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Today we recycle for variety of reasons.

We understand that recycling helps conserve limited resources. Recycling also saves energy, creates jobs, and helps build a strong economy.

And it reduces problems associated with litter and trash. So recycling is still the wise thing to do.

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HISTORY OF RECYCLING Here is a brief history of recycling, showing how it has developed and how it has become a way of life for millions of years.

Millions years ago, And when all dinosaurs died and became extinct, they were recycled into oil and gas.

The process took place as the decaying remains of dinosaurs along with other sea animals and plants settled on the seabed.

Over time, the animals, plants, mud, and sediment will gradually compress into sedimentary rock and change into gas and oil through heat and pressure.

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Millions of years later, they will be mined and refined into petroleum, plastic, and thousands of products.

10,000 B.C. THE Nomadic tribes started to settle FINALLY !

ATHENS, organized the first municipal dumps in the western world. Local laws dictate that waste must be disposed of at least one mile from the city walls. 1031 Japan, begins the first recorded use of waste paper for making new paper. All documents and paper in japan are recycled and come into new paper, sold in paper shops.

22 APRIL 1970 Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year.

Now, They got to learn and improve how to dispose there trends, They must learn how to dispose of their trash. The challenge of what to do with waste begins.

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f we search within our history, we can find magnificent heritage of stories and acquaintance regarding the origin of the universe and originate creation.

Since Then, man did not sit on one’s hands regarding available resources and we can discover that recycling is not a modern civilization term.

History shows us that Ancient Egyptians not only managed to use and recycle waste, but they also were the first to know recycling process; reusing papyrus golden jewelry coffins and shrouds, as well as not to waste food, as leftovers were thrown for goats and birds. Ancient Egyptians were proficient in recycling everything.

Ancient priests accustomed to use papyrus remnants from domestic manuscripts to make plaster used for shrouding mummies.

Exhibition for Pharaonic monuments in Fitzwilliam Museum “Cambridge England” revealed that ancient Egyptians resorted to recycling coffins. The exhibition displayed reused four thousand year Pharaonic coffins for visitors like the coffin for Head of scribes in Amon Ra Temple in Thebes.

Thanks to a study conducted with the help of X-rays and CT scans over a group of coffins located in the museum mentioned for two centuries, it is found that majority of these coffins were remade of old wooden pieces and coffins.

One of murals discovered in Amarna is also considered an example that demonstrates ancient Egyptian tendency to reuse everything; when King Akhenaten died, his family memorial was destructed. It was carved on a stone that mention ancient Egyptians kings. This stone calls for the worship of God Aton. This stone was later re-used to be the basis for King Merneptah rule.

Ancient Egyptians also used renewable energy sources represented in wind power to help boats sail in The River Nile.

Centuries passed and defenders of environment spread and many people connected to the concept of recycling with a desire to maintain their resources and the world.

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The birth of the pigeon-fly

Written By: Said Ezz Eldin

Do we really care about our kids? About new generations? Why do we call them “generations”? Simply because we are generating them… we are the source of new human products!

But, we are also the source of other products…we are “generating” waste”. Unfortunately, although we are the source in both cases, we are suffering from a sort of favoritism. We love our human kids, we care about them, but we usually neglect and sometimes simply hate our material kids, also known as “waste”. The conflicts between kids and parents are normal, and the art of peaceful parenting is a big issue today, just google it and you’ll know everything about it. But nobody thought before that article about “Peace with Waste”.

Different Waste perceptions:

Passive people regard waste as “residues”, with complete indifference towards piles of waste accumulated in the streets around them. Their attitude towards waste, can be the same towards flower boxes! Active perceptions are positive or negative. Negative perception regards waste as “Garbage”…. Those people hate waste and consider it as a real enemy that must be destroyed and thrown away from their yards and surroundings. The last category, and the most important one although its small size, is the positive perception group. Those people regard waste as the real meaning of the word in different dictionaries…. “Waste”= neglect, instead of use: For example “waste of opportunity”. Actually, this is the word we must use, and teach our children to use throughout their whole life. Talking in depth about the core difference between

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negative and positive perceptions of waste by different people will lead us to define what we call negative, and positive peace.

Johan Galtung, the father of peace studies often refers to the distinction between ‘negative peace’ and ‘positive peace’. Negative peace refers to the absence of violence.

When, something undesirable stopped happening (e.g. the violence stopped, the oppression ended). In our case, burning “Garbage”, or taking it away to the dumpsite or the landfill. Positive peace is filled with positive content such as

restoration of relationships, and the constructive resolution of conflict. As you realize now, the positive peace fits exactly the positive view of waste as something we lose, and we must recover.

Types of violence between us and our waste:

“Direct violence”, bad smell due to organic waste decomposition in our streets, hygienic risks, visual pollution and street blockage caused by the accumulation of waste piles are typical direct violence issues. “Cultural violence” is related somehow to the consensus of different groups, regarding the way they view their waste. If, they hate their waste, they’ll accept the enforcement of legislations, and acts justifying incineration and disposal of waste in landfills or dumpsites. Finally, “Structural violence” refers to a form of violence wherein some social structure or social institution may harm people

by preventing them from meeting their basic needs. In our case the lack of proper waste management planning, collecting fees from people without providing proper waste collection services, the lack of any measures of extended producer responsibilities EPR, the lack of subsidy for the waste management industry, and the failure of integrating the informal sector, are all different examples of structural violence.

Linear and circular economies:

The circular economy is a generic term for an industrial economy that is producing no waste and pollution, by design or intention, and in which material flows are of two types: biological nutrients, designed to reenter the biosphere safely, and technical nutrients, which are designed to circulate at high quality in the production system without entering the biosphere as well as being restorative and regenerative by design. Both biological and technical nutrients form the two wings of what we call “The butterfly diagram”, visualizing the meaning of circular economy.

This is contrast to a Linear Economy which is a ‘take, make, dispose’ model of production.

Transcending the concept:

Now, to sum up all what we discussed, it is obvious that the butterfly diagram is not enough to sustain our peaceful relation with our waste… the butterfly wings must come out from the body of a pigeon instead… A Pigeon with a pulsating heart with all meanings of positive peace, and only then, we’ll recognize that our "daily generation" of waste, deserve the same care of our "new generations" of kids... and we'll save the earth…. Let’s fly high our pigeonflies.

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mazing but true, in August 1913 Maadi was the site of history-making innovation when American inventor-engineer Frank Shuman (1862-1918) chose this still-nascent Nile side suburb to launch his amazing contraption as solar panel.

THE FOREIGNERS LAMBERT AND RALLY DISTRIBUTED PAPER INVITATIONS TO A TEAM OF NOTABLES, NOBLEMEN AND WRITERS TO ATTEND A MACHINE TEST THAT THE ENGLISH COMPANY SUN POWER HAD INSTALLED IN MAADI DESIGNED TO RESTRICT THE SUN POWER AND USE IT IN OPERATING EQUIPMENT AT NOON OF JULY 11TH . THE COMPANY IS PREPARING A LUXURIOUS BANQUET FOR THE INVITEES. THE MACHINE IS DESCRIBED IN A BULLETIN:

“ AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BEING SPENT IN SEVERAL EXPERIENCES SAVING NO EFFORT FOR ALMOST 7 YEARS, IN MAADI, NEAR CAIRO, THE BRITISH COMPANY SUN POWER SUCCEEDED TO COMPLETE AND ESTABLISH A VERY GREAT PUMP OR A MACHINE WITH ITS ALL DERIVATIVES TO LIFT WATER AND CAN ALSO LIFT 6000 GALLONS OF WATER PER MINUTE (27260 LITERS) WITHOUT NEEDING ANY BURNING SUBSTANCE, NECESSARY STEAM REQUIRED FOR THIS POWER IS THE RESULT OF SUN RAYS CONCENTRATING ON RESERVOIRS FULL OF WATER, THIS METHOD MOVES AND ROTATES THE BIG PUMP OR THE LIFTING EQUIPMENT. ” ZeroIssue Issue- -12 12 Zero

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In order that Architect Mohamed El Sokkary could integrate a solar energy plant BIPV (Building Integrated PV) in the outer skin of the CIB bank building with the supreme project management of SUMMiT CEO Eng Ahmed Garrana, a group of finest Egyptian engineers collaborated together under supervision of the engineering department of the CIB bank all dedicated for one goal : Execution of a unique project : • CIB head of engineering department Ehab Maher and engineers Abeer Bakr & Remon Lahzy .

• Main contractor PALM GROUP Architect Hesham Hashish.

• Architecture Consultant SERRY DESIGN INTERNATIONAL Architect Ahmed Serry.

• Electro mechanical Consultant Elec.

Mech. Design Center Engineer Hassan Abdou and Engineer Hatem el Mahdy.

SUMMiT Solar Energy has won the market leadership and deserved to be on top of all solar energy companies in the MENA region by doing it for the first time specializing in BIPV (Building Integrated Solar Energy) and opening the door to a new era of architecture integration of the solar energy to a building.

-The CIB bank head office in the smart village Giza, Egypt.

PV integration offers many opportunities for visual enhancement. By combining aesthetics and additional functions.

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-SUMMiT Team

Summit engineers give special consideration in providing clients with BIPV solutions that are aesthetically pleasing. The fundamental issues of BIPV relate to the type of installation, the method used to fix the PV elements, the technology used and the choice of installation location. We, at Summit, precisely control these parameters to provide our clients with innovative and aesthetic solutions.

BIPV is expected to become the fastest growing PV market segment in the MENA region.

In addition to strong energy efficiency measures, this implies buildings should generate power to compensate power consumption of its appliances, where PV is virtually the only possible option. BIPV is expected to play a crucial role in realizing these objectives, and will thus evolve from a niche into a high-volume market.

-The CIB bank head office in the smart village Giza, Egypt.

In addition to converting solar energy into electricity, BIPV can perform multiple functions, such as weather, heat, sun and noise protection of a building guarantee attractive faรงades and roof designs deliver energy efficiency as part of a low-carbon architectural approach.

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ROM A VERY

LONG TIME Humans know the power of Sun and made an idea about it. Through the time, we have a great relation evolved through the time.

The first idea about sun that humans take it as God, then humans used the sunlight.

At 7 th century B.C. when humans make fire by the sun light and magnifying glass.

Through the time humans made an amazing revolution in using sun power when we discover the way to convert the sun light to ELECTRICITY. Today, humans made an amazing revolution using the sun light, making it power & convert it into an electricty, heating water and building, etc.

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ENEWABLE ENERGY=

CLEAN ENERGY

Renewable energy is generally defined as energy that collected from sources, which are naturally replenished, such as Sun light, Wind, Geothermal heat, BioEnergy.

Clean energy evolution is taking place across over all the world, because it is a great gift and we waste it !

Every hour the sun beams onto Earth for enough energy to satisfy global needs for an entire year.

Today, and unfortunately, the solar energy technology produces less than 0.1 % of the global energy demands, though the sun beams energy onto our plant all the time, so why not increase the interest and the result !

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ISO

CERTIFICATION ISO (the international organization for standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing international standards is normally carried out through iso technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with iso, also take part in the work. Iso collaborates closely with the international electrotechnical commission (IEC) in all electronically standardization.

ISO 14001 have two edition the second edition canceled and replaced by the first edition (ISO 14001:1996) which has been technically revised in 2004 and 2015.

What give ISO 14001 its importance is rising public awareness of the need to protect our environment, governments and businesses are under increasing pressure to minimize their environmental footprint and promote sustainable development.

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The ISO 14001 - Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Standard has been developed to help organizations identify, manage and control the activities that have an environmental impact. Industrial companies, service organizations, utility and public bodies worldwide have embraced ISO 14001 as the preferred model for environmental management and improved performance.

he critical components of an Environmental Management System are:

• Defining ecological perspectives.

• Analyzing pertinent natural effects.

• Removing the effects.

• Improving ecological execution.

As per ISO 14001, the sympathy toward the earth ought to be focused on the surroundings in which the association works, for example, air, water, arrive, fauna, vegetation, and human communications. The unmistakable definition and separation between exercises, related perspectives, and the subsequent natural effects is exceptionally urgent to any successful natural administration framework however this causes many organizations some trouble frequently in the underlying improvement of their framework. All together for a successful ecological administration framework to be executed, the above perspectives ought to along these lines be managed more noteworthy essentialness.

