More About QP Environment Fair 2012 and Some Tips on How to Save Planet Earth for Kids

We have done a lot in QP Environment Fair 2012 and we simply can't resist to post yet another photo blog!  We have here also some of great tips on how to protect the planet Earth. Some common sense but we all now that common sense is not really that common and requires constant reminder. These environment protection tips are for ALL but let's ASSUME (make an ASS out of U and ME) that adults know this and call this Some Tips on How to Save Planet Earth for Kids.

DO NOT LITTER! 

the green grass grows all around all around!

pretty flower 

watching the aquarium 

the kids had a fun time watching the baby seal 

and the turtle

TURTLE! 

posing with some native

LET'S SAVE PLANET EARTH 

GREAT TIPS!

RECYCLED HOUSE OUT OF PALLETS - AWESOME!

RECYCLED CHAIR

GO GREEN AND PAY YOUR BILLS THROUGH E-BILLS

FREE FOOD - TAKE WHAT YOU CAN EAT! 

LISTEN TO ENVIRONMENT SEMINARS!

DO NOT WATCH TV OR USE TOO MUCH COMPUTER, RUN IN THE MAZE!! 

GET LOST IN THE GREEN MAZE 

RECYCLED CHAIR OUT OF NEWSPAPER

GET TO KNOW YOUR ENVIRONMENT, IN OUR CASE, MARINE AND DESERT LIFE! 

AQUA LIFE

FALCONS!

ENJOYING THE DESERT LIFE

We did a lot of things during the environment fair indeed. A lot in pictures but most of it are intangible. Hoping that the kids learnt a lot about the environment. We have great gratitude to the organizer of the environment fair. We hope that there are more of these events to come in the future.


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Doha Event: QP Environment Fair 2012

It's this kind of event that make us love Doha more! Where else would we be encourage to do something noble like saving planet earth while receiving freebies, lots of goodie bags, free food, free play area and freedom to join environment friendly competition. A superb event! It was a fun filled spectacular and noble afternoon spent at QP Environment Fair 2012.  It's similar to QP Environment 2011 but much better.

One of the greatest benefit for us - this is another awesome way to encourage kids to save planet earth.

We did enjoy the free goodie bags a LOT as much as everyone. But we were a bit sad to notice that a lot of  visitors focused on grabbing these freebies as much as they can to the point of hoarding. Kinda beat the purpose of optimizing resources and energy to save planet earth. How low could anyone be when it comes to free notebooks and crayons is simple beyond us. We're just a bit affected because we get passed by a lot of times which prevented the Turknoys to enjoy every booth. We were particular to the kids' activities and our focus is that they enjoy and learn from the event as much as they could. Not to be bring home some crayons which eventually be a culprit of our messier home.

I don't really mean to rant but I was  really embarrassing especially when one family started begging to be given MORE and MORE freebies like the bag contains diamond and gold or they haven't eaten in years and the bag contains a piece of bread for the entire family. Okay, a bit exaggerated but seriously!

It's great that the environment fair was not done on a weekend unlike last year. If this was weekend, it could have been worse.

In an environment fair, ask what you can do for the environment and NOT (so NOT!) what freebies you can get.


Anyway, we did enjoy the event a lot and yes, we did get some freebies after kids enjoy the environment-friendly activities. Most importantly, our kids learn a thing or two about the environment.


And on to our favorite photos of the event:

QP Environment Fair 2012 

with Raffle promotion and the  booth we need to visit to claim the goodie bag!

let's color!

someone is enjoying doodling!

I really want to find these bins in all Doha public areas! waste segregation please NOW!

with the QP Environment Fair mascot! 

our favorite booth is QATALUM!

freebies from QATALUM - these are the finished product; we still have to make ours at home

recycled chairs our of boxes - superb idea!

and its sturdy and functional indeed!

SHELL QUIZ ABOUT ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION! 

SHELL ENERGY SUPER HERO WANNABES

SHELL SUPERGIRL

IPAD GAMES 

TABLE MADE OUT OF OLD PALLETS!

PROTECTING MARINE AQUA LIFE 

more coloring activities!

now onto science, crab anatomy! kids had spent long time scrutinizing crab body parts

Rant aside, it was a great time spend with kids and will definitely visit again next year. But we are hoping that there should be some sort of screening for the visitors; to identify who are those who will visit for the freebies and who are those who wish to learn about the environment. We are certainly the latter.


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Book Review: Dora Celebrates Earth Day

Today is Earth Day!We have celebrated this cause today by reading "Earth-friendly" books, one of which is Dora Celebrates Earth Day!

In this book, Dora is making a scrapbook filled with tips about what we can all do to help save our planet. All the tips are so practical that even my four-year-old Turknoy can relate.


These are the tips listed in the book.

1. Always make sure not to waste water., takes short shows and turns off the faucet when brushing teeth. (with the photo of Boots brushing teeth, cute!)
2. If you have water left in the drinking glass, we can use it to water plants. ( practical tip!) 
3. Turn off the lights when not using and turn out the lights during the day when there's plenty of sunlight.   this is a no-brainer tip but few follow to heart!) 
4. Rides a bike, not a car. (uh oh, we are so guilty of NOT doing this!) 
5. Brings own cloth bags during groceries. Reuse the same bags every shopping. Sandwich bags can also be washed and reused again and again. 
6. Do not leave refrigerator door for a long time. Decides what you want to get before opening the door. (so simple yet not many follows!) 
7. Share toys; do not throw old toys, give to less fortunate kids. 
8. Plant fruits, vegetables, trees and flowers.
9. Play outside!
10. Recycle and segregate wastes properly!

Well, judging from the tips, Dora made an awesome scrapbook. All kids should be taught about these tips. And if your child has this fascination about Dora, it would be more effective to inculcate to them the value of saving Earth!

The book is also printed on recycled paper. Leading by example, there you go. 

 I would definitely recommend this book to parents and teachers alike. We couldn't educate the children enough about the value of environmental protection.

Here's to hoping that everyone participated in the Earth Hour and more importantly, committing ourselves to saving Earth BEYOND Earth Hour in our own little ways. Hey, the ten tips above could be small but of great impact!

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