Feb 26

The [Mangrove] Tree Planting Scheme in the UAE

Ignorance is bliss but not good. Why is landscaping for streets, public utilities and private developments in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) being done by modestly paid labor, but when it comes to the planting of mangroves and other environmentally marketable trees, corporate conscience kicks in? If the urge to…

Mental Health

14 min read

The [Mangrove] Tree Planting Scheme in the UAE

Dec 29, 2021

The Fear of Growing Up

The information we need is out there. If there is something positive to the media at our fingertips nowadays, it is that they can be employed to seek out facts. One of those facts is that Christ was not born 2022 years ago, nor was he born in December. …

New Year

3 min read

Aug 19, 2021

To Think Is Human: Use Your Brain

Trust no one: 1. In the waste management “business”; 2. If their existence depends on selling you a product or an image (Ask yourself this: Did their “journey” come to a stop when they could no longer make money? What are they doing now?); 3. If they will readily proclaim themselves to be sustainability/zero waste/circular economy “experts”. Use your brain.

Greenwashing

1 min read

To Think Is Human: Use Your Brain

Trust no one:

1. In the waste management “business”;

2. If their existence depends on selling you a product or an image (Ask yourself this: Did their “journey” come to a stop when they could no longer make money? What are they doing now?);

3. If they will readily proclaim themselves to be sustainability/zero waste/circular economy “experts”.

Use your brain.

Apr 22, 2021

Who Made America King?

The correlation between Earth Day and the “Arab Spring” When you think of America, what comes to mind? Here’s what comes to my mind: Pepsi, Coca Cola, Nike, Hollywood, the NBA, the NFL, the Super Bowl, Call Of Duty, and actual wars all over the world, among other things. …

Earth Day

3 min read

Mar 19, 2021

The Cost of Speaking Out

How I already expended my stimulus check on Facebook ads What were you up to this time last year? It’s not difficult to find that out nowadays if your life is documented online or if, like me, you take a lot of pictures and videos on your phone. Our last…

Activism

4 min read

Dec 30, 2020

10 Reasons Why We Need To Do Away With Fireworks

And 366 days to NYE 2022 — In China, setting off firecrackers and fireworks during the Chinese New Year period is an important custom, reportedly because in traditional Chinese culture, firecrackers were originally used to scare away evil spirits. …

Fireworks

4 min read

Dec 28, 2020

The Real Fireworks Are Up There

Are we afraid of enlightenment? Last New Year’s Eve (NYE), I heard the fireworks rather than watched them. I had already tucked myself in for the night but had not yet fallen asleep when the crackling sounds made their way into my hiding place. I live in a city which…

Enlightenment

5 min read

Published in Age of Awareness

·Nov 21, 2020

Think Before You “Do Good”

A prerequisite in Rocket Science is not required. — This article is about not giving up on your intellectual capacity to analyze things for what they are and not for how they are made to look, and it is also about Ghaf trees. Advocacy work can be lonely, time consuming and definitely not financially rewarding. I am not somebody…

Greenwashing

10 min read

Published in Age of Awareness

·Nov 12, 2020

Pens, Labels and Other Not Readily Recyclable Things

We cannot keep pretending everything is alright. — The pen is a wonderful invention, the keyboard too; but the pens of today are not the pens or feathers or chisels which facilitated the delivery of words in the past. A pen, like the one in the picture, a Pilot pen I had borrowed (more like allowed myself to…

Design Thinking

4 min read

Pens, Labels and Other Not Readily Recyclable Things

Nov 11, 2020

Pens, Labels and Other Not Readily Recyclable Things

We cannot keep pretending everything is alright. The pen is a wonderful invention, the keyboard too; but the pens of today are not the pens or feathers or chisels which facilitated the delivery of words in the past. A pen, like the one in the picture, a Pilot pen I…

Recycling

4 min read

The [Mangrove] Tree Planting Scheme in the UAE

The Fear of Growing Up

To Think Is Human: Use Your Brain

To Think Is Human: Use Your Brain

Who Made America King?

The Cost of Speaking Out

10 Reasons Why We Need To Do Away With Fireworks

The Real Fireworks Are Up There

Think Before You “Do Good”

Pens, Labels and Other Not Readily Recyclable Things

Pens, Labels and Other Not Readily Recyclable Things

Safi Roshdy