As the world population is growing, our natural resources are insufficient to provide us sources of energy for our future generations. We need to raise awareness about energy crisis by recycling and going green.
What is Go Green?
'Go Green' is a campaign about environmental issues that affect the future of the planet. "Going green" is a term used to describe "being more environmentally conscious in all aspects of your life".
The goal of "going green" is to practice behaviors that help reduce your overall carbon footprint, which is a measurement of all greenhouse gases we individually produce.
Our School proudly hosted an event to raise the awareness about 'Energy Crisis'and called it 'Go Green 2011'. Purpose of 'Green Deen Day' was to successfully implement the Go Green Initiative and create meaningful environmental change at school, among parents and society. Plus realize our responsibilities as Muslims to be protectors and caretakers of our environment.
March 12, 2011 was named 'Green Deen Day' to celebrate the 'Go Green 2011' event. The event started a month ago involving the school children and teachers to work together for making and creating projects, posters, slides related to the topic.
A "Green Deen" is the choice to practice your religion while affirming the synergies between faith and the environment.
Environmentalism fits into the goals and ethics of Islam. There is ample evidence in the Quran - over 700 verses that relate humans to their environment.
The Prophet Muhammad was reported to care for all the creation of God. The Qur'an quotes that he was sent only as a mercy to all the universe (not just mankind)
Islamic teachings provide an ethical worldview of Nature and extends an invitation to believers and non-believers alike to reflect on natural phenomena, and to safeguard natural elements as an invaluable trust so that they may avoid disturbing the inherent balanced state of the planet
Slogan of the Green Deen Day (held on March 12, 2011) was
'Reuse the past, recycle the present, save the future'
Students displayed energy crisis related projects, along with recycling projects, posters.
Topics were:
Energy conservation
• Use less electricity
• Leads to reduced emission of harmful substances
• Leads to availability of electricity for other people
Renewable Energy Sources
• Solar, Wind
• Water, Wave
Stalls of every class were packed with recycled products or energy saving related projects. Early year students of class KG 2 prepared a small demonstration in favor of 'Go Green' which was well appreciated by audience.
The whole program ( for female visitors and girls participants ) was held from 8.30am to 11.00 am and same program was repeated for male students and visitors from 11.00am to 2.30 pm (Including a break for Zuhur Salah)
Visitors were guided by the volunteer students around the school to make the events organized and on time. Announcement and stage organization was also done by students (co-ordinated by teachers)
Every class was distributed in two groups and there were competitions among them. A voting system was organized and students, teachers and visitors were encouraged to vote the teams with better projects and better communication skills.
The gifts for winning teams were distributed at the end of program
The gifts were 'Go Green' related (small varieties of cactus plants for every winning team)
A promise mat was placed at the end of stalls. Visitors were asked to write their promises to change their lifestyles and help improve environment. Interesting thing about this promise mat was that like all the projects, it was also made of used paper. (recycled)
- Ordinary people can positively impact our world in their everyday lives.
- Through simple, responsible behavior shifts, together we can protect human health through environmental stewardship.
Useful links:
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Why Go Green from Go Green Initiative.org
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NOAA This portal is designed for educators to accessing materials related to environment issues.
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Shout learning resources and tools
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Earth Echo International EarthEcho International's mission is to empower youth to take action that restores and protects our water planet.
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How we can go green? 'Treehugger' offers many useful posts
A collage of our awesome event:
