Baghdad
On the occasion of World Environment Day there was a big festival organized with assistance from Green Kurdistan Association, and took place at
Park Azadi in center of Sulaimania.
Ahmadi
To commemorate World Environment Day,Health, Safety, & Environment (Technical Services) Team, Kuwait Oil Company (a subsidiary of KPC) invited colleagues to join them in performing some simple activities that contributed in reducing the CO2 emissions. The activities planned included calculations that demonstrated the amount of CO2 reduced on that day for each activity per person. Organizers hoped that once the people realize how much the environment is benefiting, these little acts would develop into habits that will become part of their daily lives. The organization was proposing the following:
Reducing the illumination levels at home, or using 1 less bulb;
Turning up the central air conditioning by 1°C;
Switching off our computer and TV instead of
leaving them on standby;
Car pooling to work or when going out in the evening;
Planting a tree, or purchase indoor plants;
Spending 1 minute less in the shower;
Turning down the heating setting of your washing machine.
For more information, please contact:
Eiman A. Al-Abdulghani
Environmental Engineer
Kuwait Oil Company
HSE (TS) Team
Kuwait
Tel: +965 3861723
E-mail: ealabdulghani@kockw.com
Safat
American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter commemorated World Environment Day 2008 by encouraging and inculcating the importance of environmental protection in children. The society achieved this by conducting essay, painting and photography competitions. All schools’ teachers and parents were requested to encourage their students to participate in this event.
For more information, please contact:
Rishi Jayan
American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter
P. O. Box 4047 Safat 13041
Kuwait
E-mail: assekuwait@hotmail.com
Fax: www.assekuwait.org
OMAN
Sohar
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2008, the National Mining Company educated the people of Sohar on the criticalness of waste management and encourage recycling in all that they do and use.
For more information, please contact:
Phyllis Edwards
National Mining Company
476 Postal Code 321 Sohar
Oman
Tel: +968 26865370
Fax: 968 26865301
E-mail: phyllis@natmin.com
PALESTINE
Gaza
To mark World Environment Day 2008, the Information and Communication Tel-Center held an exhibition of art pieces produced through the recruitment of trash and waste in production pieces.
For more information, please contact:
Ahmed Abu Ismaiel
Information and Communication Tel-Center
Gaza - Abasan Al-Kabira Gaza
Palestine
Tel: +97 282073672
Fax: +97 282073672
E-mail: info@ictc.ps
Website: www.ictc.ps
Hebron
To commemorate World Environment Day 2008, the Palestinian Centre for Communication and Developmental Studies held the following activities:
Developed six kindergartens in Hebron villages
by providing them with indoor and outdoor
games, stationary and helping materials;
Carried out a capacity building and improvement
course for the teachers of the mentioned kindergartens;
Held six open days of fun and entertainment in
saving the environment;
Built small gardens for the kids and named them by kids names;
Made each kid responsible for watering and looking
after his/her garden;
Made painting workshops where the kids came up with paintings
about nature and there favorite parts of it;
A huge gallery for the kids paintings was held.
For more information, please contact:
Fida Abu Turky
Palestinian Center for Communication and Developmental Studies
Ahmad Amer Building/Ane Sara Street Hebron
Palestine
Tel: 009 7222299678
Fax: 009 7222299678
E-mail: hebron_hdib@yahoo.com
QATAR
Doha
Kainat Foundation in collaboration with Supreme Council for Environmental and Natural Resources, State of Qatar celebrated Word Environment Day 2008 by organizing competitions such as painting, drawing, essay writing, poem writing, slogan writing, photography, web designing, short film editing and Innovative projects for school going children. There werer also cultural events based on this year’s theme.
Doha
To celebrate World Environment Day 2008, GHD hosted a luncheon at the Intercontinental Hotel for all 300 staff of the Doha office including their friends and family with the theme "dress green for World Environment Day".
For more information, please contact:
Kane Dowsett
GHD
PO Box 14352 Doha
Qatar
Tel: +974 428 9444
Fax: +974 444 6127
E-mail: kane.dowsett@ghd.com.au
Website: www.ghd.com.au
Doha
To mark the World Environment Day 2008, International Academy for Intercultural Development (IAID) with the support of Faber Castell, Germany, Friends of the Environment Centre (FEC), Qatar and QAPCO held the following events:
30 May, 2008 – A painting workshop for short listed
students of various schools and educational
organizations of Qatar to be conducted by
Mr.Kipp Greene from VCU-Q.