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Benefits for your connection incorporate: • Strengthened partner certainty – ISO 14001 decreases danger of risk, keeps in front of enactment also, administrative advancements and diminishes the ecological weight through end, lessening and alternatives.

• Greater upper hand – your association would accomplish enhanced cost control, made strides hierarchical adequacy and picture of association.

• More secure long haul reasonability – ecological administration standard encourages successful administration, exhibits natural concentration and presents change in a controlled way.

• Employee contribution and inspiration – ISO 14001 shows advancement and ground breaking way to deal with clients and forthcoming representatives. It obviously characterizes representatives’ capacities and sets up ecological mindfulness and clear techniques.

Clients, representatives, stockholders and contenders build up another level of manageable regard for an association which exhibits its dedication to nature.

Exhibit a pledge to accomplishing legitimate administrative consistence to controllers and government.

Exhibit your ecological responsibility to partners.

Exhibit an inventive and ground breaking way to deal with clients and imminent workers.

Increment your entrance to new clients and business accomplices.

Better deal with your natural dangers , now and later on.

Possibly diminish open risk protection costs.

Improve your notoriety.

Constant change of natural execution.

Adherence to natural enactment/lawful similarity.

This international standard is based on the methodology known as Plan-DoCheck-Act (PDCA).

PDCA is a simple tool that ensures constant monitoring of your organization’s effectiveness. It consists of the following: Plan: set up the goals and procedures important to convey brings about agreement with the association’s natural strategy.

Do: actualize the procedures.

Check: screen and measure forms against natural strategy goals targets legitimate and different necessities and report the outcomes.

Act: take activities to constantly enhance execution of the natural management framework.

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Are you thinking about buying a solar electric PV system for your home or business? If so, this Can give you some basic information that can help you.

Solar electric PV systems, which are also called photovoltaic or PV systems, are reliable and pollution-free. They make use of a renewable source of endless energy—the sun and PV systems for homes and businesses are becoming more affordable all the time.

PV works best in an energy-efficient building. So, adding insulation and energy efficient lighting, Solar water heaters, efficient appliances, and windows is a good idea, to reduce your home’s overall electricity use efficient appliances before you install a PV system.

To make PV systems even more affordable, EIM Energy offer financial incentives through solar financing programs.

Some utilities have net metering programs like (SHAMSIK YA MISR) initiative, There’s also other program available for all the users called FIT Program (feed in tariff program) in this program the generated electricity from the PV is injected to the grid and the customer get money for each KWhr he sells to the Utility Grid from the PV with a very attractive tariff (0.84 LE for the residential sector and 0.96 for the commercial sector).

A PV system can be a substantial investment. As with any investment, careful planning will help you make the right decisions for your home or business.

Solar Billboard Lighting Solar Billboard Lighting requires no electricity (in the normal sense) and therefore, through electric cost savings over the lifetime of the Solar Billboard Lighting System, they completely pay for themselves more than once over. And, in a world that is increasingly concerned with cleaner, greener, more ecologically homes and businesses.

Solar Street Lighting • Most cost efficient solar LED lighting solution per km of road.

• Patented optics and high brightness LED lighting breakthrough allows for up to 50m spacing.

• Smart charging and discharging of battery extends battery life and improves system performance.

• Complies with strict EU street lighting regulations.

• No need to lay cable, transformer, pillar and cable channel.

Solar Mobile Lighting The new solar light tower from EIM Energy takes the advantages of solar LED lighting on the road. Ideal for military, security, emergency response, special events, construction sites and any other application where on-d mand lighting is desired. This towable system provides cost-effective bright white lighting without all of the disadvantages inherent to diesel gener tor light towers noise, fumes, cost and availability of diesel fuel. Frequent maintenance and a carbon footprint. www.eim-energy.com

Energy from the sun makes sense; and EIM-ENERGY makes it a reality. While the solar generation market is only now taking shape in Egypt, EIM-ENERGY can offer the accumulated experience to provide realistic solutions and applications to tender to the various market needs. We provide the full life cycle of services and applications for a successful implementation and operation, offering and creating successful solutions and implementations for our clients - all this from a single source.

At EIM-ENERGY, we take pride in our ability to work diligently with all parties to create projects that result in successful completion and satisfied stakeholders.

With EIM-ENERGY’s experience, expertise and access to a proven track record, we offer the confidence necessary to initiate and follow through on individual needs as well as large-scale solutions, applications and projects.

Family: Many people believe in earth’s

Nowadays, they make a cool landscapes, articles, accessories and furniture.

health, while they don’t know each other or make constructive relations.

So we need to make GREEN FAMILY that inspires, and help save the health of our plant and every soul on it.

They achieve the big dream & message The most important reasons of success : - Products designs development.

- Using a new materials.

- Continuity in what you do.

- Love what you do.

GEZAZY

2011

Today they have an amazing show room and library for whom loves reading.

89%

The first selling process in Cairo was in 21\11\2010 at “ I'm Arabian festival ”

17-3-2011 Opening the Gezazy store.

(The first selling process)

- They wanted to build an amazing enviro place - They used the available materials in Marsa Alam.

- Then mostafa worked at Hebka.

- They are the first association in the red sea works on waste sorting

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The idea come in glass working

Starting..

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at “Egyptian figures festival” in Wadi el Gemal

- The first product was born at Fostat Wadi El Gemal.

- Gezazy as a brand name comes from glass mean. In Arabic “ Zogag’’ and in bedouin tong Gezaz – so my glass means Gezzazy.

Mostafa 2004-2008

- The main starting point for Gezazy at 29\10\2010

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70%

- Mostafa was interested in art & decoration.

- Mostafa goes to Marsa Alam to work at Tondo bay 3,1%

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ire Derived Fuel

“The usage of Tire Derived Fuel (TDF) in Cement Industry as a strategic alternative for the conventional Fuel”

Cement is among the most vital ingredients required for the growth of any economy.

Demand for cement is directly tied to the use of concrete in building construction and public works projects.

The use of alternative fuels in cement kilns became common and increasing globally.

The range of alternative fuels is extremely wide.

They are usually available as gas, liquid and solid.

