Have an ECO - New Year

Wow! Our Primary School Eco-monitors are a positive example of how we should all strive to be more ECO-FRIENDLY in our daily actions.

We want to highlight the great job that they are doing all year long.

Let's keep them in our minds as we make our own New Years Resolutions during our upcoming break.

Have a great Winter Holiday! Stay Green!

MAKE A GREEN LIFE YOUR NEW YEARS RESOLUTION!

Recycling in Action at RWA!

Do you know what actually happens to your trash after you put it in the bin?

Where does your recycling go?

The primary Eco-Team members learned all about trash and recycling from the education team of SUEZ Environment company. 

They got to see up close the equipment and machines used to efficiently keep our neighborhood clean. Keep your eyes out around campus for the SUEZ bins - and make sure to use them! 

Ask your E-Team members to tell you about what they have learned! 

Suez staff and the primary school E-Team pick up trash around the school. 

Another great lesson from SUEZ! 

Our trash goes there?

Have a Clean Thanksgiving Weekend! 

E-Team in Action!

On Monday the 9th of November 30 members of the secondary school E-Team came together to make the Dubai beaches better. Sponsored by SUEZ Environment company, the beach clean was a great success!

Our very energetic and motivated members cleaned 5.16 kg of trash from the beach!  

A HUGE THANK YOU to SUEZ / SITA TrashCo for organizing, educating, and supporting the E-Team with souvenirs and badges for the winning team.

The day started with a lesson from the SUEZ team for the RWA students about beach cleaning machines - which are great - but that need a helping human hand to get the beaches spotless! 

The Suez sponsors helped organizing teams and equipping them with bags, water, and trash grabbers. 

Making a difference on the iconic beaches of Dubai!

Weighing the waste!

Congratulations to the RWA E-Team for a job well done! 

RWA in the NEWS!

Enjoy this article about a tree planting competition that RWA won! GO STALLIONS!

Primary School First Assembly

During the first assembly in the Primary School, the E-Team members performed a short skit about being environmentally concerned! Way to go! 

Eco Team environmental skit at the first primary school assembly.

Primary School ECO-MONITORS

We are very proud of our Primary School ECO MONITORS!

The Primary School ECO-MONITORS are in charge of encouraging their peers (and teachers) to be more eco friendly.

They promote good practices like conserving water and waste, and using the recycling bins properly. They will remind you when you forget and congratulate you when you remember!

Give them a high-five when you see them around!

Grade 1A - Benjamin & Elena
Grade 1B - Mohammed & Aliaa  
Grade 1C - Kate & Karem
Grade 1D - Zeina & Anvith
Grade 1E - Toby & Emma
Grade 1F - Nawal & Nazir
Grade 1G - Laaiqah & Bassel

Grade 2A - Mamoun & Dalia
Grade 2B - Dylan & Salma  
Grade 2C - Rheya & Majd
Grade 2D - Avan & Hana
Grade 2E - Lily & Fawzan
Grade 2F - Alua & Mahmoud
Grade 2G - Adam & Tamara

Grade 3A - Jad & Sindy
Grade 3B - Zeina & Micheal 
Grade 3C - Armaan & Marina
Grade 3D – Layan & Raameen
Grade 3E - Zhou & Viktor
Grade 3F - Janaan & Muhammad
Grade 3G - Noorah & Saeed 

Grade 4A -Laura  & Youssef        
Grade 4B - Leen & Manal        
Grade 4C - Hamzah & Jafar        
Grade 4D - Cassandre & Lucia        
Grade 4E - Anouk & Talia         
Grade 4F - Edward & Baheer       
Grade 4G - Sophyia & Ronak

Grade 5A - Shreyansh & Varvara        
Grade 5B - Arav & Rhieya        
Grade 5C - Mohammad & Almari
Grade 5D - Ibrahim & Ali  
Grade 5E - Oscar & Leila
Grade 5F - Anastasia & Sophia
Grade 5G - Meera & Joline

GRADE 5 ECO MONITORS

GRADE 4 ECO MONITORS

Join the E-Team!

We can't wait to see everyone who was part of the E-Team last year!

AND

If you weren't involved in our E-Team last year, there are lots of ways to get involved now! 

Want to be an Eco-monitor? 

Want to promote UAE biodiversity? 

Want to contribute to beach clean ups?

If you are interested, please sign up as an ASA - after school activity - or if that doesn't work for you Please see one of the E-Team Coordinators:
Primary School Coordinator :  Jaya Butani - JayaB@rwadubai.com
Secondary School Coordinator:  Zunaira Siddiqui - ZunairaS@rwadubai.com

YOUR IDEAS could change how we run our school! How can you help us to improve recycling at RWA?

Welcome Back

Welcome back to RWA everybody! 

It's been a record breaking hot summer! Here are a few interesting articles to get you thinking about YOUR environmental impact, here in the UAE and wherever you were over the summer.

EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY

was August 13th - the earliest on record. 

Earth Overshoot Day is like the day when we start overdrawing our bank account for the year: As of August 13th, we have already spent the Earth's Ecological Budget for the year.

Just 45 years ago, in 1970, our ecological budget lasted until December 23rd.
Where will we be 45 years from now?

To learn more check out:  http://www.overshootday.org/

We know that the UAE loves to make records, well on June 2nd the UAE was
"THE HOTTEST PLACE IN THE WORLD" with recorded temperatures of 50.5 degrees C.

http://www.ahlanlive.com/the-uae-was-the-hottest-place-in-the-world-yesterday-566763.html

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Cleaners Training at RWA

To enhance our staff understanding of our green initiatives, we had a training session with our cleaning staff.

They are the key to helping RWA succeed at being a green school and we thank them for all their had work and support! 

Survey Results

At the end of this year we asked our students to answer 2 questions in order to gage their attitudes. Here are the results and a brief analysis below. We will repeat this at the end of 2015-2016 to see if there has been any changes in behaviors and attitudes at RWA.

The first question aimed to measure the behavior of the students with regard to recycling:

• A majority of people admitted that they only recycle "sometimes" - this is probably a very good indication of actual recycling at matches our observations. Many do it when it is convenient, but do not do when the bins are far away or not clearly marked.
• Many (31%) said they always recycle, which is probably an exaggeration, but shows good intentions by the students. 

The second question aimed to measure the attitudes of the students about the E-team:

• Overall it seems that the E-team has a GOOD reputation, but there is surely some room for improvement. 
• We feel that we do a lot of good work, but we will do better. Also, improving visibility and awareness raising will improve the effectiveness of the E-team as it will become more popular.