Reading through Bahrain This month November 2012edition I came across the very informative article about Bahrain artificial Reef Program .

This a in my eyes a long overdue project.

With all the artificial island being build her and there with

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/ArchiveNewsDetails.aspx?date=10/12/2012&storyid=339581

By Arthur Macdonald,  Posted on » Friday, October 12, 2012

MANAMA: Bahrain could meet up to 10 per cent of its total power needs by using solar power and wind power as part of efforts aimed at implementing a renewable energy model by 2030, a senior Japanese expert said yesterday.

S...

Gulf Weekly 19th September 2012

Every weekend throughout the month of September, Coral Bay is encouraging people to collect rubbish(from the sea) and record the information to be sent to Project AWARE, where a final weigh-in will be calculated.

Published was project tender for a marine outfall pipeline for the Muharraq sewage plant – the area is a shallow lying area only up to 2.5 meter below sea level which in itself it not advisable due to the lack of strong currents – this is normally considered a deep water project ( 30 meters or more below sea level)

Reading through the Gulf daily News I came on a photograph of children that had collected more than 8000 plastic bottles which were given to Mr, Khalid AlQoud and given to the Bahrain Assosiation for parents and friends of disabled- to be sold with money collected from the sale wheelchairs will be bought for people with special needs.

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I miss seeing the night-sky and its immeasurable amount of stars - satellites - and other (blinking) lights.

I decide to go for a ride into the desert of the Kingdom to find a place where I could watch them unobstructed by lights.

Impossible, no matter where I went there were oasis of lights belonging to oil drilling projects lighting up the once dark desert environment.

Got stopped by police wh...

Th following article was published in the GDN today

www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=335394

Deal to set up 5MW solar power project   Posted on » Monday, August 06, 2012

MANAMA: Bapco township of Awali, University of Bahrain and several other areas are set to get solar energy.

An announcement in this regard was made following an agree...

Th following article was published in the GDN today

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=335394

Deal to set up 5MW solar power project   Posted on » Monday, August 06, 2012

MANAMA: Bapco township of Awali, University of Bahrain and several other areas are set to get solar energy.

An announcement in this regard was made following an agreement to set up a 5MW smart solar energy project. The scheme wi...

Tuesday 15th May 2012

Last tuesday I was invited by Ms Joanne Taylor and Ms Manal Ameen from Nasseem school to do come and speak about recycling as the 6 graders where to do a project for the end of year.

What to include and what not. I made a 20 page powerpoint slide show with videoclips of how item are recycled.

I encouraged them to ask the questions and  as we went along an asking them  sometimes&#...

Bidding war..!       By Mohammed Al A'ali,  Posted on » Sunday, May 06, 2012

BAHRAIN'S municipal councils have entered a bidding war to attract a pioneering project that will grow plants, fruits and vegetables without soil.

Four of the five councils are compe...

A video of a small family group of Orcas in Bahraini territorial waters

Getting to see the Southern most tip of the Kingdom could not be missed.

While driving through sakhir desert I was stunned by the garbage left by the campers in the previous season.

If I was the southern municipal council I would trace the way back owners of the left behind tents - wood- toilet- porta-cabins etc, which is possible  since every person that wanted to camp had to have a license and place assignment numbers.

Having lived in Bahrain over 27 and husband having an office in AlAreen Wildlife park I  had the pleasure of visiting the park many many times in the past.

Having guests from abroad I could not miss the chance to go again.

I was so very disappointed!!

From the original 8 square kilometer less than 4 kilometer is left absorbed by the ever expand...

When I was at the Brunel Lecture I met another very interesing person, never realising when I met him that I was very interesed in the project he supports:

Ahmed Buhazza, a member of its advisory committee and the executive director of the project Recycle IT.

About the ...

I came back from the Bahrain Green tec. a few weeks ago and thought to myself what can I do about the incinerator ?

Even if this doesn't spew out co2 due to stringent laws (but how will these be enforced in the Kingdom of Bahrain?) the fact remains that it's end product is highly  poisonous ash.

Some information:

Atkins’ Middle East chairman and former chief executive Keith Clarke  delivered his Brunel International Lecture in Bahrain on behalf of the UK’s Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). His lecture was under the patronage of the Minister of Energy, Dr. Abdul-Hussain bin Ali Mirza and supported by the Bahrain Society of Engineers.

13th-15th MARCH 2012

http://www.bgte2012.com/

Bahrain Green-Tech EXPO is a new trade show dedicated to the green consumer products and services

I thought I drop by at the expo/ forum today and see what it all about.

Very interesting - the forum was trying to get some recommendations on paper- 4 pages in huge print single sided- but who for and are they really thinking that it will help- first practice what you preach - the recommendations were still not finished s...

I just came back from the last meeting of the environment friends society.

This NGO is run by the outspoken Khawla Mohannadi

She is the founder of Environmental Friends Society, and REEM program for young environmentalist leaders, and  Environmental Alliances, creating first environmental lobby for Bahrain.

She also represented ...

Still waiting for the Public commission to give me a report on how many animals have been ripped apart at alareen wildlife park since a pack of dogs do not normally kill for food their attacks usually leads to mutilation of cattle and killing of pets dogs/cats.

I am first and foremost for the environment and its indigenous animals in the Kingdom.

Feral cats and desert dogs are not indigenous but so called "loving pets" left by expats that can't be bothered to cough up the m...

Reading through the bussiness section today in the GDN I found the following article.

Again its only a study.

Al Namal group could save money by talking to Dr. Waheeb Eissa Al-Nasser -Professor of Applied Physics at the University of Bahrain - who happens to have done many seminars and studies about the posiblilty of  a offshore windfarm to generate renewable energy for the KIngdom of Bahrain.

Gulf Daily News Jan 16 2012

MANAMA: Bahrain-based Al N...