With more plastic than personal protective equipment (PPE), Thailand is turning discarded bottles into protective clothing to be used in the fight against COVID-19. They take millions of plastic bottles, shred them, and then turn them into threads used to weave into fabrics that are eventually used to create PPEs. As the pandemic continues to […]
DUBAI: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has launched the Green Summer competition as part of the ‘Let’s Make This Summer Green’ campaign. DEWA launched this campaign for the sixth consecutive year in June 2021, under the theme ‘create memories that last forever. The competition encourages all community members to adopt a responsible and sustainable […]
Have you ever seen a spider weave its own web? Well, a video of such a scenario has gone viral all over social media with over 176.7k views. The clip was initially tweeted by an account of the name Buitengebieden. The short yet informative video shows a tiny spider weaving a web without taking a […]
VENICE: The National Pavilion UAE was awarded the Golden Lion Award for Best National Participation at La Biennale Architettura 2021 at an awards ceremony in Venice on August 30. The Golden Lion award is the Biennale’s top honour. Curated by Wael Al Awar and Kenichi Teramoto, Wetland, the National Pavilion UAE’s tenth exhibition at La […]
An enchanting video of a group of stingrays swimming together in the ocean has gone viral all over social media. The video that was originally shared by the account @buitengebieden_ has accumulated over 180k views so far. Social media users have gotten quite spellbound with this drone footage of swimming stingrays. The 58-second clip showing […]
DUBAI: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has installed 15 electric vehicle (EV) Green Charger stations at Expo 2020 Dubai’s pavilions: Opportunity; Sustainability and Mobility. The Green Chargers will serve the electric vehicles visitors to the Expo. DEWA has installed five Green Chargers at each pavilion, enough to charge 30 electric vehicles simultaneously, in addition […]
The Smithsonian National Zoo’s resident Panda cub Xiao Qi Ji is celebrating his birthday this week. To mark the occasion, the Instagram page of the zoo shared a video like many others in the grid that would definitely garner a smile on your face. They captioned the video “Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji is […]
The team of Endangered Wildlife Trust has recently found the long-lost Golden Mole. The Golden Mole is a subterranean mammal that is generally the size of a mouse. It gets its name from the iridescent sheen on its coat, their golden appearance helps them navigate through sand dunes. As it lives underground, the mole is […]
Meet Nitin Vas, an environmental activist from Mangaluru, Karnataka, who has invented a one-of-a-kind product: a seed-filled single-use mask. As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, face masks have become the new normal around the world. Although wearing a mask is necessary to prevent the infection from spreading, many individuals neglect the environmental impact of […]
Dubai’s only in-door rainforest, The Green Planet announces the birth of its adorable Cotton-top Tamarin twins The endangered species who can usually be found in the northwest of Colombia will join their Cotton-top Tamarin parents in calling The Green Planet home It’s estimated that only 5 percent of Cotton-top Tamarins’ original geographic range remains in […]
ABU DHABI: Miral, Abu Dhabi’s leading curator of magnetic experiences, in partnership with SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, announced today significant progress on the construction of SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, the next generation of marine life theme parks and Yas Island’s latest mega-development. The marine-life park, which is set to feature the world’s largest and most expansive […]
