Early November 2021 at the Glasgow Central Station, it only takes a visitor an instant to notice how busy the city is. That’s because, from 31 October to 12 November, the Scottish city hosted politicians, civil society organizations and environmental activists from around the globe for the UN’s 26th edition of the ‘Conference of the Parties’ (COP). Among the attendees was Shady Khalil, co-founder of Greenish, who participated for the first time at COP26 as an observer.
It’s over 35 degrees Celsius at the Greek campus of the American University in Cairo downtown. The sun is high above the 3,000 attendees and partners presenting their initiatives or businesses. It shouldn’t be this hot in September, Greenish co-director Mohamed Kamal will later tell us as he introduces the day’s line-up, “which is why we need to be here,” he remarks. To raise community awareness about the importance of the environment was the inspiration behind the Greenish festival, in collaboration with San3aTech.