Cement producers are striving to lower their production costs.

One effective method of achieving this end is the use of alternative fuels.

Use of low-grade alternative fuels such as waste coal, tires, sewage sludge, and biomass fuels (such as wood products, agricultural wastes, etc.) is a viable option because combustion takes place at a very high temperature.

Cement production energy costs are significant input variables in cement manufacturing. Producers are attempting to utilize the lowest-cost energy supplies to reach the high tem-

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Eng.Khaled Abdulrahman peratures required to produce cement.

Fuel presents from 20% to 30% of production cost.

Kilns are ideally suited to recycling alternate/wastes for recovering their energy value because of the intense heat of production.

Utilization of alternate/ waste fuels does not directly improve the energy efficiency or lower the CO2 emissions of cement manufacturing.

However, it does reduce

the use of conventional fuels, and reduces waste material sent to landfills.

Depending on the alternate/waste fuel used it can be argued that there are real indirect energy savings and emission reductions.

The technology used in modern cement kilns makes it possible to use waste as fuel, while keeping air emissions well within safe levels.

Using worn tires instead of hard coal does not affect the other input and output parameters to any great extent.

Much of the environmental impact is even reduced slightly by using worn tires.

The environmental effect of using worn tires in a cement plant can thus be regarded as “neutral”.

Tires are composed of rubber compounds and textile or steel cords.

Rubber compounds generally consist of natural or synthetic rubber, carbon black, hydrocarbon oils, zinc oxide, sulphur and sulphur compounds and other chemicals such as stabilizers, anti-oxidants, anti-ozonates, etc.

Rotary kiln combustion enables combustion of tires in different sizes with relatively low operating costs.

The average heating value of the rubber tires in the form of shredded chips is 32 MJ/KG. In Egypt, millions of such sizeable rubber objects are found scattered everywhere, from open plots of land to small workshops.

To estimate the size of the pollution, think about the number of vehicles that cut around the clock through the highways and streets of Egypt. Several countries in the region have implemented tire recycling on a nationwide scale.

Egypt is still lagging.

However, with the dramatic increase in the number of tires, a significant step should be taken to contain that threat, which is now one of the major sources of pollution.

Dumped tires that pile up in the streets are a hotbed for procreating mosquitoes, because they absorb humidity, tires attract the insects that lay no less than four million eggs on each tire!

The rubber also sustains high temperatures, which makes it an ideal den for rats of every kind, let alone the fact that burning the tires causes carcinogen fumes.

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GREEN SCHOOLS • What are green schools?

Educational Places prepare students to become leaders and citizens who understand how the natural world works, see the patterns that connect human activity to nature, and have the knowledge, values, and skills to act effectively on that understanding, place create a healthy environment that is conductive to learning while saving energy, resources and money.

According to U.S. Green Building Council and Center for Ecoliteracy green schools significantly lower greenhouse gas emission and energy costs, improve student and teacher health, and enhance student motivation, with children spending two-thirds of their waking hours inside schools, benefits like pure air quality, safe outdoor spaces, health listening and high quality cafeteria food.

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• Why green schools?

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For saving financial resources by reducing expenses on energy consumption, water, and other materials.

• Saving energy.

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Making efficient use of water.

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Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emissions.

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Recycling waste.

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Planting trees in yards, along fences, and in gardens to improve the quality of air in the school.

• Offering comfortable and cozy conditions for learning Setting an example for other community buildings.

• How green schools?

Mostly of the society who interested in green schools identified five Pillars that are particularly fertile for initiate: Facilities: like Environmental friendly products and the campus.

Food: help students learn where the food they eat comes from and how it gets to them.

Community: Schools are also networks of relationships in which students spend much of their time.

Within these networks, students develop the values and attitudes.

Transportation: reduce co2 emission and Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

Environmental Education: teaching programs to increase students awareness about how to deal with the world issues in a biological way.

Green School is not just about bamboo anymore, it is about a new paradigm that embraces first and foremost education, living and sustainability.

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Modern academy Modern academy in Maadi was founded in 1993 with a vision of enriching private education in Egypt. In addition, Modern Academy implements national and educational policies to provide our country with qualified individuals capable ofachieving the country's goals of progress and development.

The Modern Academy is located in Maadi, a southern suburbof Cairo known for its greenery and quietness.

MAM currently occupies permanent buildings on road # 304, New Maadi.

The 3500 + square meters luxurious buildings are easily reached by public transportation only 30 minutes from Cairo International Airport and down town Cairo.

MAM started with the Computer Science specialization according to the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education decree no.

1570 in the year 1993.

MAM, through the continuous efforts of its founding president Prof. Dr. Nabil S. Debeas, was able to add the Business Management, Accounting, and Economics specializations according to the Ministry of Higher Education decree no.18 in the year 1996.

In the year 2001,The Managerial Information Systems program was added according to the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education decree no. 239. Currently, four departments are organizing MAM’s academic programs: the Computer Science Department, the Business Administration Department ( Management, Economics, Accounting), the ManagerialInformation

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Systems Department, and the Basic Science Department.

In 1995, MAM enrolled approximately 500 undergraduate students in all specializations.

By 1999, the Academy had 3400+ students in its degree enrollment. This number increased to reach 6100+ by the academic year 2000/2001.

Thanks to the offering of the Managerial Information Systems program, the number of enrollment inthe year 2001/2002 reached 7000+.That substantial increase in student enrollment reflects the amount of confidence in the Academy and its material growth.

The Modern Academy operates as a private institution of Higher learning directly under the supervision and assessment of the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education.

In 1993 and 1996 MAM was licensed to confer degrees by the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education.

MAM academic programs are being annually evaluated according to the quality assurance standers set by the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education.

In 1998 the Egyptian Supreme Council for Universities recognized the Academy’s degrees to be equivalent to those awarded

by Egyptian state universities; hence, came the approval of Specialized Syndicates to register the Academy’s graduates as official members in their professional organizations.

According to the Ministry of Higher Education evaluations,MAM ranked first among equivalent private institutions of Higher learning in the country.

Modern Academy for Engineering and technology aims at preparing distinguished engineering personal capable of competing scientifically and professionally on the localand regional levels; thus supplying the society's needs in various country sectors.

