Eco Tech & Gadgets

Charging a change

The way mobile phones are charged may soon change to a more energy-saving yet efficient and faster process. A prototype developed by Algerian national Alaeddine Mokri, research assistant at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, showed how this can be achieved. The prototype comprises a box that contains different types of light bulbs. It [...]

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By developer
Sunday, June 10th, 2012

Kuwait Sea Base: An iPhone App to take the plunge with

Sponsored by TOTAL Foundation and TOTAL Kuwait and supported by The Voluntary Work Center, The Scientific Center and the Kuwaiti Coast Guard, the Kuwait Turtle Conservation Project (KTCP) studied sea turtles and their habitat in the southern Kuwaiti sea constantly for three years (2008-2011). International experts and Kuwaiti volunteers were part of this effort, the [...]

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By developer
Monday, June 4th, 2012

The Change Initiative: shop green!

Gundeep Singh leads the way through his spacious showroom on Sheikh Zayed Road, past aisles of organic food, sustainable clothes, non-toxic cleaning products and solar-cell lamps. His demonstrations of a collapsible bicycle that is allowed on the Dubai Metro and a stylish sink that captures used water for flushing toilets are interrupted by greetings from [...]

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By developer
Monday, May 14th, 2012

8 Tips to Save Energy Working from Home

With more and more people working from home, we think it’s time to dust off a few trusty tricks for curbing electricity consumption without curbing productivity. Working from home has been shown to have its environmental benefits, from reducing road congestion to cutting down on office building energy consumption — but there’s a lot you [...]

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By Tatiana Antonelli Abella
Monday, September 12th, 2011

GEMS marks World Environment Day

GEMS Education is spearheading an e-waste collection campaign in 16 of its schools to mark World Environment Day today. GEMS has partnered with Dubai based company, Enviroserve. Each of the participating schools have collected hundreds of used electronic items including: computers, laptops, mobile phones, digital cameras, printers, scanners through their collection centres in the school [...]

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By Tatiana Antonelli Abella
Sunday, June 5th, 2011