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.

Meet the Ghaf Huggers: the Bishnoi community

These past days we have been planting many Ghaf trees in Dubai and Sharjah, taking...

Thousands of labourers set for visit to dentist

The Oral Hygiene initiative of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, will treat...

Dubai Municipality & Accor Hotels engage youth in the biggest National tree planting effort

Director of Waste Management Department, Dubai Municipality applauds youth for planting 400 Ghaf Trees at...

ELECTROLUX PLEDGES TO PLANT 5,000 GHAF SEEDS WITH LAUNCH OF AC RANGE

Electrolux launches its range of air conditioners with the planting of 100 seeds of the...

Dubai youth plant 200 Ghaf trees to nurture Jebel Ali Landfill

Accor Hotels, in association with Dubai Municipality and SynergY, join Goumbook and the Give a...

Accor targets 100,000 Ghaf trees in UAE over 10 years

In a bid to put the light on its environmental activities, Accor HotelServices Middle East...

10 ways to go greener at home in the UAE

Living in a hot and humid environment here in the UAE has always popped the...

At school you can reduce, reuse & recycle

Waste is a problem. Fortunately there are things that we can all do about it....

Taking action against waste at home

Household waste is a major problem with each household producing on average about a tonne...