Under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahayan – President of the United Arab Emirates, The UAE celebrates The National Environment Day on the 4th of February of every year, the celebration is national occasion that seeks to raise the level of environmental awareness among the various segments of society with the pertaining environmental issues, and encourage their contributions to the national efforts to achieve a sustainable development in the country.
In 2015 the UAE will celebrate the occasion under the theme of “Green Economy…Innovation and Sustainability” for the second year in a row, confirming the importance of green economy as one of the sustainable development paths.
The 19th National Day Celebrations will focus on innovation which falls in line with the national strategy of innovation which was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum- Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai in October 2014.
In line with this H.E Dr. Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahad, Minister of Environment and Water announced a the new initiative “Wall of Knowledge”, which represents an innovative way to raise the knowledge and awareness of the public using latest technologies available, the initiative of “Wall of Knowledge” is considered the first of its kind in deployment of iPads(tablets) for environmental awareness in an innovative way; the wall will connect more than one smart tablet using more than 25 electronic mind to create an internal network that combines the real world and digital world, and it has a virtual capacity to serve as a platform to create over a 10 thousand interactive program to be used in environmental awareness and education, environmental games and others. The wall will be able to communicate with the current generation language the language of technology.
The initiative will allow UAE national, residents and visitors to interact using the modern technology tools and express their views on the pertaining environmental issues and contribute with their ideas and suggestions regarding these issues.
Bin Fahad confirmed that the launch of this initiative comes in line with the ministries efforts to enable the participation of the public in the environmental education programs that the ministry is conducting to raise the environmental performance and awareness of all segments of society during the 18th UAE National Environment Day Celebrations.
It is worth noting that the tour of “Wall of Knowledge has started in Marina Mall Abu Dhabi and moved towards Ajman City Center and will soon be located in Sharjah Mega Mall between 12-13 December 2014, then In Manamah Hyper Market in Umm Al Quwain between 19-20 December 2014, moving later to Dubai Mall on the 9-10 of January 2015 then Ras Al Khaimah Al Hamra Mall during the period of 16-17 January 2015, and finally arriving in City Center Fujairah 2015 on the 23 and 24 of January 2015.