Author: EcoLife

    Beauty without victims: why animal experiments should be banned

    Despite the efforts of many animal rights activists, the phenomenon of animal testing still exists. However, it is cruel, inhumane, and often wholly unjustified, as the results of animal experiments are outdated and unreliable. Let’s get acquainted with the story by Olexandr Grushak, representative of the UA Plant-Based campaign. *** Since 1979, April 24 has […]

    The Red Sea Development Company wins BIM Kitemark for digital project delivery

    The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism project, has become the first asset owner in the world to achieve the prestigious BIM Project Kitemark for its digital project delivery and adoption of building information modeling (BIM) aligned to ISO 19650, awarded by the British Standards Institution (BSI), […]

    A plastic museum was opened in Indonesia

    In eastern Java, in Gresik County, a museum has opened, made up of ten thousand plastic bottles, bags, straws, and other waste. They were collected from beaches and littered rivers. The museum should remind about the ecological crisis and pollution of the oceans, Reuters reports. In the center of the exposition, there is a statue […]

    Soft power of Azraq eco-organization: Information is Key

    Founded in 2018, Azraq NGO is a very young organization. But in a short period of its existence, it was able to turn into a nationwide environmental protection movement. Their eco-projects are impressive not only because of their diversity, though they include everything from protection of sharks and dolphins, planting mangrove seedlings, and cleaning beaches […]

    UAE public asked to help with dolphin sighting project

    Citizen science data helps researchers in the UAE to understand marine life in the region. Scientists have compiled sightings of dolphins, porpoises, and even whales from members of the public in the Arabian Gulf between 2012 and 2019 through the UAE Dolphin Project Initiative. Now efforts are being stepped up to encourage more people to […]

    UPS launches world-first solar vehicle charging point at Expo 2020 Dubai
    09 Oct 2021

    The world’s first solar-powered vehicle charging point has been launched at Expo 2020 Dubai where it will be used by the courier service UPS to power its fleet of electric delivery vans, Arab News reports. UPS made the announcement alongside its partners Arrival and DP world at a press conference at the Expo site on […]

    Saudi Arabia succeeded in improving food security, reducing waste, and achieving self-sufficiency, reports Deputy Minister of Environment

    Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Mansour bin Hilal Al-Mushaiti stressed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had taken important steps towards improving agricultural development, enhancing food security, facing climate change, increasing temperatures, and scarce water resources, all together contributed to improving indicators of food security, consumption systems, reducing waste, realizing high rates […]

    Saudi Arabia’s TRSDC teams up with Austrian biotech for sustainable food production

    The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC) is partnering with a biotechnology firm for sustainable food production as the developer continues to promote “regenerative tourism” through the new Saudi giga project. Austrian company Blue Planet Ecosystems (BPE) will provide TRSDC with a solution to produce seafood sustainably, and to conduct algae production in a desert environment. […]

    Pandemic forces BBC into a new approach for David Attenborough’s The Mating Game series
    09 Oct 2021

    African bullfrogs converging on pools in South Africa and fighting like barroom brawlers; a school of ghostly-looking manta rays assembling off the Australian coast; vivid images of amphibious snot otters working cooperatively in a cold north American river. These are all scenes from the new BBC One David Attenborough blockbuster series The Mating Game, The […]

    How a city lives in India, run only by private corporations

    Welcome to Gurgaon, a city with a population of 1.5 million without a citywide water and electricity system or even sewerage. Let’s get acquainted with Hmarochos’ narrative about it. *** What would a city look like without a municipality run only by private corporations? For an answer, take a look at Gurgaon in India. Gurgaon […]