Going to court to protect human rights is becoming an important tool in the fight against climate change. Courtrooms around the world have become one of the front lines for those seeking to limit the scale of the climate crisis. The main reason for the lawsuits is the inaction or too weak policy of most […]
Zubair Small Enterprises Centre (Zubair SEC)’s member company Recycling Services and Oasis Water Company, leading manufacturer of pure drinking water, have renewed their waste management agreement. As Times of Oman reports, it was attended by Al Sahib, Director of Zubair SEC. Facilitated by Zubair SEC, Recycling Services and Oasis Water Company recently signed a waste […]
All over the world, more and more young people are leading environmental causes, putting their voices, skills and ideas towards making positive change. Tapping into the vast potential of Oman’s own youth population, and supported by the Ministry of Education (MoE), the Environment Society of Oman (ESO) and its partners, Veolia Oman and Emily’s Garden, […]
Oman International Development and Investment Company (Ominvest) signed an agreement with ‘Oman In Focus’ as the main partner for the first-of-its-kind video production ‘Not Discovered Yet’, to promote the wildlife and natural beauty of Oman. The agreement was signed by AbdulAziz Mohammed Al Balushi, Group CEO, Ominvest, and Maisa Fahad Al Hooti, Founder and CEO, […]
Today, we all probably have a hard time imagining our lives without such a convenient means of personal hygiene as wet wipes. And most of us don’t even think about whether they are harmful to the environment and human health. The answer is unequivocally yes. Wet wipes contain plastic, which means that they do not […]
Let’s watch a new Netflix documentary and learn about the impact of commercial fishing. Fishing nets pollute the world’s oceans and harm marine life more than plastic tubes. Dolphins do not suffer the most from dolphinariums, but from being caught in nets while fishing. Fish farms are no better, because they create a lot of […]
More than 900 saplings of mangroves have been planted by the Oman Environment Authority in Khor Al Qurim in the Wilayat of Al Musanna, Times of Oman reports. Environment Authority said in its statement: “Within the framework of the National Initiative project to plant 10 million trees and with the aim of preserving and rehabilitating […]
Oman is among the top five safest countries in the world for expatriates, according to a new global report that ranks countries on the basis of how easy they are for foreign nationals to live in, Times of Oman reports. Oman is ranked fifth among 59 of the countries polled, with only the United Arab […]
The film “Minamata” by Andrew Levitas was first released in May, 2021. For viewers who follow the latest cinema news, it became a long-awaited one, since the release of the film was delayed for a year due to the pandemic. This is a new role for Johnny Depp, this time he’s not playing a pirate, […]
The culture of waste management is developing rapidly. Until the 2000s, we hardly knew about the importance of sorting, nor about the separate disposal of hazardous waste, nor about incineration. And although incineration as a method of waste disposal appeared a long time ago (the first factories in New York were established in 1895), only […]
