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Month: October 2018

Roots & Shoots UAE has been nominated for the Pride of Abu Dhabi Awards! Please vote for us!

We are honoured and delighted to have been nominated for the Special Recognition category of the Pride of Abu Dhabi Awards! The only real people’s choice award, The Pride of Abu Dhabi Awards is the community awards that celebrates the people and companies that make the city great. Created by the people behind Abu Dhabi World magazine, the capital’s favourite […]

Never Again Project – The Aspire Schools

September the 17th saw the launch of our Never AgainProject in the fight against hate crime. The inspiration behind the project stemmed from the experiences of Steven Baker, Principal of the Aspire Schools Federation*.   Steven  witnessed first-hand the worst humanity has to offer when he worked for the UN as a Forensic Anthropologist before he […]

Bug Hotel to the Rescue

Mad Hatters Nursery School is fortunate enough to have a wonderful outdoor space filled with two beautiful, white rabbits called Marshmallow and Sweetie, as well as lots of children’s toys, swings and Wendy-houses. Looking after the rabbits and any other insects found in the play area is encouraged, within reason of course. Throughout the year […]

The Arctic and Antarctic Animals- TASIS

Roots & Shoots Wildlife Club members have been learning about two important areas on our planet. The Arctic and Antarctic are both important to the balance of life on our planet. Both of these areas are feeling the effects of climate change. The Arctic is showing big areas of melting ice, which is causing habitat loss […]

A special expedition to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

In February 2019, our friends at The Explorer’s Passage and 2041 ClimateForce are holding a special expedition to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s Highest Peak! Their mission is to help with the environmental degradation in the area around Mount Kilimanjaro. A portion of the proceeds from this Expedition will go towards a large tree planting project near the mountain in […]

Damers First School – Recycling Award

Two children represented Damers Eco Crew at the Ideas2Action Recycling Awards at Poole Civic Centre on Friday 28th September. The children spoke in front of over 100 people about the recycling work the school has achieved in the past year. This included setting up Refill Poundbury, recycling printing cartridges, writing instruments, biscuit/cracker wrappers and their […]