AR-News: (Saudi Arabia) Setting an Example for Children in Protecting the Environment

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

JEDDAH, 11 April 2004 — What can one individual do to help protect and 
conserve the fragile desert ecosystem in the Kingdom?
Schools have occasionally involved themselves in the past, with children 
camping out, especially along the Corniche, with or without the support of 
sponsors. They have collected empty juice cans from the Red Sea coastline, sometimes 
sponsored by the worst offenders — the fast-food companies whose cartons they 
would have to pick up.
Children have found such exercises educational, both in terms of learning 
what factors cause the environment to deteriorate and what positive steps can 
help protect it.
“We have now made it a point not to throw empty juice cans or snack wrappers 
around or into the water,” Kholoud Abdul Rahman, a fifth grader of Al-Thagr 
School, said while picnicking with her parents on the Corniche.
The beach looked quite clean on Friday, offering a glimmer of hope that 
things may be changing.



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http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=42927&d=11&m=4&y=2004&pix=ki
ngdom.jpg&category=Kingdom 
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