• Healthy Living
• Sustainability

How Terra Gardens is redefining wellness, nature and community in the UAE

Terra Gardens is a sanctuary for wellbeing – where native nature, conservation and community come together to help people slow down and reconnect, says Phil Dunn, Senior Manager, Sustainability, Education & Culture.

• Healthy Living
• Community

Why your heart, brain and hormones are more connected than you think

While we don’t often connect our heart, brain and hormones together, understanding how these three are constantly in conversation – especially for women – is one of the most powerful steps we can take to protect our long-term health.

• Healthy Living
• Wellness

Redefining empowerment: from carrying it all to shaping generations

This World Mental Health Awareness Month and World Maternal Mental Health Day on 6 May, Sara Amhaz of The LightHouse Arabia examines the hidden cost of ‘having it all’ – and why real empowerment means giving women what they need to thrive.

• Healthy Living
• Inclusion

Wired differently: rethinking neurodiversity through a women’s health lens

As part of World Autism Acceptance Month, the Women’s Pavilion brings neurodiversity into sharper focus through Her Health Majlis, a platform challenging stigma, closing gaps in women’s health and creating space for honest, informed dialogue.

• Healthy Living
• Sustainability

Small forest, big impact: why Terra's new pocket forest matters

What if the future of greener cities didn't require vast land, decades of growth or grand gestures - just a smart idea, native trees and a bit of courage?

• Healthy Living
• Sustainability

Cities that breathe: calm and cool in 2026

• Healthy Living
• Design

Urban shift: walkable, sustainable communities for the future

Once dominated by highways and high-rises, the UAE is now embracing a vision of walkable streets, green spaces and vibrant community hubs.

• Healthy Living
• Sustainability

Inside the hive: a day in the life of a beekeeper

Working with 60,000 tiny bosses means no day is ever the same for Dr Meriem Hammal

• Healthy Living
• Community

Go nuts for green gold: the rise of the pistachio

Once the prized snack of ancient royals and travellers along the Silk Road, pistachios have gone from dusty desert delicacy to culinary superstar.

• Healthy Living
• Community

10 ways car-free cities get you loving life more

10 Surprising ways car-free cities get you moving (and loving life more)

• Healthy Living
• Climate

Worms: the underground heroes of a greener planet

Why every city needs a worm farm?

• Healthy Living
• Wellness

The power of a clear mind: a reflection for a better mental health

It is not a complementry effort what you do for your mental health. Life is full of choices and the best support you may get is from your mind.

• Healthy Living
• Healthy Living

Green spaces: nature’s secret therapy

Some of the world’s most forward-thinking urban centres are proving that the real building blocks of tomorrow’s cities might not be steel or stone, but trees.

• Healthy Living
• Climate

Buzzworthy neighbours: the mighty wildlife making a big impact

They’re tiny, tireless and running the show. Meet them up close in Expo City’s buzzing Pollinator Garden

• Healthy Living
• Design

A Dubai guide to native pollinator gardening - even without a garden

A simple method: the 3 X 3 X 3 system, adapted for our desert home to design a pollinator garden with continuous blooms and minimal confusion

• Healthy Living
• Climate

Go wild: 10 reasons to let nature take the lead in your UAE garden

Ditch the chemicals and lean into the wild side. Here’s why letting nature take the reins might just be the best gardening decision you ever make...

• Healthy Living

Shaping a water-secure future

How the UAE is leading global sustainability efforts

• Healthy Living
• Climate

5 things you didn’t know about Miswak: the OG toothbrush with superpowers

Spoiler: it’s not just a stick – it’s a whole desert-born legacy