EnviroCities 2010 International Conference - Dubai

With two-thirds of the humanity expected to live in cities by 2050, the future of our lives and the generations to come is dependent upon our care and concern for our cities. Today's cities witness a residential and industrial boom that lead to increased emissions of air pollutants, augmented production of waste, lack of vegetation, the loss of biodiversity and other negative effects that threaten life on Earth. It is therefore indispensable for all who are associated with cities of the future, to have a fine understanding of the green city concepts, standards and tools to achieve and maintain a safe, healthy and sustainable city environment.

“Green Cities” is a modern global concept, drawn out from various sustainable engineering and environmental ideas and practices like the Green Buildings, Sustainable Transport, A forestation, Renewable Energy and Green Economy.

Under the patronage of H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance, and Chairman of Dubai Municipality, The Environmental Center for Arab Towns is organising the Second conference on “Green Cities” on 28th and 29th November 2010 at the InterContinental Hotel Dubai Festival City in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The Green Cities Conference offers the delegates a unique forum for exchanging ideas and discussing recent green city initiatives across the region. The conference is expected to bring together more than 500 delegates including leading figures in the field from around the world including officials, academicians and practitioners.
The conference will provide a great opportunity to show the commitment towards keeping the environment green. The conference will also be a great platform to build and reinforce relationships, lead discussion of the key issues, and demonstrate the ability to respond to issues that can sustain our environment.

The conference will be covering the following topics:

• Green City Goals, Policies, Indicators, Green City Branding

• Green City Management of Land, Energy, Water & Wastes

• Green Future Cities / Zero Carbon Cities

• Green Building Codes

• Cool Green Cities - Urban Heat Islands, impacts and solutions

• Success Stories from Built Environment

• Green Transport

• Green Hotel

• Green Lifestyles

• Green Economy

Those interested in attending can register online at http://www.enviro-cities.com/portal/

Go Green Advantages

Go Green gives you the advantage. By recycling you fulfill your environmental, social and financial responsibilities: Each cartridge or office equipment recycled leads to – Less pollution. Reduced expenses in waste handling. Resource conservation by efficient utilization of valuable resources. A reduced carbon footprint for individuals, organizations and communities.

Go Green ensures this through: 1 Rigorous documentation. 2 Resource conservationEfficient processes without duplication. 3 Complete transparency. 4 Third party and member involvement in audits and administration. 5 Pro active communication with members, suppliers and vendors.

Note:

Go Green is a dynamic project – a work in progress. We do not claim foolproof systems. Instead what we claim is a determined and focused effort towards an efficient and eco friendly collection and secondary material handling system, which is responsive and open to change and audit. It is your program, we are merely the enablers.

Go Green Events

Go Green visits school in Ras al Khaimah

Go Green has always been encouraging students to be in harmony with nature. Its endeavor has been to ensure children understand the ecosystem by acquainting them with the relevant information. Recently a workshop was conducted for kids of an Indian school in Ras al Khaimah. It was an eventful and educative day. Presentations on cartridge recycling, waste reduction, minimization and several other topics related to green projects were shown to the students. Go Green, with its innovative and interactive ways, attempts to incorporate children in saving the nature and ecosystem, especially through cartridge recycling.

Go Green visits school in Dubai

Go Green has always been a strong advocate of harmony with nature and its protection. Our emphasis is to ensure that children understood the ecosystem by acquainting them with the relevant information. Recently we conducted a workshop for students in Al Mawakeb School, Dubai. It was an eventful and educative day. Presentations were made on hazards of dumping cartridges and their impact on the environment and ecosystem. Exhibits on recycling, waste reduction, minimization and several other topics related to green projects were shown to the students. Go Green, with its innovative and interactive ways, attempts to incorporate children in saving the nature and ecosystem, especially through cartridge recycling.

Go Green visits Jumeirah Primary School, Dubai on World Environment Day on 5th June, 2008

Go Green, a strong protagonist of educating young children about environmental protection, participated at an event at Jumeirah Primary School, Dubai on the World Environment Day 2008. Students were familiarized with the structure of printing cartridge and hazards posed to the nature by the empty cartridges. Importance of Recycling and Reuse/proper disposal of empty cartridges was made the highlight of the event. Young school children were quite impressed with the exposition made in very innovative and interactive learning way. The focus of the event was to train the students right from their formative years so that environmental protection and living in harmony with the nature becomes a habit with them. The students took keen interest in the program.