Youthful promise for the ocean sealed with 50 trees plantation celebrating World Environment Day and World Oceans Day 2014

The theme for World Oceans Day for 2014 is, Together we have the power to protect the ocean and that of the World Environment Day Raise your voices and not the sea level.

World Oceans Day is celebrated around the world every June 8^th, following the World Environment Day on 5^th June.  SynergY youth group in Dubai made a promise for the ocean by planting 50 trees at Green Mountain MRF supported by Dubai Municipality at the landfill area in Dubai on 7th June'2014.

The Members also took interesting selfies near the ocean to seal their pledge. 

SynergY youth group has worked on grass-root level projects to raise awareness and fight against food waste which campaigns for reducing landfills. 

Making use of the Information and Communication Technology this youth group has used tools like videos, blogs, e-mails and shared the work on the social media to ?reduce the food waste?. SynergY has raised awareness and environmental education through events, lectures, presentations about reducing waste that is filling the landfills and also planting trees and greening the landfill areas.