25 Activities done by the Bangladesh School

Posted on March 28th, 2016.

Here at the Bangladesh School we have been more than busy. We were delighted to be invited to the Roots & Shoots Awards UAE and we had a great time.

As in 2016 we celebrate Roots & Shoots 25th Anniversary, Bangladesh school showed at the event the 25 things they did as part of the Sustainable Schools Initiative Programme (SSI) of the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (SSI).

Here is what kept us occupied, but very excited to see the “fruits” of our work. Many of these projects are continues. We love seeing the difference these activities make for animals, the environment and the community. The 25 Things we did are:

Planting Ghaf Tree
Celebrating World Water Day
Celebrating Earth Day
National Environment Day
Awareness campaign to promote UN theme ‘ Seven Billion Dreams, One planet, Consume with Care’.
Recycling ablution water for our plants
Joined the Water Bank
Clean up Campaign
Puppet Show – Theme: Reduce Consumption.
Mangrove field trip
Fresh Fruit Day
Renewable Energy: Saving 30% of our total energy requirements
Changing into Energy Efficient Lights
Installing Wind Tower
Making Compost pit
Barren Land gets a touch of life: our first tree plantation
Visit to farms and educating farmers on water sustainability
Integration of environmental education into curriculum
Say No to Plastic: Campaign
Campaigning against Air Pollution alongside Community Police
Promoting Tree Plantation
As a lead school our ECO-team sharing best practices with other schools and universities
Efficient use of day light
Honey from our ECO garden, featured on CNN also.
Segregation of waste & Collecting e-Waste