This is achieved through providing students with modern and advanced technologicalknowledge, concepts and skills, using various programs within a frame of cultural, social and ethical values.

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DEFINITION OF “GO GREEN” Going green is a gradual process of changing your lifestyle by using products that are considered to be green and ensuring that you reduce the imprint you and your family leave on the environment.

To go green means you opt for a sustainable and renewable way of living.

A green lifestyle focuses on Reducing, Reusing and Recycling whenever possible.

“GO GREEN” CONCEPT BUILT ON THREE MAIN THINKING WAYS CALLED 3RS REDUCE Simply means living more carefully so that you have less rubbish to get rid of, avoiding waste is the preferable option of waste management. For example, when shopping look for and purchase products with minimal packaging.

REUSE Means to use the same item more than once, preferably many times rather than disposing of it after one use. It saves the energy and resources that would have been used to make a new product and results in less products going into the rubbish bin and ending up in landfill.

RECYCLE Means to return a waste product to a factory where it`s remade into either the same product or something different.

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WE BELIEVE IN KNOWLEDGE AND RESPECT ALL SCIENTISTS Dr. Refaat Ahmed El Adly works towards Zero landfill, Zero waste and Renewable sources.

So we select him as honorable member in our zero issue magazine.

He got his PhD in petroleum chemistry in 1994. He worked to upgrade and utilize some petroleum products, waste vegetable oils and rice straw I useful products especially in lubricating greases.

Dr. Refaat established as Team Leader of Safety Management committee of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 for EPRI departments and labs from 2007-2012. He is an advisor in the field of ÂŤLubricantsÂť proved from Egyptian Syndicate of Scientific Professions.

Now a day he interested in waste management especially organic rubbish.

Dr. Refaat made an amazing novel chemical treatment for organic waste,He made request dated 25/6/2015 to get patent from Academy of Scientific Research & Technology.

invention is treated the disadvantages of RDF. Also, the whole organic biodegradable and nonbiodegradable are converted to TWF.

Dr. Refaat Ahmed El Adly This invention relates to design some chemical formulations with thermal treatment for organic rubbish aiming to produce safe and useful products such as treated waste fuel (TW) and lubricating greases.

The novel idea is treatment organic rubbish with waste compounds including by-product and capsulation the whole ingredients. The advantage of TWF in this

In 25/11/2015 Dr. El-Adly made presentation in Arab Organization for Industrialization. Some leaders and specialist were attended this event from ministry of environment, Aiming to make speculation about the machinery to enhance the implementation and production alternative fuel (treated waste fuel) from organic rubbish.

Honorable example He is speaker at the upcoming 4th International Conference on Petroleum Engineering on August 15-17, 2016 London, UK a leading forum for Petroleum and Geo-systems engineers, researchers, elite professors and students provides the ideal environment to disseminate and gain current knowledge in the area of Petroleum Engineering.

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ANAGEMENT OF PACKING WASTE

What is meant by packing waste?

The first perception about packing waste is the collected separated municipal waste that does not contain organic material due to the human daily consumption.

The packing material can be (Paper, Cartoon, plastic, nylon, PET, metals (Ferric and none ferric), glass, etc.). All those kinds of materials can be easily recycled to be reused again.

Today, it is very challenging to separate those materials from the collected garbage, but we managed to develop an efficient solution to separate all those items in an effective manner.

What is the general configuration of that solution?

Our developed solution consists of 10 units that can do an effective sorting of the MSW to separate all types of packing materials. The units are as following: 1- Stationery scrap crane It is stationery electrical crane that feeds the next unit (Bag Opener) with the collected MSW with safe and economic performance.

2- Bag Opener The bag opener serves to regulate the flow of material into the sorting plant at a constant and even feed rate.

The free material will then pass onto the feeding line .

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3- Primary Sorting unit After Bag opener materials come onto elevating conveyor that in turn elevate and feed the material to the pre-sorting conveyor that take the material into a pre-sorting-cabin. Pre-Sorting conveyor will be used for separation of bulky materials like carpet, concrete etc and some big cardboard and film.

4- Trommel Screen Trommel screen that will extract a three way spilt of the mixed materials as follows: • 320mm (Oversize), mainly cardboard with some papers and big PE Film • 320‐150mm, mainly paper and cardboard stream • 150mm, mainly plastics stream, organics and fines.

5- Plastic Separator This units is responsible for separating the coming material out of the trammel screen into: • 2D objects like nylon, paper and small card boards. • 3d Objects like glass, aluminum cans, pet. • Residuals of mixed items that is not easy to separate manually, and it presents almost 40% of the volume.

6- Magnetic Separator Magnetic Conveyor separates ferrous metal from other materials.

7- Optical Sorting unit The optical readers recognize the Martials size and position by analyzing the patterns of the reflected infrared lights, then it pass orders to the air blowers to blow suitable quantity of air to separate the desired items in the separating room.

8- Eddy Current separator This unit is designed to separate the non-ferric metals like the aluminum cans. By using electromagnetic field 90% of the targeted materials can be separated.

9- Separating rooms For every designed separating point, there is a room for collecting the homogeneous materials that can be automatically passed to the baling press unit via chain conveyor.

10- Baling Press units The separated materials automatically transferred via the chain conveyor or automatic balers that can press all types of waste to a preconfigured size and weight. This process increase the density of materials and reduce the cost of handling and transportation for the recycling plants.

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Misr Language Schools (MLS) Was Inaugurated In April 1985. The School Premises Covers An Area Of 17.6 Acres And Is Located Next To The Great Pyramids Of Giza. MLS Facilities Have Also Expanded To Include Many Gardens And Playgrounds. Also Sports Facilities Like A Football Stadium, Tennis, Basketball And Volleyball Courts, And A Skating Rink.

Misr Language School (MLS) Is Dedicated To Providing All Students With An Equal Opportunity To Pursue Their EducationWhile Nurturing All Aspects Of Academic Integrity, Civility, Self-Respect, And Self Realization.

Misr Language Schools (MLS) Helps In Fostering The Journey Towards Self-Exploration, And Cultivating A Sense Of Pride In One’s Identity And Heritage, Thus Instilling A Deep Sense Of Commitment To Our Country, Its History, Culture And Tradition.In Addition, We Firmly Believe That Parents, Teachers, Students And Administrators Constitute A Partnership That Works Together Towards The Empowerment Of Students In Achieving The School's Objectives.

