Asma Zarkouna has brought a wealth of expertise to Le Carré Traditionnel, the Tunisian handicrafts store that wants to make old artisan techniques en vogue.
Though the Lebanese government is reported to be low on action, a big section of society is racing to counteract the damage done through raising awareness such as Elyesh SD’s initiative, ODDD.
With organic farming comes a number of measures and regulations that could be costly, discouraging a lot of farmers from investing in the process.
TIREVOLUTION has made industrial products in Lebanon for decades, and now wants to give productive second lives to the country's scrap rubber.
Mona Lamine wanted to help create other means of providing water so she developed ecological and sustainable solutions for water recycling in urban and rural areas through her company, Elma Eco.
Amir Khaldi believed that the market is heavily exploited and decided to introduce customers to this kind of plastic packaging while highlighting its low cost and sustainability.
Agricultural engineer Jamma Abo El Hasan plans to use bed sheets to clamp down on evaporation of irrigation water, a key challenge for Palestinian farmers.
H2go! has come up with a pragmatic solution to single-use plastic waste in Lebanon: providing public water stations for filling reusable bottles.
Dganit Maka, founder of eco-friendly diaper manufacturer Baby Koala, wants infants to stop generating one ton of waste each in disposable plastic diapers.
With our fast-food culture, our consumption of technology and what accompanies it leaves us with piles of hazardous materials to treat, posing, a huge health threat in both developed and developing countries.
Heba Saeed and Ola Balbaa want to play an active part in upcycling and started doing so through their initiative, Wara'a
Through starting his own business, TRI Lebanon, Moughayar uses a technique called “thermal bonding”, a process that heats fibers then cools them to solidify the bonding.