The Green Hub

The regional leading foundation in creating and restoring green spaces, Azadea Foundation, partnered with "Positive Lebanon" book creators, Tamyras, to organize the first ever "Green Hub" in Lebanon. Inspired by the "Positive Lebanon" movement - officially launched by Tamyras a year ago with the main objective to mix and match civil society and private sector - the full day event held on October 3^rd, at the René Mouawad Sanayeh Garden, hosted 20 positive initiatives and welcomed over 300 people, families and activists.

The day kicked off with a pitch session, during which six carefully selected environmental NGOs, including Green Wheels, Arcenciel, Beeatona, Cedars for Care, LMTA, and Chreek, pitched national eco-projects to over 10 CSR officials from renowned private companies in the telecommunications, IT, banking and petrochemicals sectors. Projects covered solutions for waste recycling, e-waste management systems, up-cycling, social empowerment, eco-tourism and sustainable public transportation.

On this occasion, President of Azadea Foundation, Marwan Moukarzel, said: "The Green Hub is a platform that Azadea Foundation has built for NGOs sharing the same mission and goals, to help them create a stronger impact, getting us a step closer to encouraging behavioral change. We trust that by doing so, we are creating a sustainable positive wave of change and can only hope for other private companies to follow suit".

The pitch session was followed by a mix of interactive environmental, cultural, and social activities for all ages, including children activities, reading sessions, artistic workshops, musical performances, photo exhibitions, art discussions and social awareness interventions. Activities were offered by Beirut Yoga Center, The Music Bench, LeBAM, And So We Move!, G Association, Green Wheels, Beirut Green Project, Use for Fun, and Assabil.

On the same note, Director of Tamyras, Tania Hadjithomas Mehanna, said: "Tamyras sees in The Green Hub and in its partnership with Azadea Foundation a great achievement. From the very beginning, Positive Lebanon has been trying to mix and match the civil society and the private sector in order to benefit the public and give back to the community. The Green Hub proves this can happen".

Over 25 volunteers from Azadea Group helped organize the day and promote the René Mouawad, Sanayeh Garden as a hub for learning, social awareness and cultural activities.