Shelter Dubai will host a panel discussion on food and farming in the United Arab Emirates. We will bring together a panel of experts representing restaurateurs and distributors, including Organic Foods and Cafe, N_K_D Pizza and Baker and Spice, who source local produce for their menus and stores to discuss the role of food in our community. We will focus on uncovering what we eat and where it comes from, how we can play an active role in demanding a sustainable food supply chain and where…See More

Are you an aspiring or established social entrepreneur? Are you a business entrepreneur with a social vision? Interested in learning how social innovation can benefit you, your work, organization, or business? Interested in the growing social entrepreneurship in the UAE and GCC?  Join us for the 1st of a series of events aimed at developing social entrepreneurship in the UAE and GCC.Tuesday, April 24, 2012Doors will open at 7 PMThe event is free and open to the publicPlease RSVP on …See More

Students from the American University of Dubai will exhibit their senior projects at Shelter Dubai for the week of April 12th to April 19th. Nineteen senior students in the Visual Communications department will display their final projects, all of which focus on the theme “Change the World.” Many projects include collaboration with charitable causes.  The students will present their works to a jury of representatives of the visual and communicative arts in Dubai on April 19th at 6pm. The…See More

Today, we do not choose our birthplace, but with a little help we can choose our path in life. Ouazzaniyat is a non-profit organization that aims at setting up self-sustainable educational community centers in the rural areas of the Ouazzane Province in Morocco, using permaculture to provide local grassroots solutions to the global problems of environment, poverty, illiteracy and human migrations. Nazik Moudden is the founder of Ouazzaniyat (…See More