Energy-efficient lightbulbs

It seems the hotel is in the process of switching to energy-efficient lightbulbs. My bedside lamp is energy-saving, but my other two lamps are not. Here's the lighbulb! For some reason I feel a little bit proud! Maybe because a Muslim, Arab country is starting to make changes and taking action to combat Climate change.

I remember watching not long ago, a programme on the BBC (struggling to remember it's name), where they do lots of scientific experiments, and one was about how you could cook a chicken in a home made oven with the heat source being a traditional lightbulb. Was pretty intresting. Makes me wonder, whether at night when my husbands workin on his laptop, that the extra heat in the room's coming from the lamps?! They also use 80% less electricity and last longer than traditional bulbs, with an added bonus of being more funky looking! So go on, what are you waiting for? Go change that lightbulb and switch off the lights that are left on unnecessarily.

Egypt and the Environment

I'm here in Egypt for three months as my husband has an 8 month contract here. As I'm in a hotel, there's a lot of things I cannot do. But I guess I can do the basics, as well as doing some research about what Egyptians are doing for the environment. But I do know that they're into their organic fruit and veg as there's a wide variety of organic food at the supermarket.
I've been switching off lights and turning appliances off at the socket. Trying not to go overboard with toilet paper and trying to be resourceful. Trying to use the towel more than once without putting it in the wash. It's a struggle with kids, especially if they've got a constant runny nose at the moment, and are naturally messy creatures! They're also a curious lot, and are always taking the oppurtunity to explore, especially if they find the toilet door open. Then everythings on the floor and the clean and dirty towels get mixed up and you don't know which is which.
Over here, they all drink bottled and 'sealed' water because apparently the waters not safe to drink. I wonder if they recycle the plastic bottles, I really have to ask.
They do include articles sometimes in the newspaper about their carbon offsets, or eco-friendly exhibitions, but as the newspaper is in English, I don't think many Egyptians read it, I also don't know if there are any articles in the Arabic newspapers. So, I don't really have a very good picture on Egypt and the Environment.