Office for the Conservation of the Environment, Royal Diwan of Court, has brought the public closer to the wildlife in unique ways. For example, to mark the Eid Al Adha, special digital postcards featured different animals such as the Arabian Oryx, Ibex, etc., Oman Observer reports. And this week the office has a special treat […]
At least four people have died as soaring summer heat sparks off wildfires across the Middle East. Wildfires have wreaked havoc across Turkey and Lebanon as record summer temperatures continue to batter the region, Middle East Eye reports. At least three people are known to have died in Turkey due to fires in the country’s […]
The Doha Environmental Actions Project (Deap Qatar) has honored 1,610 volunteers who took part in a series of clean-up campaigns at beaches across the country, Gulf-Times reports. “This is a small tribute to the 1,610 volunteers, who supported our efforts to inspire the public to take action against plastic pollution in Qatar during the past […]
Soon a cup of coffee will become a luxury: arabica has skyrocketed in price, to a maximum from the 2014 year, Forbes states. In Brazil this year, there were two cataclysms at once: first abnormal frosts, then abnormal drought. The plantations have been hit hard, and the world’s coffee has dwindled. Coffee shops have already […]
Used electronic devices have been recycled in a nationwide effort to produce the Olympic medals for the Tokyo 2020 Games. The project plans to set a precedent for future Olympic Games, DW reports. As the athletes take the podium and, with a slight bow, have their medals placed around their necks, they will be happy […]
Sometimes innovations require aging, like expensive wines. Let’s get to know what the most prominent inventions had to wait so long, thanks to the excellent review by Chas News. Alexander Bell, the inventor of the telephone, believed in his creation. He thought that the day would come when such a device would appear in every […]
The annual consumption of office paper requires the felling of 768 million trees, with 45% of paper documents being discarded within 24 hours of their creation. Let’s get to know what Update proposes as an alternative. Save the tree – use less paper! / Blogspot @Ideas from the forest When in the yard of the […]
No matter how interested you are in fashion, it affects our lives in one way or another. The same story is with politics and environmental conservation, states Olena Baran, representative of the UA Plant-Based campaign, in her article for Rubryka. In “The Devil Wears Prada,” the protagonist, editor of a fashion magazine very similar to […]
Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, the UAE’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, met his counterparts in London for high-level talks ahead of November’s COP26 climate change summit in the UK, WAM reports. During the ministerial gathering, which included ministers from 40 countries, and in meetings with UK […]
More than 70 wildfires have broken out this week in provinces on Turkey’s Aegean and Mediterranean coasts and inland areas, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, adding that 14 were still burning, Gulf-Times reports. The death toll from wildfires on Turkey’s southern coast has risen to four, and firefighters were battling blazes for a third day […]
