint falls in Morocco. Scientists have just confirmed that a meteor shower that brought a 15 pound rock hurtling into Morocco really did come from Mars. Travel & Nature Morocco weird science
Green Prophet
MARCH 18, 2014
The companies Acciona and TSK will be meeting in Dubai to discuss the challenges and opportunities of constructing the Noor I CSP plant in Morocco. Join in on their panel discussion on Morocco’s CSP industry and the lessons learnt on site in Ouarzazate. Energy Morocco Solar Energy
Green Prophet
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
Morocco has persuaded foreign investors to underwrite a $9 billion solar power project. Since 1975, Morocco has controlled most of the Western Sahara, one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world.
Green Prophet
AUGUST 6, 2013
Morocco recently announced that it has pre-selected several solar power producers to build two additional concentrated solar power plants (CSP) in Ourzazate. Energy Abengoa Acwa Power cleantech concentrated solar power MASEN Morocco solar plans ONEE World Bank Clean Technology Fund
Green Prophet
DECEMBER 1, 2014
But there is one thing always true about Morocco: the sun always shines. Foreign firms are eager to bank on Morocco’s attractive feed-in tariffs and catch some healthy profits from our sun. Energy Martifer Solar Morocco Portugal pv Solar Energy
Green Prophet
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
In some areas of Morocco, over 50 percent of fig cultivars have therefore disappeared, and figs decay, unharvested, on the tree branch. She spent 2014-2015 in Morocco as a Critical Languages and Boren scholar. Health figs Morocco Ouezzane
Green Prophet
DECEMBER 22, 2011
Marrakesh also known as the “Ochre City” is my favorite place in Morocco. Read more about our adventures in Morocco: Staying at the Exclusive Kasbah du Toubkal. Morocco and Egypt Eye Eco-Tourism Markets.
Green Prophet
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
A huge hydro-wind hybrid power station will double Morocco’s entire installed hydropower capacity – and be a world’s first. Quite aside from the innovation aspect, the size of the project would double Morocco’s existing hydropower, rated at 1,205 MW.
Green Prophet
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
The German renewable energy giant Siemens Energy has just secured its first wind turbine orders within Africa, with orders for two new wind farms going up in Morocco. Plus - Siemens is one of the biggest backers of the Desertec Initiative – now beginning in Morocco.
Green Prophet
OCTOBER 29, 2014
Morocco is now battling the impacts of excess demand for “red-gold” sea weed, an alternative to animal-sourced gelatins for strict vegetarians. Killing Morocco’s ecosystem and society. Lifestyle food halal kosher marine life Morocco vegans Vegetarian vegeware
Green Prophet
OCTOBER 31, 2011
The free EneR event is a networking and investment platform for those interested in Morocco’s renewable energy markets happening later this month in Casablanca. Morocco is wild, yet for the average business or tourist traveler tame and safe. Consider investing in Morocco.
Wend Magazine
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
They documented their first 1500 kilometer trip through Peru and Bolivia and now they’re taking on 2,000 kilometers through Morocco. Click here to view the embedded video. Adam Colton, Paul Kent, and Aaron Enevoldsen are longboarding their way around the world. The videos follow their gnarly adventures through incredible landscapes, rough terrain, steep mountain passes and crazy speeds—all with a bit of humor.
Green Prophet
MARCH 18, 2014
The train system runs like clockwork in Morocco. Related : Stop TGV campaign challenges Morocco’s high speed rail initiative. This is really important as anyone who has ever traveled by train in Morocco can tell you. It’s fast, easy and safe.
Green Prophet
JANUARY 2, 2013
Retreaters must pay their way to Morocco, but after that, the retreat is 295 euros, inclusive. Travel & Nature eco-travel meditation Morocco retreat Sahara desertThe Sahara.
Green Prophet
JUNE 13, 2015
The factory is the first-ever organic nut-processing system in Morocco. Built by the Ministry of Agriculture and HAF, and co-managed with Idrarn Cooperative, partners who are pioneers in developing organic agriculture in Morocco.
Green Prophet
MAY 21, 2012
Claiming the the World Bank’s Clean Technology Fund is supposed to be used to alleviate poverty, a British group is objecting to the use of World Bank funds in Morocco to deploy a Desertec solar project in Morocco that will export power to Europe.
Green Prophet
MAY 26, 2011
Morocco to invest 8 billion Euros in renewables over the next 8 years. Despite unrest in the Arab world, Morocco has remained a relatively stable environment socially and financially. Energy alternative energy Casablanca Germany green investment Morocco renewable energy Solar Energy
Green Prophet
OCTOBER 18, 2015
Whenever I read the news about Syria’s refugee and environmental crisis I wonder how Syria’s dictator Bashar Al-Assad’s wife Asma al-Assad, once so vocal about the natural environment (even biking to the West Bank in the past), can let her husband keep this madness up.
Green Prophet
OCTOBER 3, 2012
Saudi Arabia gives Morocco a sunny boost, but Joseph looks at Morocco’s bigger renewable energy picture: an aim to use 42% renewables by 2020. To meet Morocco’s electricity needs, the government has adopted and is implementing a three-phase strategy.
Green Prophet
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
These are just some the images and experiences of Morocco that will forever be engraved on my mind. Severed goat heads, bloody and besieged by flies, lay side-by-side on a butcher’s slab.
