THE VIEW FROM FEZ

The European Union (EU), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez (EMU) have signed a financing ag...

Morocco's Institute for Research in Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN) has announced the start of the installation of the first c...

A new environmentally-friendly bus service will be in operation around the city of Rabat by summer 2018, according to Maghreb Arab Press (...

It has been almost a year since Morocco formally prohibited the manufacture, import, export, sale and use of plastic bags. The law was publi...

The city of Fes has just launched a new application for smartphones intended for all its inhabitants. Called " I preserve my city ...

Morocco Celebrates Earth Day Every Day!  Morocco has long been a climate advocate, becoming the first African and Arab country to host a Con...

On Saturday, Morocco's High Commissioner for Water and Forests and the Fight Against Desertification (HCEFLCD), Abdeladim Lhafi, laun...

Morocco's move to ban plastic bags was initially hailed as a success. However, as plastic bags became scarce, a blackmarket sprung up...

The public uproar over the arrival in Morocco of 2,500 tons of waste has forced the Moroccan government to finally end the controversy sur...

Moroccan civil society has mobilised against the arrival of 2.500 tonnes of toxic waste from Italy In an on-line petition activists are aski...

Morocco is the second-largest plastic bag consumer after the United States. Moroccans use about three billion plastic bags a year, accordi...

Moroccan environmentalists are up in arms over a shipment of rubbish from Italy being sent to Morocco. After the latest rubbish arrival asso...

Morocco is making progress in the task of cleaning up its swimming beaches.  During the 2015-2016 season, the rate of compliance with the ...

Morocco is to continue its fight against plastic bags with a special cleanup between June the 24th and the 26th. The focus will be on “black...

By 2017, school students in the Casablanca-Settat region will be involved in an environmental protection project that should see the plantin...

E a r t h    D a y Earth Day in Fez was celebrated by a group of thirty children from around the Fez Medina. They came together to p...

E a r t h    D a y Kim Simon will facilitate the Art Workshop for kids.   Sunday, April 24 at 10:30am - Meet at the Batha Fountain ...

Probably the most visited site in the Fez Medina, the Chouara Tannery, is undergoing a transformation. With all the dye vats being rebuilt. ...

The daily collection of household waste is something many cities can only dream of, but in Fez it is a reality, with between 700 and 1,00...