تعرفوا على يوغ شاه: المحارب البيئي الصغير في دبي

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تعرفوا على يوغ شاه ذو التسع سنوات. الذي آذاه منظر القمامة على الأرض في دبي، فقرر أن يصنع صنيعا

في غضون أسبوعين، استطاع يوغ أن يجمع ما قدره 526 كيلوغرام من النفايات القابلة للتدوير – أو ما يعادل 18 ضعف وزنه

إهتمام الطفل ببيئته جاء مدعوما من مؤسسات أكبر منه بكثير، كالصندوق العالمي للطبيعة و مجموعة عمل الإمارات للبيئة، اللذان يتعاونان مع المدارس المحلية لا لتعليم النشئ عن الاستدامة فحسب، بل لتشجيعهم على العمل الفعال أيضا في الحفاظ على بيئة مجتمعهم

و يوغ، تلميذ الصف الخامس في مدرستنا العليا الخاصة في الورقاء في دبي، ليس بجديد على فعاليات الحفاظ على البيئة، فقد كان أن شارك من قبل في يوم الأرض و ساعة الأرض في المدينة. و لما تعرف على مشروع “التدوير في الحي” الذي تنظمه مجموعة عمل الإمارات للبيئة، تبنى المشروع على الفور و بكل اجتهاد و أخذ بتجنيد أهله و أصدقائة و جيرانه لمساعدته في جمع النفايات لتدويرها. و في غضون أسبوعين، كانت المهمة فعلا قد تمت، و قام بنقل الدفعة أخيرا إلى مقر المجموعة للتدوير

و في لقاء معه لجريدة خليج تايمز، قال يوغ: يجب علينا جميعا أن نعمل سوية لتوعية المجتمع لتصبح البيئة جزءا من اهتماماته

و توصف مجموعة عمل الإمارات للبيئة برنامجها بأنه يُوفر المنصة الضرورية لجميع الأفراد للقيام بواجبهم تجاه مجتمعهم و بيئته، و يُشجع الأطفال منذ الصغر على جمع البطاريات و الهواتف النقالة القديمة و الأوراق و البلاستيكيات و غيرها من النفايات القابلة للتدوير

يوغ شاه شخص مفيد للمجتمع. كن مثل يوغ شاه

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Basel Ismaiel
Basel Ismaielhttp://www.greenprophet.com
Raised in Abu Dhabi, and made a living in Calgary. The lowest common denominator? Oil. Nothing against compressed corpses of the clade Dinosauria, per se, but Basel guesses that the industry might have accelerated the predictably grim Anthropocene. He consults in sustainability out of Ottawa, Canada. Basel runs marathons & hikes mountains. He plays football too. Talk to Basel at [email protected]

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