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.