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.

Give A Ghaf Tree Planting: Plant For The Planet

The children’s initiative Plant-for-the-Planet was initiated by 9-year-old Felix Finkbeiner in 2007 It all started...

Give A Ghaf Tree Planting: Give and Gain

Give and Gain Day is an employee volunteering initiative under Dubai Chamber of Commerce and...

Give A Ghaf Tree Planting: Accor Hotel – Planet21

Goumbook is proud to have partnered with Accor Hotels and to be their planting partner...

The Green Week: an umbrella to promote green practices

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) are launching the Green Week for the 6th consecutive...

Why Refill?

The UAE has the 4th highest level of bottled water consumption in the world: 8...

Delicious recipes that put food scraps to work

Food waste is a growing problem in the UAE. So World Food Day (16th October)...

Ep.21 Mapping human skills, with Sallyann Della Casa

Our guest this week is Sallyann Della Casa, founder of GLEAC and Chief Tree Hugger...

Ep.20 NOx emissions, with Nicholas Brooks

We are joined this week by Nicholas Brooks, a local entrepreneur dedicated to Sustainability. As...

Sweden Pavilion Expo 2020 Ground Planting

Swedish Minister of Foreign Trade plants trees instead of shovelling the ground for the nature-focused...

Youth and innovation: leading change in communities

Creating a culture of innovation, especially in the youth sector, is a significant undertaking vital...

American University of Sharjah leads fight on plastic

American University of Sharjah (AUS) has announced plans to tackle plastic and Styrofoam waste, and...