Green Prophet
JUNE 5, 2012
” Once the pilots have visited the construction site of Morocco’s first solar-thermal plant in Ouarzazate and their trip to Morocco is complete, they will begin to prepare for the next step of their remarkable journey: to fly around the world relying only on the sun for power.
Green Prophet
OCTOBER 23, 2012
The UN organization is alerting North Africa’s Algeria, Libya, Mauritania and Morocco to prepare for the likely arrival of Desert Locust swarms from the Sahel in West Africa in the coming weeks. Food & Health Algeria food security Libya locusts Morocco pesticides
Green Prophet
JULY 8, 2011
Built by a British-Berber partnership and hugged by one of the most stunning vistas you can imagine, the Kasbah du Toubkal is an absolute must, a once-in-a-lifetime experience for anyone traveling to Morocco. The Kasbah was a highlight of my trip to Morocco.
Green Prophet
FEBRUARY 17, 2014
If you thought that women from the Middle East and North Africa all wear drab black blankets over the head and stay home to cook dinner, these colorful photos by Moroccan-born artist Hassan Hajjaj might challenge that notion.
Green Prophet
JANUARY 10, 2012
Morocco already has the world’s most ambitious solar target. Morocco’s ascendance in renewable development is continuing apace. Currently, Morocco has 280 MW of wind energy. Now it is starting on wind.
Green Prophet
JULY 15, 2013
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is pushing to revive a thirty year old plan to build a submarine rail link between Morocco and Spain , local Moroccan press reports. Still, if the project does lift off, it could be completed as soon as 2025. :: Morocco World News.
Green Prophet
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
Delegates from around the world have gathered in Morocco to determine the fate of a fish.
Green Prophet
FEBRUARY 21, 2016
Morocco has activated the Noor I concentrated solar power (CSP) plant, the first part of a three-phase development in the Sahara Desert intended to supply more than a million homes with electricity by 2018.
Green Prophet
DECEMBER 23, 2012
For example, a previous Green Prophet article “ Morocco’s Berbers Had Water Management Sorted “, reveals how water management interventions led by the Word Bank replaced traditional water systems and eventually resulted in even poorer social and environmental outcomes.
Green Prophet
JANUARY 18, 2012
International water management policies in Morocco have disrupted the Berber’s perfectly good and longstanding system. In 2009 I travelled to the High Atlas mountain region of Morocco to reach some friends that ran an eco-lodge in a very lonesome village with a wholesome lifestyle.
Green Prophet
AUGUST 17, 2013
Twikes have been around for 15 years, but they have only now made their way to Morocco. A hybrid electric vehicle on three wheels, this ergonomic two seater can travel 10,000km on the equivalent of just 50 liters of fuel, and you can ride one yourself.
Green Prophet
MAY 20, 2012
Women in rural Morocco are often responsible for the grueling task of trekking miles to collect fuel for cooking, which requires not only energy but also time that might have been used developing or applying other skills. Desertec Begins: 500MW Solar Power in Morocco by 2012.
Green Prophet
AUGUST 17, 2011
Paris Gives Morocco’s Solar Plan a Frank Chance ). So why Morocco? Like Israel, Morocco has an energy balance heavily weighted against it by the need to import fossil fuels. With no fossil-fuel production capacity, Morocco has to import all its fuel requirements.
Green Prophet
FEBRUARY 10, 2013
By the end of the decade, Morocco hopes to generate a full 2,000 megawatts of wind energy , but for now, the North African country needs all the help it can get from foreign investors. At the end of two decades, Africa’s largest wind plant to date will be owned by Morocco.
Green Prophet
MAY 28, 2012
Their facility in Morocco’s UNESCO-protected Argan Biosphere Reserve – just a skip from Agadir’s popular beaches – has won a bevy of green accolades that distinguishes it as one of the most sustainable such eco-tourism establishments in the entire country (if not the Magreb!).
Green Prophet
MAY 10, 2012
Now based in Morocco, Dole incorporated local and natural materials into the design process to soften the rubber, adding color and a grace that belies the origin of these once wasted materials. Foster & Partners Finish Gorgeous Green Building in Morocco.
Green Prophet
OCTOBER 20, 2013
Spotted over on Brownbook Magazine , The Slaughterhouse is an exciting new space for artists in what has become one of Morocco’s most bustling commercial centers.
Green Prophet
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
Every year thousands of Europeans head to Morocco for a cheap trip; hopefully more will travel the eco-friendly way. To get to the camp, visitors will drive about seven hours south of Marrakech, a journey that passes through some of Morocco’s most compelling and winding vistas.
Green Prophet
JULY 8, 2011
The Arab World’s superstar, Morocco’s longstanding exploitation of natural resources in the Western Sahara casts a dark shadow on the country’s reputation. Why, you ask, would Morocco be interested in the Western Sahara? Will Morocco continue to look the other way.
Environmental Economics
JANUARY 28, 2014
Illustration credit: Richie King, Quartz ; (click for larger image). via www.yahoo.com. I prefer bourbon. Unlike vodka, it has a flavor. And I refuse to call it whiskey. I don't know why
Green Prophet
OCTOBER 16, 2012
In keeping with Morocco’s ambitions to amp up the nation’s solar energy production , Archi5 submitted a brief for a renewably-powered museum to the Moroccan Minister of Culture in 2010.
101 
Let's personalize your content