Dubai: The student community in the UAE got on board to carry out planting the first 100 trees at the Al Warsan landfill site early this week with the active support of Dubai Municipality.
During the first planting Engineer Abdul Majeed Saifaie, Director of Waste Management Department, Dubai Municipality, congratulated our team, SynergY, for coming together to plant the native trees of the UAE.
Dubai Municipality is regarded as one of the largest governmental institutions in terms of services rendered and projects executed, and are consequently the leading driver of growth and evolution of the Emirate of Dubai. The Municipality works tirelessly to keep the city green and focuses a great deal of attention and effort to educate the community.
The community of students was fully supported by their parents as they carpooled to bring in children excited to come, even though some of them had exams the following day.
Michelle Thomas, a high school student, said: “The Ghaf, also known as the ‘tree of the dunes’ and a solution to desertification, is facing extinction due to rapid urbanisation and SynergY members are trying to reverse this process by conservation and planting.”
The ‘Plant for the Planet’ campaign will strive to improve the standard of living and facilitate participation for residents to become an active part of the city’s green vision, and to help effectively manage its continued growth.
If you are a student in the UAE and are interested to join in future tree planting, please sign up through our facebook page www.facebook.com/CosmoFoundationYouth or send an email to synergyouth@outlook.com
— The reader is the founder of the SynergY group based in Dubai.
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