Youth Engagement
Countless news articles and many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) would seem to agree—single-use plastic is the current poster child for everything wrong with stewardship of our…
COVID-19 triggered an estimated global use of 129 billion face masks and 65 billion gloves every month. If we stitched together all of the masks…
Here, there, and everywhere. No place is safe from plastic pollution. In a report published in the journal Science, researchers show that even the most…
Here, there, and everywhere. No place is safe from plastic pollution. In a report published in the journal Science, researchers show that even the most…
Goumbook interviews two Drop It Youth Ambassadors: Neola Castelino, Grade 11, Our Own English High School – Sharjah, & Sainath Manikandan, Grade 8, GEMS United…
France is one of the first countries in the world to pass a comprehensive anti-waste law which include banning companies from destroying items such as…
The idea of turning plastic bottles into fabrics is not new. Since the 1990s, a few spinning mills and brands have been trying to make…
American University of Sharjah (AUS) has announced plans to tackle plastic and Styrofoam waste, and is set to become the first university in the UAE…
Goumbook, the leading social enterprise promoting sustainability and green living in the UAE, closes this year’s Drop It Youth campaign with an Achievement Award Ceremony…
Emirates Literature Foundation and Goumbook teamed up this year to make the Emirates Literature Festival plastic free, banning all single-use plastic and installing a free…
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