“Nearly seven in 10 Jordanians (69%) support greater efforts to make buildings more energy efficient, and 62% would favor the government requiring businesses to use energy more efficiently, even if this might make some products more expensive.” – Worldopinion.org Survey, conducted in cooperation with the Center for Strategic Studies. Read The Report [h/t: batir]

If you’ve been following the local news this past week you’ll notice Jordan is set to purchase a brand-spanking new nuclear reactor from France, while building the country’s first, 40 megawattwind farm. Meanwhile, the non-stop chatter of oil-shale production (which I can guarantee won’t see efficient, full-scale commercial production for at least another decade) is [...]

This is an “in case you missed it” post. There is a very cool article on 7iber.com that is definitely worth reading, especially if, like me, you are constantly searching for some validation that not all is lost; still searching for hope. Given their socioeconomic environment and actual environment, these kids should be given a [...]

One hour. Sixty minutes. Three thousand and six hundred seconds. Yes. It’s that time of the month again. Tie a string around your finger, program your cell phones or write it on your fridge, bathroom mirror or foreheads by way of reminder. Turn your lights off between 8-9pm tonight! Consider it your monthly 60-minute reminder [...]

Tonight…Thursday…8pm to 9pm…light some candles…join the experiment…tell everyone you know…Turn off your lights…

A few of my delicious pickings from the past few days. Pay particular attention to the more new-media-meets-real-world articles on Facebook and Flickr. I really found those interesting. Makes the world feel a bit smaller than it is. Staring Contest: An Italian man was given a suspended jail sentence for staring too intensely at a [...]

I wanted to point to a recent piece of local news where the government is expected to remove both the 16% sales tax and customs duty on renewable energy devices like solar panels and windmills. It was interesting because a few days ago I was in a meeting where Ahmad Humeid noted the high prices [...]

Last night, Amman joined the list of cities all around the world and turned its lights off in honor of Earth Hour, a WWF initiative to raise awareness about global warming. Here’s a picture of the Capital that I took last night as it was plunged into darkness. Ok, ok, so that picture was totally [...]