Schneider Electric India wins Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility
Posted by: reporter_india
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2012-04-30 21:43:29 -0700 | green-news
Dubai, April 30, 2012: Schneider Electric India has received the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility (GPACSR) for the year 2012. The award, in recognition of Schneider Electric’s Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives in the areas of Village Electrification,...
Lack of rain in UAE
Posted by: imadkayyali
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2012-07-27 17:07:42 -0700 | green-news
Concerns on lack of rain by Environmentalists and Meteorologists in UAE In the united Arab Emirates, this year has seen a very dry season even by UAE standards. The years 2004 to 2011 have received significantly more amount of rain...
Ministry of Environment & Water of Dubai has banned Animal and bird fight
Posted by: anonymous
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-03-24 06:40:10 -0700 | green-news
Ministry of environment & Water has affirmed that its laws completely prohibit organising exhibition or competitors animal and bird fights for any purposes. The ministry mentioned anybody discovered to be engaged in an inhumane and unethical remedy of animals or...
Breading of Arabian cobras, one of the largest and most venomous species in the region
Posted by: anonymous
Sharjah :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-03-24 06:41:39 -0700 | green-news
Researchers on the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife in Sharjah have bred the world’s first Arabian cobras in captivity. The UAE’s official news agency WAM reported that a female cobra laid 19 eggs, which have been placed in an...
Earth Day in Dubai
Posted by: anonymous
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2012-05-09 23:04:28 -0700 | green-news
Dubai has done its part for the Earth day by releasing 100 rehabilitated turtles back into the wild. The turtles were rehabilitated by the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project. The turtles were brought to the centre with different problems. Rehabilitation takes...
The Super-Bus of Dubai
Posted by: anonymous
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2012-05-09 23:04:28 -0700 | green-news
Dubai-ans are all set to travel in the super bus which will hit the roads soon. The super bus is an electric bus and can travel at a speed of 250kph. It greatly reduces air pollution. The bus has been...
Discovery of a new catalyst to decompose pesticides
Posted by: anonymous
Sharjah :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2012-05-09 23:04:28 -0700 | green-news
An associate professor of chemistry Dr Sofian Kanan has made a spectacular discovery. He along with Maham Khalil of American University of Sharjah has developed a catalyst. The key ingredients in the catalyst are modified materials containing gold, silver and...
World Earth Hour 2011
Posted by: Tariq Aziz
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2012-04-10 07:18:19 -0700 | green-news
Everybody in the world is worried to save the natural resources for their future generations. World earth hour is a part of it to encourage users to take part and to create awareness for possible ways to save the energy....
Bio bricks -The future of Green Architecture
Posted by: anonymous
Sharjah :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2012-05-09 23:04:28 -0700 | green-news
Ginger Krieg Dosier an Assistant Professor in American University of Sharjah has worked upon what she proudly calls bio bricks. The fascinating thing about Ginger Krieg’s invention is that the bio bricks replace firing with simple mixing and chemical reactions...
Electricity from acoustic noise and ultrasonic waves
Posted by: anonymous
Sharjah :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2012-05-09 23:04:29 -0700 | green-news
Streets being lighted up by electricity converted from noise, sound vibrations and mechanical energy sounds interesting? Students from American University of Sharjah have masterminded a power generation system using piezoelectric technology to produce electricity by harnessing mechanical...
What happened to the Oysters worldwide?
Posted by: anonymous
Sharjah :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2012-05-09 23:04:31 -0700 | green-news
The bi- valve molluscs or the Oysters live in marine habitats and they form an integral part of the eco system because of its water filtration activity and above all it forms a prized asset to our food practices. According...
'The World' islands in Dubai sinking, does it signal earth’s future?
Posted by: Sanskrity Sinha
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2012-02-29 23:20:56 -0800 | green-news
The World, a man-made archipelago in the shape of the seven continents developed off Dubai’s coast, is allegedly sinking into the sea, alarming serious concerns for the environment, evidence suggests. Read the Full Story.
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