Sustainability Tribe hosted another powerful session at COP28 UAE’s Voice for Action Stage, located in the Green Zone, and was an important platform that provided space to voice and share opinions. COP28 Voice For Action Stage During the design and planning stage of COP28 UAE, I was invited to give feedback on the COP28 delegate journey, expectations, and ideas to fulfill them. During that meeting, I touched upon some challenges we face while running our community organization, Sustainability Tribe. Unlike in other countries, protests, demonstrations, name-calling, and shaming a ..read more

Tribe, we are hosting a session on 10th Dec at Expo City Dubai part of COP28 Voice for Action.    Active members of our community who have participated in our programs and initiatives and contributed to the collective environmental & social impacts are invited to register as speakers.     In particular, we are looking for past & present        1. Sustainability Tribe Ambassadors      2. Volunteers     3. Sustainability Tribe Expert contributors      4. Partners, businesses, and ecoprenuers who ..read more

UAE is the shopper’s heaven, so it’s not a surprise if residents keep buying things without giving a second thought. They often don’t even think if they really need the new items or what to do with the items they buy when it is of no use. Thanks to luxuries in UAE, people put on weight and can’t fit in their old clothes just months after arriving here. Many people keep changing their wardrobe according to new fashion trends! Changing personal electronic devices or even changing the home interior is common here.   Finding repair shops is difficult in the UAE, or sometimes repair costs ar ..read more

Edit Column     Tribe, the most questions and queries I receive these days from my readers are regarding recycling and removal of junk! Many people think that it is not possible to recycle in the UAE, however, that’ not true. If you know where to find recycling centers in the UAE, you can recycle most of your waste. I have been recycling in UAE for the past 10 years and things are definitely getting better now infrastructures-wise. From my experience, it is a question of how aware residents are about recycling and the need for recycling. Many people still don’t know th ..read more

While working as a sustainability consultant and advisor to some local businesses, I came across many businesses over the years that make these very common mistakes when it comes to implementing sustainable business practices. Sometimes businesses have good intentions and even a good budget but because of these mistakes they fail to get success in implementing sustainability; this, in turn, leads to tarnishing the term ‘Sustainability’ in the perception of some business leaders and owners. So here is my list of top 10 mistakes to avoid in sustainable business practices.   1. Ignoring t ..read more

Sustainability is like a game of football. It’s complex with a combined need for collaboration, teamwork, progressive and strategic thinking. Your players need to know what direction to run in, who to pass to and try new strategies and ways of winning the game. As a team, everyone has a role and vital part to play, on and off the field. Each match has an overall plan and strategy. In football, the goal is to get the most goals in the net and ultimately win. In sustainability, it’s about establishing your goals, aims, and ambitions together and working towards building a more sustainable busin ..read more

We all know about tap water filters, which help us make our own drinking water at home and reduce the consumption of plastic bottled water. But have you heard about ionized water via electrolysis? This not just gives you drinking water but many types of water with different PH levels with different uses around the home. The uses like water that will help enliven your plants, make an aromatic fragrance, cook a delicious meal, or clean a stubborn stain.   Kangen Ionizer produces five types of water from your tap water and all these water types can be used for different uses aroun ..read more

Dubai-founded SME, WILD FABRIK started the new year with the ongoing mission to merge fashion with sustainability, in its new partnership with Sustainability Tribe. Sustainability Tribe, the UAE’s pioneering, pragmatic sustainability educational resource founded by a sustainability expert with the aim of raising social awareness to create a consumer movement & inspiring Climate Action is proud to give support for our joint initiatives in making sustainability commonplace in the region. WILD FABRIK not just joined the Sustainability Tribe Club as a corporate membe ..read more

Citizens worldwide now more than ever, are keen to find their own sustainable solutions and have discovered composting as a good way to do their bit for the environment, by managing kitchen and food scraps instead of just throwing it in the garbage, that goes into landfill and does a lot of harm to the planet. We are now more aware of living consciously and seek more sustainable habits such as recycling in the home, making better choices to buy fresh produce from farmers’ markets with less packaging, and making small steps towards a zero-waste lifestyle. Many cities have good waste mana ..read more

Tribe, have you visited Terra, the Sustainability Pavillion at Expo 2020 site yet? If not then, visit soon as it will be open for preview only till 10th April. WHAT WAS OUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF TERRA? I would like to call Terra a Sustainability Theme Park! At Sustainability Pavillion, all the sustainability learning is gamified where the entire family can learn about our natural world, environmental issues, and sustainable development in a fun learning way. Sustainability Pavillion is a great example of how members of society can be given a space to understand all about Sustainabili ..read more