Items related to environmental awareness

Sound and Light Show few minutes prior to Earth Hour. The highly visible show stalled for one hour on Earth Hour Day, March 27, 2010. Egypt is among 92 countries participating in an Earth Hour global initiative which calls for turning lights off as a token of concern for climate change.
Is Earth Hour just a publicity stunt?
Steven Viney 28 Mar 2011
Last Saturday saw the fifth anniversary of Earth Hour, a controversial event organized globally by the World Wildlife...
On Egypt’s finite water supply
Valentina Cattane 27 Mar 2011
Turning Herodotus’s epithet on its head, some have recently claimed that “the Nile is the gift of Egypt,...
Sound and Light Show few minutes prior to Earth Hour. The highly visible show stalled for one hour on Earth Hour Day, March 27, 2010. Egypt is among 92 countries participating in an Earth Hour global initiative which calls for turning lights off as a token of concern for climate change.
Earth Hour 2011: Going beyond the hour
Hoda Baraka 26 Mar 2011
The yearly environmental event Earth Hour -- which began in 2007 -- will be held today. For one hour, starting at 8.30...
Endangered Species: Egypt's vultures
Louise Sarant 22 Mar 2011
Less than a century ago, it was common to see vultures flying over Cairo and nesting in some of the city’s...
Today: World Water Day
Valentina Cattane 22 Mar 2011
World Water Day, which is celebrated today, aims to raise awareness among communities, governments and individuals on...
Today: World Forestry Day
Valentina Cattane 21 Mar 2011
In the words of Nelson Henderson, “The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect...
Sunset over Futnas; lake located east from the town of Siwa.
Environmental Voices: Environmental concerns in post-revolution Egypt
Hala Barakat 20 Mar 2011
When first reading “Silent Spring,” I only realized later that it was one of the first and most important...
An aerial view shows the quake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in the Japanese town of Futaba, Fukushima prefecture, March 12, 2011. Japan scrambled to prevent nuclear accidents at two atomic plants where reactor cooling systems failed after a massive earthquake, as it evacuated tens of thousands of residents. Tokyo Electric Power, which runs the plants, said it had released some radioactive vapour into the atmosphere at one plant to relieve building reactor pressure, but said the move posed no health risks.
China freezes nuclear approvals after Japan crisis
Reuters 16 Mar 2011
China's vast nuclear push is likely to slow after the government ordered a safety crackdown on Wednesday in the...
The National Gene Bank of Egypt: Serving food security and preserving biodiversity
Louise Sarant 11 Mar 2011
During the 20th century, about 75 percent of all food crops slipped into extinction, which meant that all the unique...
A local sailboat, known as faluka, sails in the River Nile on the outskirts of Cairo on May 18, 2010. Four African countries signed on May 14 a new treaty on the equitable sharing of the Nile waters despite strong opposition from Egypt and Sudan who have the lion's share of the river waters.
Environmental Voices: Seizing the momentum
Seheir Kansouh 06 Mar 2011
The following article is part of Al-Masry Al Youm's weekly "Environmental Voices" series, in which...