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Vegans are people who choose to avoid animal products of all kinds, such as dairy and eggs as well as wool, leather and animal tested products like body creams and cosmetics.
The people following this lifestyle stretch the vegetarian lifestyle to include more options and lead a wholly ‘cruelty-free lifestyle’. This comes as a result of many reasons combining health, environmental and most importantly, natural aspects.
The most important environmental aspect about vegan lifestyle is the multidisciplinary problem of animal agriculture.
There are many online resources and books for vegans, with lifestyle tips, advice as …
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Compost can be put in the soil or used as mulch. It has many properties, some of which are listed below.
1- Improves moisture absorption and drainage in soil, especially poor quality soils.
2- Easier and more productive growth in various types of soil.
3- Compost loosens tightly bound silt and clay so plant roots can spread and allow air to penetrate and water to drain.
4- Provision of nutrients in the soil.
5- Compost binds clusters of soil (called aggregates) and this makes the soil excellent in its structure; filled with air pores and …
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Since we’re encouraging you get your special occasions gowns from local boutiques, we’ve found this list which we think might just contain every possible outlet that’s worthwhile!
Feel free to suggest other stores and if you know about vintage outlets we’d definitely want to know about them!
Name
Area
Address
Tel.
Byorca
Dokki
El Sad El Aali Sq.
3353839
Nada Zananiry HC
Dokki
15 Tiba St. Shhoting Club
3358415
Safi
Giza
27 Giza St.
5729611
Atelier Maïssa
Heliopolis
8 Nabil el Wakad St. off Nozha Street
6900290 / 3900269 / 0101568378
Atelier Muslimah
Heliopolis
13 Mostafa Mosharafa St.
010 3508966
Egyptian Market
Heliopolis
64 Abu Bakr al Seddique
6328940
Loula
Heliopolis
Mohandessin
7 …
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In the 90s Dr. Lim Lang, professor of Food Policy at London’s City University created the term “food miles”.
As the name might indicate, food miles indicate the distance food travels from where it was sourced to our plates, in terms of the environmental impact it made. This includes the aviation, shipping, trucks and your car trip to get it from your local distributor.
Shipping Problem: In July of this year at a key international meeting, the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) didn’t issue the hoped for compulsory plans to cut …
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350.org is a global international movement and campaign that has been able, and continues, to encourage global citizens of all walks of life to identify and present solutions to the climate crisis.
The number 350 (as in 350 parts per million) has been identified as the safe upper limit for Carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere.
We’re now at 390 ppm.
The 350.org movement is capitalizing on people from all over the world, who will unite and perform actions at iconic places in their communities or countries.
The aim is to attract the public, …



