Green dream
Al Ain was Sheikh Zayed's most beloved city. Already an oasis, he made it greener and more verdant than anywhere else in the UAE.
From the peak of Jebel Hafeet, the city is an impressive expanse of emerald in contrast to the rolling red sands around it.
It may have been an expensive project. It may be environmentally unsustainable. But it is a place of great peace and beauty, and somewhere to remember Zayed and how very greatly we miss him still.
From the peak of Jebel Hafeet, the city is an impressive expanse of emerald in contrast to the rolling red sands around it.
It may have been an expensive project. It may be environmentally unsustainable. But it is a place of great peace and beauty, and somewhere to remember Zayed and how very greatly we miss him still.
8 Comments:
hmmm...how many others were in AL Ain this National Day holiday....
I think Emarati's offline...
he is attracting more attention to himself this way....which he says is what he is avoiding. Funny that.
and he called himself emarati when everyone else was calling him emiriati, so he changed it to emirati and everyone has just got used to emarati....
have i confused you? not as much as emerati will.
this marketing move will not work or will it
When I first saw the forestry geen belt on the between Abu Dhabi and Dubai and read about Sheikh Zayed's green vision I was really impressed.
I have always said that planting trees will have a positive climate change effect on this part of the world.
However, what I have heard is that this vision has come to a halt.
The forestry green belt is a lovely idea, but unfortunately - from environmentalists I have spoken to - sadly misguided and environmentally unsustainable. Water should be better preserved and used here: no amount of forestation is going to change this place from being a desert environment.
This obviously also goes for all the massive development and human water use too - particularly the use of groundwater which is seriously depleting the water table.
I had a superb stay at the Mercure during Ramadan for 250dhs per night.
Al Ain: home of expat freaks who work in academia and Al Ain Taxi.
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