;
June 3, 2008 - 'Press Conference' - to be attended by
environmentalists,artists and sponsors supporting the
World Environment Day Celebrations in Qatar.
5 June, 2008- A free seminar on WED to be presented
by Ms. Maya Saikali from Waqif Art Center & Mr. Muqeem Khan
from VCU-Q;
6 June, 2008- A painting competition for all age groups;
13 June, 2008 – A painting exhibition of the winning
paintings followed by a prize giving ceremony.
Prizes are sponsored by Faber Castell.
For more information, please contact:
Rajesh Jadhav
International Academy for Intercultural Development (IAID)
P.O. Box: 32267 Doha
Qatar
Tel:+974-4320974
Fax::+974-4358190
E-mail: worldenvironmentday@iaidonline.org
Doha
To mark World Environment Day 2008, M.E.S. Indian School held the following activities to be carried out in the M.E.S Campus:
Bicycle rally for environmental awareness;
Campus cleaning programme;
Tree planting;
Painting display.
For more information, please contact:
Shakil Ahmed Kakvi
M.E.S Indian School
P.O. Box: 3453 Doha
Qatar
Tel: +974 46818334 (ext: 248)
Fax: +974 4681816
E-mail: meskakvi@gmail.com
Website: www.mesqatar.org
SAUDI ARABIA
Jeddah
Tetra Pak, world leader in food processing and packaging company, announced the signing of the industry’s first recycling agreement with Middle East Paper Company (MEPCO) on World Environment Day in Jeddah.
Abudhabi
Abu Dhabi Gas Liquifation company Ltd-ADGAS contribution to the World Environment Day on 5th June was to launch a Paperless Day . From the experience and gains translated from their efforts on this day, they intended to repeat the campaign and progressively lead ADGAS to a permanent paperless environment in the future . Their endeavors were to demonstrate support to the UAE Government and Environmental Agency in their contributory efforts to save the planet.ts
For more information, please contact:
Gayatri Raghwa
Specialists, Program development
Environment Education
Enviornment Agency Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Tel: 009712-6934630
Mobile: 00971505610079
E-mail: graghwa@ead.ae
Abu Dhabi The Reed Exhibition Middle East, Environment 2009 was launched; it focuses on Comprehensive solutions in the Environmental Equipment, Technology and Services sectors.
For more information, please contact:
Hayete Jemai
Reed Exhibition Middle East, Environment 2009
ADNEC Abudhabi
United Arab Emirates
Tel: 00971504528167
Fax: 009714443768
E-mail: hayete.jemai@reedexpo.ae
Website: www.enviro-uae.com
Dierra
Eta Ascon Star held a desert clean-up campaign and public awareness session in malls. The clean-up campaign geared towards saving the lives of camels that are dying as a result of pollution.
For more information, please contact:
Kama Rajan
Eta Ascon Star
No 5239 Saladin Road Deira
United Arab Emirates
Tel: +97147073695
Fax: +97142714963
E-mail: krajan@etaascon.com
Website: www.etaasconc.com
Dubai
SOUQ, A Maktoob Group Company held a small 3-day campaign on their website to encourage the use of reusable jute bags for shopping they also adopted a green theme for their homepage for the day. They gave away stylish Jute Bags to customers for Free; these bags were carrying their campaign’s slogan: “Go Green… Reuse and Recycle”.
For more information, please contact:
Souq.com Team
P.O Box 500074, Dubai
Dubai Internet City,
United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 4 360 2320
Fax: +971 4 391 8509
Email: wed@souq.com
Website: www.souq.com
Dubai
The Emirates Marine Environmental Group (EMEG) celebrated World Environment Day 2008 at their reserve in Ghantoot on 6 June. The event featured a series of activities that aimed to draw attention to the importance of the environment, its fragility and stimulate communities to take action in their daily life to reduce their carbon footprint. The following activities were held:
Beach and dune cleanup of the Jebel Ali and Waterfront beach area;
Mangrove planting;
Screening of the Al Gore movie 'An Inconvenient Truth'
as well as other documentaries on the environment;
Art creations from all collected waste;
Drawing competition about climate change and its effects;
Natural history scavenger hunt;
Traditional games and activities;
All activities began at 9:30 am. A BBQ was organized for lunch and prizes were handed out at the end of the day.
For more information, please contact:
Ali Saqer Al Suweidi
Emirates Marine Environmental Group (EMEG)
P.O.Box 12399 Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 50 625 5156
E-mail: info@emeg.ae
