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TLB Destination

A Tour Operator pioneering sustainable tourism in Lebanon

Another tourism in the Middle East...

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Sought

“That’s a wrap” — Organic kitchen wrap and Lebanon’s shift away from plastic

Sought is tackling Lebanon's huge waste management problem by selling eco-friendly alternatives to plastic products like kitchen wrap and toothbrushes.

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RISE2030

Femme future: All-women team develops solar energy and jobs in rural Lebanon

The RISE2030 team believes that women and solar energy are crucial to Lebanon's environmental future and job opportunities in rural communities.

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Zoap Lebanon

Soap-er women: Lebanese company changes lives with recycled soap products

Zoap Lebanon is using the humble bar of soap - made from recycled cooking oil - to promote environmental and social change in Lebanon's capital.

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Collect to Create

Upcycled furniture to become Lebanon’s newest craze? You heard it here first.

Beirut-based furniture designer Collect to Create wants the whole of Lebanon to get excited about upcycling old junk into new, useful products.

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Lebanese Organization for Green Schools

“The kids are alright” — Lebanese school program shapes healthier environmental attitudes

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CIVVIES

Lebanese designer takes sustainable fashion into the avant-garde

Lebanese fashion designer Aya Hoteit had a revelation: clothing could be both sustainable and exciting. Her label, CIVVIES, is out to prove that point.

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Chateau Kefraya

This wine-making enterprise is ensuring sustainability is the motto

Michel de Bustros had a vision when he inherited a large plot of land in the 1950s.

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Jabalna Ecolodge

This Lebanese ecolodge could be your next holiday getaway

Lebanon’s charming nature and mountain trails are attractions that have been gaining travelers and backpackers’ attention. What’s often missing is eco-initiatives that can employ such nature and rolling plains.

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Live Love Recycle

This app can now help Beirut residents get rid of garbage responsibly

In 2015, a heightened garbage crisis loomed in Lebanon. Georges Bitar was an active part at the time, trying with others to collect and sort trash.

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Environmental Medics

‘Healing the environment’ is now a reality thanks to this initiative in Tripoli

It all started when Salim Kabbara, angered by the site of Lebanon’s streets and beaches, decided to launch a small campaign for a beach clean-up in Tripoli, northwest of Lebanon.

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Chreek

This Lebanese initiative helps former drug users become a productive part of their communities

“My childhood friend and I were faced with this issue of rehabilitated drug addicts being turned away from jobs,” George Ghafary says.