Sustainability

    “Natural state” and “social responsibility of property” as responses to the eco-crisis

    The world is almost entirely changed by humanity. Even in Antarctica, you will find microplastics and chemicals, the consequences of pollution. Climate change is taking place on all continents. We’re on the verge of collapse, and the 2020-2021 lockdowns are just his rehearsal. Fossil fuels will run out, and it will take hundreds of years […]

    Bahrain Bourse receives Best ESG Initiative Award

    Bahrain Bourse, a self-regulated multi-asset marketplace, has been accorded a prestigious award by PAN Finance Awards for “ESG Initiative of the Year” – Bahrain category, BNA reports. Pan Finance Journal recognizes international corporations for their excellence and is a trusted indicator of eminence, making this award a symbol of Bahrain Bourse’s notability and effort towards […]

    On the edge of tomorrow: Let’s talk about biocentrism

    Eco-problems and eco-challenges are things that can unite humanity, not separate. In political science jargon, a devoted love of environment is called “sub-societal” ideology. In simpler words, it goes beyond the “highly specialized” and traditional ideologies that emerged in the West after the Great French Revolution in the XVIII century. This state of mind means […]

    KOC signs two contracts to treat contaminated soil

    Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has signed two new contracts to remediate soil contaminated by oil spills in North and South Kuwait, as part of the Kuwait Environmental Rehabilitation Program (KERP), GDNonline reports. CEO Emad Mahmoud Sultan represented the Company in signing the contracts. DCEO (Major Projects & Technical Services) Khalid Al-Otaibi, DCEO (Commercial & Common […]

    Creating the vibrant Red Sea without polluting the night sky

    When we think about the biggest threats to the environment, carbon emissions, rising sea levels, and plastic waste are often the most immediate issues that come to mind. However, what is often overlooked is the severe problem of light pollution and the potentially detrimental impact it can have on our planet’s wildlife and ecosystems. Light […]

    Organic, eco and bio: how to recognize the advertising process in product labeling

    Let’s learn how to distinguish organic products from non-organic, without falling for a new trick of marketers called “greenwashing.” In stores for such kind of goods sometimes allocate whole shelves. It happens that the entire market is ready to vouch for the environmental friendliness of goods, adding to its name the prefix “ECO.” But are […]

    A year on from the Beirut explosion: victims still ask questions

    When his workplace blew to pieces, dockworker Yusuf Shehadi was waiting to hear back from colleagues who had scrambled to help firefighters extinguish a blaze in the port of Beirut. The fire was terrible and getting worse, they told him in their last conversation before a giant explosion killed them, and 210 others, a year […]

    Why ecosystem restoration should be high on the Arab region’s agenda

    Even after the passage of some 30 years, Saudi Arabia’s environment continues to suffer the effects of the Iraqi invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait and its subsequent liberation during the 1991 Gulf War, Arab News states. The establishment of significant encampments for hundreds of thousands of allied troops, military fortifications, and roadways, together with […]

    Capsharing and returnable packaging: how to make food delivery sustainable

    Ordering food delivery? Surely you have heaps of disposable tableware accumulating. As a rule, the materials from which it is made are not really recycled and are sent either for incineration or to a landfill. It is clear that asking citizens to give up convenient food and drink delivery and takeaway for the sake of […]

    Kurdish group “Children of Fire” confessed to arson, due to which forest fires began in Turkey

    Turkish reconnaissance satellites from space have photographed the effects of forest fires in the south and southwest of the country. The Turkish Ministry. “High-resolution reconnaissance satellites Göktürk-1 and Göktürk-2 have removed forest fires and firefighting results in Manavgat and Marmaris from space,” the defense ministry said. “The Children of Fire” group, affiliated with the Kurdistan […]