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Education Is A Growth Process That Includes The Mental, Moral,Emotional, Physical And Spiritual Aspects Of The Individual.

At Misr Language Schools (MLS) Each Student Is Seen As A Unique Individual Who Possesses Certain Potential, Needs, Aspirations And Interests. We Recognize That All Students Are Individuals. Our Purpose Is To Provide Them With Opportunities For Personal Discovery And Growth As Well As Varied Experiences That Will Enable Them To Achieve Their Utmost Potential In Order To Become Successful And Productive Members Of Society.

Misr Language School’s participation was represented to see good governance in contributing to egyptian societal role.

It has supported The Magazine as a nucleus for a project reflects a green future with more Purity.

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GREEN BUILDING The below tips are directed to all stakeholders involved throughout the supply chain of the construction industry (from architects/designers to end-users/operators) to operate in a more environmentally and economically sustainable manner.

All these tips complement each other and vironmentally and economica ly sustainable manner.

All these tips complement each other and should be applied in accordance with the projects’ specific requirements and contexts.

As such should be applied in accordance with the projects’ specific requirements and contexts.

As such they are not ranked in aspecific order.

Each of these points is a “tip” for those involved in the construction industry to operate in more environmentally and economically sustainable manner.

Develop an integrated project design and delivery plan: an “ecient” project in terms of implementation but also in terms of environmental / sustainable / green standards includes all stakeholders (at all levels) that should cooperate from the project’s inception.

Encourage innovations and implement new technologies: remain informed on new technologies and systems that could help you perform better, at lower costs and with a lower impact on the environment.

Follow the market trends, but also consider new ideas developed by the Academia as they might represent the future of your industry.

Prepare a carbon/environmental management plan: sustainability should be part of your project and mindset since the earliest stage, and each step of the project should be reviewed and assessed against the possible environmental targets you have in place (energywater savings, recycling targets, …).

Implement sustainable/green building design: A building that approaches sustainability and green features/ materials from its design phase has a very strong potential to perform in an environmentally friendly manner. The design and architectural phase will take into account the geographical location of the project, its position, its requirements and need in terms of materials and systems. Based on the previous point, including “green” on the design phase is a proactive way to reach great performances, and prevents the contractors from engaging in corrective measures later on the project.

“You can’t save what you can’t measure”: Through out the implementation of your project, continuously measure and keep track of your energy and water consumption, either manually or using metering systems. This will help you identify potential areas of waste and room for improvement during the implementation of the same projects or for future ones.

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Understand biodiversity and climatic context: Be aware of the environment in which you operate, and of the impact your activities will have on biodiversity in order to reduce environmental risks and prevent any damages (for instance water/soils/air pollution).

This includes ease in disassembly and removal after construction is completed as well as ease in disassembly of parts of the finished building if needed for renovation projects later on.

Work with the environment, not against it: consider using renewable energy (i.e. solar) onsite to limit your energy consumption from fossil fuels. Be aware of the climatic conditions and design your project with the environment in mind.

The process ensures a maximization of the value of materials used during the construction phase, quick recycling after the phase, and minimization of the enviromental impact typically caused by construction waste.

Involve experts: Do take advantage of the experience and expertise of organizations/professionals that can guide your project planning and implementation, identify strengths and weaknesses, and help you build relevant, realistic and verifiable targets.

In construction, this includes hiring specialist workers/ contractors that work on projects that require special skills.

Construction disassembly: Incorporate construction materials, parts (components and fasteners), and methods that are easy to access and disassemble.

Design strategies to minimize construction waste: Construction waste largely contributes to local and regional landfills.

Right at the outset, contractors and designers can integrate their roles by sharing informationregarding product specifications such as sizing to reduce wastage. For example, walls frames can correspond to default industry sizing of drywall or plasterboard.

This method can significantly reduce cut-o waste when drywall/plasterboard is made to fit the design of the framing layout.Implementing onsite recycling processes and facilities will help better manage construction waste and reduce the impact on the environment.

It will also lead to a better understanding of resources management and usage, and prevent future wastage.

Alternatively, work an agreement with suppliers to buy back unused building materials. This includes ease in disassembly and removal after construction is completed as well as ease in disassembly of parts of the finished building if needed for renovation projects later on.

The process ensures a maximization of the value of materials used during the construction phase, quick recycling after the phase, and minimization of the enviromental impact typically caused by construction waste.

Value engineer: Using the aphorism “less is more�, plan for simplicity and eciency. Simplicity results in less wastage as it maximizes function of existing resources and there by reduces cost over time.

In construction this entails: 1- Identifying unnecessary costs in design and construction from the outset.

2- Researching new technological methods used during construction to ensure the process will deliver eciency at a lower cost to all stakeholders – savings are eventually shared between owner and contractor.

3- Planning building supplies from the beginning to ensure wastage does not occur with materials that are not needed or used. This helps to eliminate purchase costs as well as disposal costs.

4- Provide safe storage of building materials to prevent damage from natural and artificial elements.

Construction disassembly: Incorporate construction materials, parts (components and fasteners), and methods that are easy to access and disassemble.

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Green Energy Solutions Company (GESC) Was established in Alexandria, EGYPT, it is a joint stock Egyptian company with capital shared and owned by Egyptian investors work-ing under Investment law no. 8/1997 The purpose of the company is to trade, partially or completely manufacture and offer high standard integrated solutions in the use of renew-able energy in a wide range of implementation in EGYPT. GESC seeks to make a positive impact in the use of energy by providing, facilitating and of-fering renewable energy solutions as an alternative source of energy by providing a range of reliable and well trusted services.

GESC is an innovative leader in today’s solar energy industry and marketplace offering simple and cost effective solutions of a more efficient, and effective renewable energy source.

GESC offers a wide range of solution for electricity generation, multi usage water pump-ing and lighting.

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Values

We are trust worthy and we honor our commitments, our commitment to integrity is a cornerstone of our success. This drives our dedication to uphold ourselves to the highest standards of business conduct. By acting with the highest standards of conduct even when it means making difficult choices, we will deliver sustained value to our customers, employees, communities and share holders.

