MoECC hosts series of recycling workshops at QCF's summer camp
Doha
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC), represented by the Public Relations and Communications Department, concluded its participation in the summer camp organised by the Qatar Chess Federation from July 6 to July 31.
As part ofparticipation, the ministry presented a number of recycling workshops under the theme 'Turn Your Waste into Creative Ideas'. The workshops aimed to raise environmental awareness among young people and highlight the importance of recycling household waste and transforming it into innovative works of art.
The activities included displaying examples of artwork created by workshop participants, in addition to organising awareness-raising competitions that focused on introducing participants to the components of the Qatari environment and ways to preserve it. The workshops received remarkable interaction from the children participating in the camp, with several expressing their enthusiasm for learning about recycling methods through practical activities that combined entertainment and learning, under the supervision of specialists from the ministry.
The ministry's participation is a successful model for employing summer activities to instil concepts of sustainability among participants and encourage them to adopt positive, environmentally friendly behaviours in their daily lives.
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