Environment

Waste not, want not: Making the most of leftovers

Waste not, want not: Making the most of leftovers

Growing up, we were often encouraged to eat all our food until the last crumb, by parents who would constantly…
Q&A with Ray Bush: The horrors of Egypt’s rural life (Part I)

Q&A with Ray Bush: The horrors of Egypt’s rural life (Part I)

This is the first part of an exclusive interview with Dr Ray Bush, Professor of African Studies and Development Politics…
Cairo has potential to become sustainable city, says eco-architect

Cairo has potential to become sustainable city, says eco-architect

Urban development with a special emphasis on eco-responsible buildings has imposed itself as one of the key environmental debates in…
Paul Van Son: Tapping Egypt’s solar power potential

Paul Van Son: Tapping Egypt’s solar power potential

Paul Van Son is the CEO of the Munich-based Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii), a non-profit foundation that aims at supplying…
Environmental Concerns III: Protected areas and beyond

Environmental Concerns III: Protected areas and beyond

Anyone concerned with short- and long-term environmental plans and strategies, as well as sustainable development in Egypt, must consider protected…
Documentary presents solar energy as solution for Egypt’s energy crisis

Documentary presents solar energy as solution for Egypt’s energy crisis

“Saved by the Sun”, a 56-minute documentary, was screened Saturday afternoon at Cairo University’s Faculty of Agriculture Department. The screening…
Food prices driven up by global warming, study shows

Food prices driven up by global warming, study shows

Climate change cut global wheat and corn output by more than 3 percent over the past three decades compared to…
Govt experts to develop Egypt’s first energy conservation plan

Govt experts to develop Egypt’s first energy conservation plan

About 50 Egyptian experts representing eight ministries and a number of foreign donors are developing the first national plan for…
Workers enter Japan nuclear reactor building for the first time

Workers enter Japan nuclear reactor building for the first time

Tokyo — Workers entered one of the damaged reactor buildings at Japan's stricken nuclear power plant Thursday for the first…
Unstable weather in Egypt linked to climate change

Unstable weather in Egypt linked to climate change

Egypt is a country that has been historically blessed with two seasons instead of four. Every year, summer would linger for…
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