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Saturday, June 15, 2013

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QEC students attend global warming meet

LN MALLICK
DOHA

AS part of Road to Doha project, students of Qatar Educational Complex (QEC) for Girls participated in Interactive Video Conferencing (IVC) with their peers in Brazil and the US and wrote articles on global warming in order to create awareness among the local community recently. The Road to Doha is a project conceived by Qatar Foundation International (QFI)) and Global Nomads Group (GNG) to create awareness among students in relation to climate change and its effects. The Collaborative Science Based Classroom Programme engages students in Qatar, Brazil and the US on the climate change debate by exploring critical environmental issues via projectbased learning. The programme includes standard-based curriculum, hands-on collaboration and virtual exchanges. Nurhan Ahmed Nasr in her article Global Warming

What can we do wrote that without active participation of people, the issue of global warming cannot be tackled. Although government is taking necessary actions to combat this problem, their plans will not succeed without our efforts, she wrote. She further wrote that there are many ways to resolve the issue, such as using energy saving bulbs and purchasing equipment that is energy efcient. It is a practice in some developed countries to specialise a day, in a week, only for bicycles where no fossil fuel consuming transportation is allowed. Global warming is our problem. This planet is our home, if we dont do something to protect it, who will? she asked in her article. Tala Abu Samaan made an effort to explain the issue of climate in detail in her article titled, Climate Change, the worlds biggest threat. She wrote that climate change is a gradual increase of the earths temperature attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by the high concentration of greenhouse gases

Qatar Educational Complex students during the interactive video conferencing with their peers in Brazil and the US, in Doha, recently. carbon dioxide, chlorouoro carbons, methane, nitrous oxide and uorinated gases. She observed that the environmental issue surfaced in the late 19th century, when the fossil fuels were discovered. Soon machines were invented, factories were opened, cars came into existence, electricity was introduced to the modern world, architecture was developed and pollution started spreading everywhere. The discovery of fossil fuels changed everything! Peoples lifestyle changed epically! However, the world was still unfamiliar about the consequences that would impact it negatively, she wrote. Since then, the planet earth has started experiencing more and more natural disasters, like oods, wildres, failing crops, extinction of some species and the melting of

polar ice caps. In India, the island of Lohachara submerged making 10,000 of its residents homeless. Islands such as Maldives and Marshall Islands are also at risk of getting submerged in the future. In 2007 alone, heavy rainfall and change in weather sparked catastrophic oods across India which resulted in making 10 million people homeless. And England and Wales experienced the wettest summer in more than two centuries recently, she remarked in her article. She also suggested some steps to check the issue. First, unplug appliances when youre not using them. Second, use a drying rack to save the energy otherwise used during machine drying. Third, take shorter showers to reduce water use. Fourth, plant more trees in your garden. Fifth, walk or bike to work. Sixth, try to limit your usage of plastic. Seventh, always recycle your waste. Eighth, build a compost to turn organic matter into fertilizer, she wrote in her article.

VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN QATAR

Students and staff of Bhavans Public Schools The Readers Club during the inauguration of a book fair and the release of its rst Quarterly Bhavans Chronicle at Al Wakrah premises, recently. The programme was inaugurated by PS Sashi Kumar, deputy Chief of Mission of the Indian embassy.

Birla Public School students take part in a programme to celebrate English Day, a traditional annual event, in Doha, recently. The day-long programme saw the students showcase their skills by taking part in activities related to English language.

Students take part in the Ideal Indian Schools Annual Inter-House Football Championship, in Doha, recently. Green House with 48 points claimed the Overall Champions Trophy.

Tiny Tots of MES Indian Schools kindergarten section during a programme to celebrate Fruit Salad Day, in Doha, recently. Around 500 KG-I students and teachers were present on the occasion.

PEC students shine in eco fashion design competition

LN MALLICK
DOHA

STUDENTS of Pakistan Education Centre (PEC) won third position in Eco Fashion Design Contest held at Al Rayyan Theatre in Souq Waqif recently. More than 500 children from 40 schools took part in the Eco Fashion Design Contest. Tooba Meer represented PEC as a model while Noor Maha and Rameesha Khan were members of the group. Tasneem Javed, Head of Arts and Cultural department PEC, designed and created the dress for Tooba. The hand-

made dress showcased creative use of waste materials. The event, held under the patronage of Dr Saif Ali al Hajari, Chairman of Friends of the

Tooba Meer represented PEC as a model while Noor Maha and Rameesha Khan were members of the group.
Environment Centre, was organised as part of the celebrations to mark World Environment Day 2013. Many events were arranged which included painting competition, eco-fashion

designing contest and an ecological seminar among others. Theme of this years celebrations was Think, Eat and Save. During the two-hour-long programme, there were a number of artistic presentations. The highlight of the event was a fashion show choreographed by Utsav Dholakia who arrived from Mumbai for the event. PEC Principal Nargis Raza Otho attended the programme and appreciated the students and teachers for their remarkable feat. Later, Otho presented prizes and certicates to participants at the Girls Wing Assembly. She encouraged students to take part in co-curricular activities and win laurels for their institution.

Tooba Meer with other participants during the Eco Fashion Design Contest at Al Rayyan Theatre, in Doha, recently.