Egypt is a country in North Africa known for its hot weather and holidays, and obviously camels. These wonderful creatures (like working donkeys and horses) suffer terribly as draught animals in many countries, so support the charity SPANA that does wonderful work helping the animals, and giving free vet care and training local people in animal welfare. Never pay for rides abroad for any animal.
Egypt knows how to preserve its water. Egypt only gets around one inch of rain each year, so this goes f far beyond hosepipe bans. We can be inspired by learning to live with less water by conserving it well, especially in the garden using water butts.
They enjoy sustainable diving. The Red Sea is one of the best diving spots on earth. In England, you could join Neptune’s Army, a UK-army of volunteer divers who go underwater to retrieve rubbish that people leave behind – they have collected nearly everything, including even a kitchen sink. Sometimes they even find marine creatures entangled in fishing line etc, so use their diving kit to release them. Other items found by divers including mobile phones, shopping trolleys, bicycles, revolving chairs, skateboards and batteries, plus endless amounts of fishing line, weights, rods and hooks.
Egyptians mummify their bodies! Obviously we are not suggesting that we do the same in England. But there’s no need to use cancer-causing formaldehyde (could harm funeral workers) as it leaches toxins for years into groundwater. Read more on simple ideas for greener burials.
Egyptians love cats. Most people in England also love cats, so learn more on ways to help our feline friends. However, not spaying/neutering cats leads to massive over-breeding and that leads to many cats not being able to find homes. During the 2012 London Olympics, a local charity had to find and round up stray cats, to avoid them being killed for the stadium.
And it’s a crazy and awful fact that ‘black cats’ are not as adoptable. Apparently as they don’t photograph as well on dark backgrounds? The world has truly gone mad. Some pet photographers like Sophie Gamand go into shelters and take amazing photos, to help up adoption rates (but if you are basing adopting a cat on whether it photographs well, likely you should be looking to adopt one anyway).
