Leaving the ‘our’ in neighbourhood
It may not look like much, but it’s home. That’s the sentiment of people who live in the community of Sha’biyat Al Shorta on the border between Dubai and Sharjah. A local academic agrees, and says...
View ArticleChanging social values, not technology, hold the key to the UAE’s eco-future
Last night saw the opening of Eco Future, an engaging new multi-media exhibition at Manarat Al Saadiyat that offers visitors the chance to create their very own city of the future. Aimed at the next...
View ArticleWelcome to the home of the future (not)
It looks like any other Abu Dhabi villa with a majlis, sun terrace and carport, but visitors to the Estidama-compliant Home will find a rarity: a sustainable property that’s designed to be the new...
View ArticleWelcome to Abu Dhabi’s agricultural future (according to the ADFSC)
To the untrained eye, the vision of Abu Dhabi’s agricultural future on display at the humbly named farm number 46 Madinat Zayed needs some explanation. An avenue of date palms leads from the main gate...
View ArticleAliens pose the greatest threat to the world’s oceans
Today the world’s oceans are under attack, and armies of seaborne invaders are threatening life as we know it in our shallow seas, coastlines, and rivers. In the Caspian Sea, an invasion of jellyfish...
View ArticleVideo: what future for sustainable landscape in the UAE?
http://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/video-sustainable-landscaping-in-the-uae Here’s a film I made recently with Paul Driscoll of The National. For more of Paul’s work, see hereFiled under: Garden...
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