The Company’s success is founded on talented employees effectively applying services and advanced technology, innovative and efficient manufacturing and sound business management. We aim to add more value at lower cost with faster response.

Diversity is a strength that unlocks our full potential and helps us to achieve our goals, by promoting diversity; we continue to create a culture of inclusion, take the best of each culture and further strengthen the workforce that builds our brand.

We are a team based organization. Only by sharing ideas and unleashed talents, can the company deliver compelling products and solutions, achieve and sustain profitable growth.

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IT’S A SURPRISINGLY COMPLICATED QUESTION: IS THE FOOD THAT’S HEALTHY FOR YOU HEALTHY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, TOO? BENEFITS OF REDUCING WASTED FOOD: • Save money from buying less food.

• Reduces methane emissions from landfills and lowers your carbon footprint.

• Conserve energy and resources, preventing pollution involved in the growing, manufacturing, transporting, and selling food.

• Support your community by providing donated untouched food that would have otherwise gone to waste to those who might not have a steady food supply.

WAYS TO REDUCE WASTE FOOD: Planning Tips: A simple list with weekly meals in mind, you can save money and time and eat healthier food. if you buy what you need, you will be more likely to keep it fresh and use it all.

Prepare food: Prepare perishable foods soon after shopping. It will be easier to have meals and snacks during the week, saving time, effort, and money.

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THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICITY DEMAND MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE Events commence in International Conference and Exhibition for Electrical Energy Demand Management in the Arab countries, organized by Egyptian Engineers Syndicate in collaboration with Egyptian Society of Engineers and Federation of Arab engineers. The conference will be held over 13-14 Nov. Main attendees shall be Engineer Tariq Nabarawy chief of Egyptian Engineers Syndicate, Engineer Khalid Aldestaoy senior deputy minister of Ministry of Electricity and Energy to represent the minister, Dr. Adel Al-Hadithi Secretary General of Federation of Arab engineers, Engineer Ali Abdul Rahman, chief of Egyptian Society of Engineers and Engineer Mohamed Raslan Zahira chairman of Federal Energy Commission, Dr. Farooq Hakim Chief Energy Commission of Egyptian engineers Syndicate.

In his speech, Engineer Tariq Al-Nabarawy chief of Egyptian Engineers Syndicate confirmed that the syndicate supports Federation of Arab Engineers permanently as it is the only official engineering party that stresses unity of Arabs. He stated that this conference is a real symbol of Egyptian engineering where we discuss unified Arab network and solar energy to achieve our goal to get clean energy cover the entire Arab nation. At the end of his speech, he pointed that within days, the syndicate is going to organize a conference regarding engineering education.

-Engineer Tariq Al-Nabarawy

In his speech, Dr. Adel Al Hadithi, Secretary General of Federation of Arab engineers praised the role of Engineers Syndicateregarding all projects and issues that contribute to the revival and progress of engineering field and provide all logistical requirements required for this conference in cooperation with the Federation and Egyptian Society of Engineers. He also praised the effort of all applicants from Arab countries, including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.

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Al Hadithi added that electrical power with various sources is considered as one of the key pillars for development.

He pointed out that this conference represents a particular necessity with difficult situations faces this sector in most of the Arab countries. Electricity is a service provided by governments to the citizens and they have to provide this service at lowest prices commensurate with citizen income.

Al Hadithi noted that everything indicated by some of media is due to lack of knowledge or something that mislead the citizens. This media mention that prices of electricity in many countries of the world are much higher than prices in our countries and this is true but it is overlooked that there is a big gap regarding the average of individual income.

Al Hadithi wished that proposals provided could contribute to solve issues afflicting this essential and vital sector solutions.

-Dr. Adel Al Hadithi

Engineer Ali Abdul Rahman, chief of Egyptian Society of Engineers explained, during his speech, that the role of the Society is to upgrade technical level of engineers to provide opinions and consultations regarding engineering projects and that it has developed a basic mission since establishment: maintaining engineering entity Abdel Rahman asserted that the Society provide support for organizers of this major conference from which we hope get recommendations for the benefit of Arab engineers regardless of regional nationality.

-Engineer. Ali Abdulrahman

In his speech Engineer Khalid Aldestaoy senior deputy minister of Ministry of Electricity and Energy to represent the minister, he pointed out that energy is the foundation to bring about comprehensive development in all societies and the lifeblood of development regarding various economic and social areas. He added that primary energy sources are naturally non – renewable, so everyone has to exert effort in all fields to maintain the right of next generations to benefit from these sources and adapt better life based on sustainable development consistent with recent global orientations.

-Engineer Khalid Aldestaoy

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ldestaoy added that everything Egypt witnesses like developing projects through all fields, population growth and verities and patterns of consumption representing major factors that contribute to increase energy demand.

This motivates us to work to develop cost affordable and sustainable energy alternatives.

He said that energy issue in all its dimensions has taken an appropriate location in the mind and heart of our political leadership as they aware of the importance of energy file, which represents the essential foundation for future stability and development in Egypt.

The session began and headed by Dr. Ibrahim Yassin, the chief Industrial Energy Efficiency Project and the rapporteur was engineer Adnan Al Ayadi from Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas. Events of the conference ended and it was attended by several experts and specialists in this field from Egypt and Arab countries, among which were Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia.

Several recommendations resulted in the conference with, and reported by Dr. Farouk al-Hakim, head of the conference. He expressed his wish to take these recommendations into consideration by those responsible for this area in the Arab world. Some of these recommendations were: benefit from the experiences of some Arab countries regarding renewable energy use and dissemination them to all Arab World, the establishment of specialist Arab joint industrial parks to produce components required wind power and solar energy stations, the need to take advantage of all available energy types in Arab countries to to diversify Arab energy resources, to take advantage of

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Hydropower Station to store electric energy and in order to improve load factor, to work on the establishment of Arab energy organization to unify energy legislation and laws, the need to apply international Criteria and standards issued by international organizations such as (ISO - IEC), to pay attention to training programs in the field of electric energy demand and the dissemination of thought and the concept of “Energy management�, and the media and all stakeholders (such as ministries authorities, universities, schools, youth centers and clubs) to deploy the concept of rationalizing consumption of electric power concept and to upgrade this power.

