I have been a member of Emirates Environmental Group(EEG) for the past 7 years. I participate in many activities conducted by EEG. One of the most important ones, which I enjoy doing with EEG is the Neighborhood Recycling Project. The project involves working with neighboring families and friends and pooling recyclable materials like newspapers, plastics, ink cartridges, mobile phones etc.

In addition to teaching people on reducing consumption of paper and other materials, the project achieves recycling which in turn reduces consumption

EEG sets limits like submission of 500 kgs paper or 50 kgs plastics etc and if the student member reaches the target, they allow a tree to be planted in a name of the member?s choice as a reward. During all the past seven years, I have always collected newspaper and other recyclables and sent to EEG. Often I have also been able to be within the UAE Top 10 recyclers in individual / family category.

Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) had organized EEG?s annual Tree Planting event "For Our Emirates We Plant" on Sunday 17^th December 2017. I have planted nearly 30 trees across all the Emirates in UAE during the past 7 years.

Planting trees is one of the best things you can do for the local environment and for the planet. Global warming is caused by too much of greenhouse gases, created by burning fossil fuels and destroying tropical rainforests. Heat from the sun when reflected back from the earth is trapped in this thick layer of gases, causing global temperatures to rise. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major greenhouse gas. Trees breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. Tree planting is essential for saving the planet from temperature extremes and we should all strive to plant as many trees as possible at a time when forest cover is getting depleted for human inhabitation and industrial production.