Sustainability News

News, insights, and updates from across Goumbook’s work; covering climate action, ocean conservation, regenerative agriculture, clean air, youth programmes, and more. Everything happening in the MENA sustainability space, in one place.

The House of L’Occitane: Beekeeping courses

In line with their focus on investing in women this Ramadan, we created a capacity...

Participate in Sustainable Initiatives & Avoid Greenwashing

As the race to net zero emissions becomes more imperative, governments and big companies around...

Save the Butts: Earth Month’s Cigarette Butts Clean Up Event

During the Earth Month community cleanups, which were sponsored by Ocean Conservancy, we were amazed...

Al Mawakeb Students volunteered for the Save The Butts initiative

A group of 17 volunteers cleaned Kite Beach from 3,500 cigarette butts. Their incredible commitment...

Microplastics taint 87% out of 7,704 cosmetics: study

According to the Plastic Soup Foundation’s published report ‘Plastic: The Hidden Beauty Ingredient’, nine in...