SUNPRISM Energy Technology an Egyptian factory on Egyptian soil produces and exports solar panels to Germany SUNPRISM is the first factory to produce and export solar panels in Egypt. SUNPRISM Energy Technology was founded in 1997 by the Prof. Dr. Yahya Bahnas along with a group of other professors and specialists, as the first solar cell manufacturer in the Arab Republic of Egypt. It has focused on exporting photovoltaic modules to European countries, particularly Germany. These units produce clean solar energy, which is now finding increased application in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors and is applied to many different sectors and facilities around the world.

SUNPRISM started its initiative with the assistance of top specialized European support and has since accumulated years of experience in the manufacturing, process engineering and management sides of this industry.

The company manufactures high-quality photovoltaic modules ranging from 3 Wp up to 330 Wp and is located at the Ismailia Public Free Zone in Egypt at a central geographic position to serve the markets of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

SUNPRISM has been operating under the IEC quality certification standards which are mandatory for entry into the European markets.

Green Sun have learned that SUNPRISM intends to also acquire UL and ULC certifications that are mandatory for entry into the US and Canadian markets.

SUNPRISM plant is operated by engineers and technicians with long years of experience in solar energy production technology and is currently capable of producing up to 50 MWp of solar panels per year with further plans to double this capacity in the near future.

Early 2016 a new management team have taken charge of the company and are now in the process of extending the market reach of SUNPRISM products across a

wide range of projects and application both locally in Egypt and globally.

This has been ascertained by Mr. Wael Fathy, SUNPRISM’s Vice President for Business Development. He further adds that this expansion strategy relies on a collaborative approach with as many project owners, EPCs and system integrators as possible in order to enter the local Egyptian, Middle Eastern and global markets as a network of alliances and affiliations, thereby adding to the combined strength of current market players. www.sunprism.solar

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Captivating, Vibrant and Joyful – such attributes seem perfectly natural when it comes to describing Reform’s products. Reform was the glint and reflection of ideas and research

that was founded by a team of young product design entrepreneurs, who are motivated by

challenge and commitment to the world. They are inspired by the authenticity of Egypt within which they wanted to make a sustainable change.

Reform’s philosophy is simple; their aim is to create responsible and thoughtful products, while keeping their designs at the highest standards.

They are interested in taking sustainable and environmental issues and solving them by researching designing and prototyping.

Reform’s products has been awarded the Silver A’ Design Award 2014 under the theme of A’ Sustainable Products, Second prize at Salone Satellite Award 2013 in Milan, Italy for the best eco design under the theme of Design & Craftsmanship: Together for Industry and the First place Gold Award in Egypt Design + Industry competition at FURNEX 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.

An Egyptian Craft Reform’s work took reviving the weaving industry in Egypt as the starting point for addressing an economical issue, through supporting Egyptian craftsmen.

Their aim is to empower local communities, restoring the old craft of

weaving on a loom that ancient Egyptians used to weave their clothes on.

Why Weaving on a loom The earliest known evidence of a loom appeared from Egypt. The loom is a very old device and a famous one for weaving, it’s known since the old civilizations. It’s not a new technique to be learned; many Egyptians are experienced with working with the loom.

Weaving on a loom is very easy and entertaining. Recent studies showed that rhythmic and repetitive movements can reduce stress, anxiety and feelings of depression.

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MOSTADAM The onset of the 21st century presents us with a new set of givens and aisdynamic landscape humanity to revisit economic and MOSTADAM conceived in Egypt, urging purposefully growfinancial paradigms that were prevalent throughout the 20th cening to become a universal movement. It started from tury. within the financial industry, triggered by the financial crisis,system the financial risingFollowing sense thatthe the2008 existing financial is ap- industry is brought face to face with its own inconsistencies and shortcomings. The inproaching the limits of growth. dustryempowers is increasingly becoming MOSTADAM bankers and disharmonious financiers towith social and environmental realities. align the financial industry with a rapidly evolving financial gaps, MOSTADAM worldRealizing and to become in a industry better position to generateis a serious endeavor initiatedstreams

by Arab and African International BankIt(AAIB) in cooperation new revenue manage evolving risks. with the United Nations Development Program aspires to rejuvenate the financial industry and to (UNDP) and Egyptian Corporate Responsibility unleash new growth horizons. Center (ECRC) in 2014. It is focused on capacity building, advocacy and advancing sustainable products and First services. platform to enact sustainable finance in EgyptAs new regulations, policies and structures emerge to ensure the intactness theplatform financialtoindustry, MOSTADAM is the of first promoteMOSTADAM Sustain- subsumes that the evolution finance in “Capacity Building”; changing the able real Finance in Egyptofand MENA lies Region.

Sustainable mindsets and revising the educational paradigms Finance aims at instilling the connection between through progrestrainingEnvironmental, modules. MOSTADAM “Advocacy” as another (EESG)sive (Economics, Socialenlists and Goverof focus.

Thebank’s structural limitationsoperwill be addressed if the nance)area aspects within core businesses, right stakeholders with a cut through understanding of the chalations, policies and practices. lenges and the remedies – are mobilized to fundamentally rethink the industry out of its current stalemate.

MOSTADAM is conceived in Egypt, purposefully growing to become a universal movement. It started from within the financial industry, triggered by the rising sense that the existing financial system is approaching the limits of its growth.

MOSTADAM empowers bankers and financiers to align the financial industry with a rapidly evolving world and to become in a better position to generate new revenue streams and manage evolving risks.

It aspires to rejuvenate the financial industry and to unleash new growth horizons.

First platform to enact sustainable finance in Egypt MOSTADAM is the first platform to promote Sustainable Finance in Egypt and MENA Region. Sustainable Finance aims at instilling the connection between (EESG) (Economics, Environmental, Social and Governance) aspects within bank’s core businesses, operations, policies and practices.

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MOSTADAM seeks the transformation of the financial industry through • Capacity Building: introducing state-of- the-art training programs in sustainable finance.

• Advocacy: enacting the right stakeholders in the right direction to drive the required impact and leverage the right synergies between the finance, environment and the society.

• Sustainable Products & Services: ensuring that financial products and services attend the environmental and social dimensions.