“The idea combines my love for the city, Bethlehem, the hospitality industry, cuisine, local produce, and giving back to the local community,” Fadi Kattan says.
Isinsu Kaya emphasized on how super passionate they are on spreading awareness on a more sustainable way of living through Mumo.
“The first campaign we actually launched was in 2009 when we went on a cleaning spree in a residential neighborhood with dozens of houses.,” Sayed says.
Saleh Totah, a Palestinian entrepreneur wanted to start a cafe in a flat owned by his family. He then remodeled and built a restaurant inside it and it wasn’t until two years later when he opened it.
The non-profit which is chaired by Queen Rania Al Abdullah, helps women both from local and refugee communities, with better employment opportunities by helping them create their own social enterprises or offering capacity building.
There was an issue plaguing Koura in northern Lebanon Lebanon and that is the lack of clean, portable water for its residents and refugees.
The idea of hydroponic urban farms came to Abdullah Tawfic in early 2017 during his work at the Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment at the American University in Cairo.
It all started as a volunteering opportunity at the Enactus Club in Morocco. Mohammed Bendaanane and his colleagues at the time were working on social projects, one of which included quinoa.
The initiative was all about collecting used cooking oil from restaurants or factories to be sent to biodiesel plants. “We ideally tested the oil we received then sent it off to these plants,” Bakr says.
Palestine Green Building Council is what the organization is called and they managed to earn the licensing for green buildings in 2011, Environmental Projects Coordinator, Haneen Sharif says.
'Going green' and 'eating clean' are highly encouraged by this Egyptian initiative
Having developed a special interest in the environment since a young age, Noura Abdou was set upon working in the field.