Dubai Municipality concluded the Summer Environmental Education
Program 2023, organized under the theme ‘A Fun and Sustainable
Summer,’ with the participation of 45 children of municipal employees aged
between 8 and 11 years old. The program enabled students to spend their
leisure time during the summer vacation by participating in various
theoretical and practical activities in environmental and scientific fields. The
initiative aimed at encouraging young children to be part of the efforts in
promoting proactive environmental protection concepts and preserving the
sustainability of natural resources.
Aisha Al Murr Al Muhairi, Acting Director of Environmental Sustainability
Department at Dubai Municipality, highlighted the Municipality's efforts to
raise environmental awareness among various segments of society by
organizing and planning educational programs and activities aimed at
promoting concepts of environmental awareness and sustainability, as well
as developing environmental skills and values that aid in the regulation of
individual behavior, particularly among young people. Dubai Municipality
aims at contributing to the formation of a generation that is aware of
environmental issues and difficulties and is capable of making decisions
that allow for the proper utilization of resources in order to preserve the
environment.
Al Muhairi said: “The Summer Environmental Education Program included
various theoretical activities, such as lectures and environmental education
workshops that followed an interesting educational template, as well as
practical activities, such as field trips to environmental sites in Dubai, as
well as live practical experiences within and around these locations. The
program further focused on environmental sustainability, developing
environmental personality and creative thinking, learning about the local
environment, and how to use technology to promote natural resource
sustainability and environmental preservation.”
The program's targeted areas included a visit to Al Marmoom Conservation
Reserve and the Wasit Nature Reserve in Sharjah to raise awareness of
the importance of nature reserves and the preservation of their resources,
as well as a visit to the Fish Hospital at Atlantis Dubai and a detailed
workshop on sea turtles to raise awareness of the importance of preserving
living organisms in the environment.
Furthermore, the Municipality also organized a visit to the Sarouq al-Hadid,
the Museum of the Future, and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Solar Park, with the goal of raising awareness on local environmental
heritage and technologies with the potential sustain environmental
resources for the future, as well as visits the AlRawabi Factory, Modern
Food Factory, and Al Warsan Plants Nursery in Dubai to promote the
concept of positive environmental practices in local industries, as well as
recreational opportunities in Sharjah at the Rain Room and the Dolphin
Show at Dubai’s Creek Park.
