When deeds speak, words are nothing
Speaking about sustainable development is easy. Acting sustainably is another matter. And now the evidence is unequivocal: Mankind’s impact on nature is causing the climate to change rapidly and drastically, threatening the environment and the very resources we need to survive. Aware that humanity is careening close to the edge, The Niles correspondents set out to explore where and how people in the Nile Basin region rethink. So much of their findings for now: We are an endlessly innovative species. Cooperation is our superpower. When deeds speak, words are nothing.
Speaking about sustainable development is easy. Acting sustainably is another matter. And now the evidence is unequivocal: Mankind’s impact on nature is causing the climate to change rapidly and drastically, threatening the environment and the very resources we need to survive. Aware that humanity is careening close to the edge, The Niles correspondents set out to explore where and how people in the Nile Basin region rethink. So much of their findings for now: We are an endlessly innovative species. Cooperation is our superpower. When deeds speak, words are nothing.
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“People can use their creative
skills to find ways to craft beautiful
objects from waste and earn
some extra cash.”
Inside the Gezazy gallery, Asmaa Farouk
started a recycling project with her husband
as a family business. “When my husband
Mohamed worked in Marsa Allam, he witnessed
the considerable waste consisting of glass
bottles. In this period, he wanted to arrange
workshops for Bedouin people, but he couldn’t.
At the beginning of our project, my family
worried about the new project because we
had left our jobs. Now though, we have three
workshops, all working on different concepts,”
she says.
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