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
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
Our favorite aspect of the design must be its innovative approach to garbage, which is increasingly a maddening problem not only in Morocco, where water ways become polluted, but throughout the region. MORE
The world’s longest solar-powered flight will land in Morocco. Now they have announced plans to break their own record in May or June by flying their Solar Impulse plane from Switzerland to Morocco in preparation of their round-the-world trip scheduled for next year. MORE
Africa’s largest silver mine has been operating in the Atlas mountains since 1969, but the Berber people living in the surrounding villages remain among the most poverty-stricken people in 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
Located in Africa’s Northwestern corner, Morocco has a sewage problem. The country has a long way to go, but unlike Egypt, for example, where raw sewage flows freely into the Nile river , Morocco’s government has a plan. Rocking the “Eco&# Kasbah du Toubkal in Morocco. 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
This beautiful dome-building from Foster & Partners is the first building the firm has completed in Africa. We haven’t always loved Foster & Partners developments in the Middle East. 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
A family near Essaouira, Morocco happily splash around in a natural pool that contains absolutely zero chemicals. Babeth and Guy from Morocco have a whitewashed stone house typical of the area as well as a generous garden. 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
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
The world’s largest solar-powered ship has been out of commission for a while, but she’s back in business for her first 2013 Port of Call in Morocco. 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’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 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
Jørn Utzon spent time in Morocco, where he admired the traditional architecture. In the late 1940′s, long before he experienced the honor of seeing a building he designed named a UNESCO world heritage site , Jørn Utzon traveled to Morocco. 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
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 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
As part of their negotiations with leaders throughout Africa, IRENA is pitching Morocco as the continent’s pilot country. Lessons learned from Morocco. More on Rio+20 and Morocco’s Solar Energy Plans: Israel Takes Messianic Stance at the Rio+20 Conference. 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 Universite Ibn Zohr d ’Agadir called for a powerful design that would pay heed to the vernacular architecture of Southern Morocco. More Inspiring Design From Morocco: Dirty Rubber Recycled into Beautiful Decor in Morocco. MORE
The plant, which will be financed by Attijariwafa Bank, Banque Marocaine du Commerce Extérieur (BMCE) and France’s Banque Populaire, will be built astride the Atlantic ocean in southern Morocco. 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
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI recently visited the site of Mohammed VI Green City, a future “eco” development being built just outside of Benguerir – one of the largest phosphate producing areas in the country. 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
km/h at an altitude of 7,016 meters en route to Madrid, where co-pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg will switch seats before leaving for their final destination Morocco. More on Solar-Power and Morroco: World’s Longest Solar-Powered Flight to Land in Morocco. 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
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
Speaking to Tech Crunch , Sacha Poignonnec, co-CEO of AIH said Easy Taxi will go to eight more countries by the end of 2013, including Morocco, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Ghana, South Africa, Algeria, Tunisia and Angola. 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!).
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Morocco’s King Mohammed VI recently visited the site of Mohammed VI Green City, a future “eco” development being built just outside of Benguerir – one of the largest phosphate producing areas in the country.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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As part of their negotiations with leaders throughout Africa, IRENA is pitching Morocco as the continent’s pilot country. Lessons learned from Morocco. More on Rio+20 and Morocco’s Solar Energy Plans: Israel Takes Messianic Stance at the Rio+20 Conference.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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NOVEMBER 23, 2012
Our favorite aspect of the design must be its innovative approach to garbage, which is increasingly a maddening problem not only in Morocco, where water ways become polluted, but throughout the region.
Green Prophet
MARCH 27, 2011
This beautiful dome-building from Foster & Partners is the first building the firm has completed in Africa. We haven’t always loved Foster & Partners developments in the Middle East.
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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.
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MARCH 29, 2012
The world’s longest solar-powered flight will land in Morocco. Now they have announced plans to break their own record in May or June by flying their Solar Impulse plane from Switzerland to Morocco in preparation of their round-the-world trip scheduled for next year.
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FEBRUARY 7, 2014
Africa’s largest silver mine has been operating in the Atlas mountains since 1969, but the Berber people living in the surrounding villages remain among the most poverty-stricken people in Morocco.
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The world’s largest solar-powered ship has been out of commission for a while, but she’s back in business for her first 2013 Port of Call in Morocco.
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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.
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JANUARY 8, 2012
A family near Essaouira, Morocco happily splash around in a natural pool that contains absolutely zero chemicals. Babeth and Guy from Morocco have a whitewashed stone house typical of the area as well as a generous garden.
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JUNE 7, 2012
The Universite Ibn Zohr d ’Agadir called for a powerful design that would pay heed to the vernacular architecture of Southern Morocco. More Inspiring Design From Morocco: Dirty Rubber Recycled into Beautiful Decor in Morocco.
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JULY 25, 2013
Speaking to Tech Crunch , Sacha Poignonnec, co-CEO of AIH said Easy Taxi will go to eight more countries by the end of 2013, including Morocco, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Ghana, South Africa, Algeria, Tunisia and Angola.
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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
JULY 14, 2011
Located in Africa’s Northwestern corner, Morocco has a sewage problem. The country has a long way to go, but unlike Egypt, for example, where raw sewage flows freely into the Nile river , Morocco’s government has a plan. Rocking the “Eco&# Kasbah du Toubkal in Morocco.
Green Prophet
DECEMBER 6, 2011
Jørn Utzon spent time in Morocco, where he admired the traditional architecture. In the late 1940′s, long before he experienced the honor of seeing a building he designed named a UNESCO world heritage site , Jørn Utzon traveled to Morocco.
Green Prophet
APRIL 27, 2012
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.
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km/h at an altitude of 7,016 meters en route to Madrid, where co-pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg will switch seats before leaving for their final destination Morocco. More on Solar-Power and Morroco: World’s Longest Solar-Powered Flight to Land in Morocco.
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AUGUST 22, 2012
The plant, which will be financed by Attijariwafa Bank, Banque Marocaine du Commerce Extérieur (BMCE) and France’s Banque Populaire, will be built astride the Atlantic ocean in southern Morocco.
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