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100 Years, 100 Lessons

We are trying to grow a seed in the young people to make this a daily habit. They will be taught how to teach, so it’s a train the trainers session.” Bringing together both young and senior leaders, the YouthSpeak Forum is a premier event that forms a diverse cross-sector and multi-generational space to create […]


d3: The Smartest Spot On Earth.

The Dubai Design District, or d3, prides itself in being a district that nurtures emerging local talent and providing a home for the region’s creative thinkers. Their premises are slick, their clientele equally so, and their events, arty, hip and happening. The district has been developed through careful consultation with the design community in order […]


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Cleaning Up Our Plates

“We cannot avoid the effects of having 50 million meal occasions that we project will be consumed at Expo 2020 – but we can connect minds with experts and the industry to find innovative solutions that will minimise our impact on the environment.” Darren Tse, Head of Catering, Cleaning & Waste – Event Operations at […]


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Smelting for sustainability/ Sustainbility smelting pot

How does Emirates Global Aluminium define sustainable development? The principles of sustainability are embedded in everything we do at EGA. We are a strong supporter of the UAE Vision to ‘ensure sustainable development while preserving the environment, and to achieve a perfect balance between economic and social development’. Sustainable development has been defined by the […]


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Award Winning Journalist and Author Vince Beiser on the Importance of Sand

Q. How did you become passionate about the topic? A: As an independent journalist I read a lot of obscure, out-of-the-way publications, especially ones focussing on international issues. About four years ago I ran across an article in a little environmental website that told me 2 things: 1. sand is the most used natural resource […]


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Insights from Douglas Coupland – Effects of Consumerism & Technology

Q: What causes you the highest level of anxiety when it comes to looking at the future? What about excitement? A: I don’t get anxiety about the future — I think it’s a terrific place. I’m always baffled when people think the future is somehow doomed. Throughout my entire life, the world has only gotten […]


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A Foundation For Growth

“Our forefathers – traders, divers, fishermen – were all entrepreneurs, and that enterprising spirit is the foundation on which this great nation was built.” “The new generation are also becoming more active in their learning, taking their future into their own hands and seeking out the knowledge they feel best equips them for it.” Launched […]


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Xeros Cleaning

Probably one of the biggest concerns a hotel has with regard to sustainability is its laundry. Millions of sheets, towels and other linens; tonnes of detergent; excessive use of water. An innovative technology pioneered by Xeros Cleaning Technologies is helping change all that. Polymer bead technology – developed in conjunction with Leeds University’s renowned school […]


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FOM

The Dubai Sustainable Tourism awards honour industry stakeholders who have demonstrated they are leaders in implementing good practices to reduce their organisation’s carbon footprint. In line with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s vision for Dubai to become a sustainable city, the Awards provide a platform through which tourism industry stakeholders can be […]


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Walking The Sustainable Talk

With more than one billion travellers criss-crossing the globe every year, tourism is a powerful economic driver and hotels can no longer afford to ignore the sustainability issue. Armani Hotel Dubai shares its own vision and action plan The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) declared 2017 the Year of Sustainable Tourism, urging the world’s […]