One residential community in Dubai is reaping the benefits of a labour of love. Residents of The Sustainable City on Al Qudra Road are celebrating the "date season" — and how: They've just harvested a massive 50 tonnes of home-grown fruit. Five varieties of dates have been collected this year: Khalal, Khudri,...
The Sustainable City, the Middle East’s first fully operational sustainable community, has announced its plan to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic within the community by 90 percent as early as next year. The Sustainable City’s phase-out of single-use plastic – a significant environmental polluter with...
Signify and Diamond Developers, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) as part of their mutual commitment to utilize creative and innovative technologies and solutions designed to promote sustainability. The signing took place at Sustainable City, a Diamond Developers project and the first fully sustainable community...
General Motors Africa and Middle East recently announced that The Sustainable City, the region’s first fully operational sustainable community, has taken delivery of six new Chevrolet Bolt EVs for its alternative propulsion fleet. The new cars will be part of The Sustainable City’s car-sharing fleet, which will...
Faris Saeed, CEO of Diamond Developers on why he built The Sustainable City Diamond Developers, like many companies of its type, enjoyed high-profile successes at the peak of Dubai’s real estate boom. It was one of the first companies in Dubai to enter the freehold property and...
May 30, 2019 Dubai-based mountaineer Dolores Shelleh has become the first Arab woman to scale Mt. Everest from its toughest North Col terrain. She is also the first Jordanian and the second Serbian to accomplish the feat. Typically, the northern Col of Mt. Everest presents more altitude issues for climbers...
