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Toby Gregory, Row to Cop28, Plastic Pledge

Rowing to COP28 to fight plastic pollution

Mark Lomas August 17, 2023

Six months after conquering an epic Atlantic Ocean row, Toby Gregory is primed for a new challenge in his battle against plastic pollution: a circumnavigation of the UAE’s coastline ahead of COP28. In Row To COP28, Toby is encouraging residents to take to the seas around the UAE with him ahead of the upcoming 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, an annual event coming to the Emirates for the first time this November. Gregory and his Arabian Ocean

How Goumbook is tackling the UAE’s cigarette butts problem

Mark Lomas April 8, 2022

For several years, Single Use Plastic (SUP) has somewhat dominated the region’s recycling landscape, with numerous campaigns highlighting its negative environmental impact and water bottles becoming synonymous with the fight for sustainability. Since 2009, the UAE-based social enterprise Goumbook has been at the heart of such initiatives and was the driving force behind what became the nationwide campaign Dubai Can, endorsed by HH Sheikh Hamdan, Crown Prince of Dubai. Recently, however, Goumbook has shifted its

How Saadiyat Island’s community is saving the turtles

Harriet Shephard August 2, 2021

When you speak to Emily Armstrong, chief protector of Saadiyat Island’s turtle population, you hear about the best and worst sides to humanity. On the one hand, her role as Marine & Environmental Manager at Jumeirah at Saadiyat Island has revealed the most caring and selfless side to Abu Dhabi’s multi-national population. But on the other, she’s discovered that plastic is finding its way into the stomachs of our precious turtles and that ‘bags and