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Campus by the Sea: Adapting the Landscape to Evolving Salinity Elhusseini, Rami; Battikha, George
Journal of Sustainability Perspectives Vol 2, No 1 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Diponegoro

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (763.535 KB) | DOI: 10.14710/jsp.2022.15458

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A lush green campus has been the American University of Beirut (AUB) flagship for the last five decades. The present decade however, saw the water well bear the brunt of growing population, decreased rainfall, and unsustainable consumption[1]. The bliss of the neighboring sea turned into a curse, as the aquifers fell short, and the extraction overload left the water table brackish and polluted. To mitigate the recently increased salinity, we combined the responsible consumption goal with the experiential education, and the innovative use of infrastructure. Water use awareness drove this effort. Luckily, the water network availed (regarding the plan to segregate the brackish network from the main waterlines). Same for the health system (streamlined vaccination program[2]) and the educational facility (greenhouse/nursery labs) both of which were intrinsic to this collaboration. Returning the greenery without spending too much green!Keyword: Innovation in adaptation, SDGs in education, Salinity tolerance, Greenery in brackish settings, Green Metrics Campus
Campus by the Sea: Adapting the Landscape to Evolving Salinity Elhusseini, Rami; Battikha, George
Journal of Sustainability Perspectives Vol 2, No 1 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Diponegoro

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (763.535 KB) | DOI: 10.14710/jsp.2022.15458

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A lush green campus has been the American University of Beirut (AUB) flagship for the last five decades. The present decade however, saw the water well bear the brunt of growing population, decreased rainfall, and unsustainable consumption[1]. The bliss of the neighboring sea turned into a curse, as the aquifers fell short, and the extraction overload left the water table brackish and polluted. To mitigate the recently increased salinity, we combined the responsible consumption goal with the experiential education, and the innovative use of infrastructure. Water use awareness drove this effort. Luckily, the water network availed (regarding the plan to segregate the brackish network from the main waterlines). Same for the health system (streamlined vaccination program[2]) and the educational facility (greenhouse/nursery labs) both of which were intrinsic to this collaboration. Returning the greenery without spending too much green!Keyword: Innovation in adaptation, SDGs in education, Salinity tolerance, Greenery in brackish settings, Green Metrics Campus
From the Cacti Roses Grow: Eco-Governance Turning Political Desert Land to Urban Oases Elhusseini, Rami
Journal of Sustainability Perspectives Vol 5, No 3 (2025)
Publisher : Universitas Diponegoro

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14710/jsp.0.29836

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This study revisits the Arsaali paradox, and the long-standing conflict rooted in the transformation of Arsaal, the largest village of Lebanon’s arid Hermel region, from a traditional agropastoral landscape into an unlikely mosaic of stone fruit orchards. What initially appeared to be a promising agricultural innovation disrupted the fragile equilibrium of miniature transhumance practiced by tribal herders, whose livelihoods depended on the sparse, endemic flora of the quasi-desert. While the orchards paradoxically revitalized local arid agriculture, they gradually displaced pastoral systems, igniting deep sociopolitical unrest. Over two decades ago, the American University of Beirut (AUB), through its Environment and Sustainable Development Unit (ESDU), helped mediate this transformation by fostering participatory land-use planning and cooperative development. The resulting truce withstood even the early years of the Syrian refugee influx and Lebanon’s growing governance vacuum. Today, however, the paradox returns with renewed vigor and pernicious mutations. Intensified climate change, urban sprawl, and accelerating land degradation now threaten not only livelihoods but entire ecosystems. Unregulated pollution, groundwater over-extraction, and veterinary collapse risk exterminating endemic species, alongside the vulnerable human communities sustaining this spiral. In response, AUB re-engages with nature-based solutions, such as Azolla-based wastewater treatment and horizontal-flow constructed wetlands, to restore ecological health, support transhumance traditions, and revive endemic plant and animal life. This strategy anchors biodiversity as a cornerstone of both conservation and peacebuilding. Promoting community stewardship through participatory action research, is grounded in the symbolic legacy of the Kamouh of Hermel, an ancient Pyramid styled mausoleum standing tall amid Hermel’s desert, mystically fusing Seleucid and Assyrian cultures. Our study reframes environmental recovery as a pathway to local empowerment and governance reform in Lebanon’s marginalized hinterlands. We call it Eco-Governance.
From the Cacti Roses Grow: Eco-Governance Turning Political Desert Land to Urban Oases Elhusseini, Rami
Journal of Sustainability Perspectives Vol 5, No 3 (2025)
Publisher : Universitas Diponegoro

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14710/jsp.0.29836

Abstract

This study revisits the Arsaali paradox, and the long-standing conflict rooted in the transformation of Arsaal, the largest village of Lebanon’s arid Hermel region, from a traditional agropastoral landscape into an unlikely mosaic of stone fruit orchards. What initially appeared to be a promising agricultural innovation disrupted the fragile equilibrium of miniature transhumance practiced by tribal herders, whose livelihoods depended on the sparse, endemic flora of the quasi-desert. While the orchards paradoxically revitalized local arid agriculture, they gradually displaced pastoral systems, igniting deep sociopolitical unrest. Over two decades ago, the American University of Beirut (AUB), through its Environment and Sustainable Development Unit (ESDU), helped mediate this transformation by fostering participatory land-use planning and cooperative development. The resulting truce withstood even the early years of the Syrian refugee influx and Lebanon’s growing governance vacuum. Today, however, the paradox returns with renewed vigor and pernicious mutations. Intensified climate change, urban sprawl, and accelerating land degradation now threaten not only livelihoods but entire ecosystems. Unregulated pollution, groundwater over-extraction, and veterinary collapse risk exterminating endemic species, alongside the vulnerable human communities sustaining this spiral. In response, AUB re-engages with nature-based solutions, such as Azolla-based wastewater treatment and horizontal-flow constructed wetlands, to restore ecological health, support transhumance traditions, and revive endemic plant and animal life. This strategy anchors biodiversity as a cornerstone of both conservation and peacebuilding. Promoting community stewardship through participatory action research, is grounded in the symbolic legacy of the Kamouh of Hermel, an ancient Pyramid styled mausoleum standing tall amid Hermel’s desert, mystically fusing Seleucid and Assyrian cultures. Our study reframes environmental recovery as a pathway to local empowerment and governance reform in Lebanon’s marginalized hinterlands. We call it Eco-Governance.
Co-Authors Battikha, George