ShareKUWAIT: The Green Line Environmental Group launched its first environmental season on Sunday at Kuwait University in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Sciences at the College of Life Sciences with the aim of spreading environmental awareness among students of Kuwait University. The activities will continue for a month.
In a speech during the opening ceremony, the Acting Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Graduate Studies and Academic Research of the College of Life Sciences, Dr Bader Al-Enezi, stressed the importance of cooperation with environmental civil society institutions, especially the Green Line Group, which contributes to raising the level of environmental awareness among students.
Al-Enezi praised the role played by the college and the efforts of faculty members and administrators in providing the appropriate academic atmosphere, adding “one of the responsibilities of Kuwait University is to qualify specialized scientific cadres capable of achieving the country’s sustainable development goals.”
In turn, the head of the Green Line, Khalid Al-Hajri, said: “the environmental season will be an important scientific tributary with the lectures and scientific events that experts will present.” He stressed the keenness to diversify the role of its participants from local and international bodies by incorporating different scientific specializations.
Al-Hajri said: “the partnership with the Department of Environment at the College of Life Sciences extends for many years,” adding that the main pillar on which the activity of the Green Line group has been built since its establishment is based on spreading environmental awareness among members of society and promoting sustainable development in all state projects, goals that can only be achieved in constructive cooperation with scientific and academic institutions.
Regarding the activities of the season, Al-Hajri said: “it will witness a diversity of lectures and various environmental activities, as well as a science book exhibition. Another exhibition of environmental monitoring devices will be held to introduce students to the nature of environmental devices, how to use them and their importance in assessing the situation,” he said.
For his part, the Acting Head of the Department, Dr Muhammad Al-Shawwaf, explained that the academic mission of the faculty members in the department is based on raising the level of environmental awareness among students and qualifying them scientifically and culturally. This is a starting point for cooperation with the Green Line to establish the first environmental season, which we will be keen to continue in the coming academic years, he added.
The activities of the first day witnessed a scientific lecture entitled “Explanation of the environmental map of the State of Kuwait” presented by Al-Hajri and another entitled “Crisis and disaster management and support for decision-makers” by crisis and disaster management expert, Dr Abdullah Al-Enezi. The event also launched the first campaign of the season ‘Water is the source of life’, which is characterized by an informational nature about the water situation and its scarcity around the world.
