Green Prophet, Eco-News is a website and blog featuring clean tech and eco news. It focuses mainly on topics related to the Middle East.
In 2012 the site was reaching almost 200,000 viewers per month. By 2015, more than 20 journalists and analysts report for Green Prophet, following social issues related to the environment, in the Middle East-North Africa region.
History
Green Prophet was founded in 2008 by Karin Kloosterman, an environmental activist from Canada, who moved to the Middle East. At first the website focused on environmental news from Israel. Shortly thereafter it began to publish news and feature articles about environmental topics throughout the Middle East, including eco-faith, solar and wind energy, organic living, sustainable housing, oil independence, science and health.
Green Prophet followed a social experiment in electricity use Masdar City in Abu Dhabi in 2010.