Around the world, architects, activists, and communities are finding ways to bring wildlife into urban areas. Many readers have noticed wildflowers thriving in urban areas as city councils decide to let the grass grow wild. These colorful little patches may seem like window dressing in the face of vast decline, but across the world, people […]
As the Tzeltal people resist huge infrastructure projects across Chiapas state, the new national guard barracks springing up are alarming many, The Guardian reports. Let’s get to know what happens in the Mexico state. *** Micaela* always stops to kiss a cross at the base of three hills, a lush swath of land in the […]
For 170 years, World Expos have provided a platform to showcase the most outstanding innovations. Expo 2020 seeks to ‘connect minds, create the future through sustainability, mobility, and opportunity. Let’s check the Arab News story about it. *** A multiple reuse rocket. A desert farm where food grows using saltwater. Pop-up theaters. A hyperloop carriage […]
Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli said that Saudi Arabia is striving to strengthen the sustainability of natural resources and improving the food consumption systems to bring down food waste by 50% by the year 2030. He made the remarks while attending the UN Food Systems Summit held at the United Nations […]
2020 will be remembered by all as a difficult year and it is, to put it mildly. Mankind has faced considerable difficulties, particularly those caused by animal husbandry (COVID-19 pandemic, bird flu outbreaks on foie gras farms in France). Nevertheless, activists from around the world have made every effort to ban the fur business in […]
Oman has begun to clean up the damage left by Cyclone Shaheen, an operation that could cost the government millions of rials, The National News reports. Recovery crews and utility workers have started work after the severe storm killed at least 11 people, destroyed homes, damaged infrastructure, and forced more than 5,000 people into temporary […]
Thirty candidates making an impact in health, food, energy, water and at schools, will compete to win ten awards and millions of dirhams in prize money at this year’s Zayed Sustainability Prize. Officials will announce the ten winners during a ceremony at the 2022 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week in January, The National News states. Finalists […]
We’ve found an impressive compilation of the photos made by The National News. Few of them are masterpieces of art photography. Let’s have a look at the pictures carefully. The dried-up and cracked surface of what used to be marshland at Chibayish. A boy walks along through an almost empty irrigation channel […]
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has published its 6th Sustainability Report 2020, an annual publication reflecting its efforts in improving sustainability to become one of the most sustainable government organizations specializing in roads and transport worldwide. Releasing this report conforms to the UAE Vision 2021 and Dubai Plan 2021 and the sustainable development goals […]
The disastrous effects of climate change on people, especially in creating environmental refugees, are not a question of ‘if’ or ‘when’. It’s already happening, the author from The New Arab states. Milica Cosic is a freelance political journalist and holds an MSc in International Relations. She specialises in the refugee crisis in Europe, particularly Eastern […]
