UAE gets ready to welcome Green Festival 2014

Published Wednesday, December 11, 2013

UAE is getting ready to welcome the first Green Festival.

Under the theme “Live, learn and have fun in a low carbon world”, UAE Green Festival was officially launched in Abu Dhabi in Masdar.

UAE Green Festival is a country wide celebration to take place 16th March 2014 for one month, is meant to unveil the UAE Sustainable Identity.

The Festival comes as a result of prolonged hours of planning and preparation to make the United Arab Emirates a leading sustainable destination that provides its residents and visitors a quality life.

The festival comprises of: Ecotourism, Sustainable Transportation, Green Stay, Green Shopping, Green Menu and Green Technology. Each of these sustainable pillars bids an array of ecofriendly activities and functions.

UAE Businesses are increasingly committed to Sustainability. UAE Green Festival comes as the ideal platform to showcase and promote their Green Practices and Initiatives and to raise awareness among the residents and visitors to adopt an eco-friendly lifestyle.

Several UAE Government bodies are supporting the UAE Green Festival, such as Ministry of Education, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, Roads & Transport Authority and Federal Electricity & Water Authority among others that are dedicating their efforts for the success of the UAE yearly Green Festival.

The UAE Green Festival has launched its smartphone application; the “UAE Green App” that includes the UAE Green Times Magazine which offers green tips and tackles environmental issues locally and internationally and the Green Map which is a locator of UAE Green Businesses and the events of the festival that keeps users posted with all the latest updates.

During the Festival, UAE Art Galleries will embrace exhibitions showcasing Green Art, paintings on Mother Nature, Landscapes, photographs and Recycled Art which will encompass the environment and other ecological topics. Art galleries will connect people to Eco Art by displaying nature and sustainable arts in a bid to educate the public on sustainability using various forms of eco-art.

Arjun Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, will be displaying a collection of paintings and photographs on landscapes, horses and flowers made by Emaraties and GCC artists.

Art Couture, Dubai, will display photographs from a group of locally based photographers highlighting the beauty of our heritage as well as the environment.

J+A Gallery, Dubai, during the Festival, the gallery will showcase a number of recycled pieces by designers from Apodakollektiv, as well as contemporary design that incorporates the idea of sustainability and unique recycled pieces by Klaus Mertens.

In addition, many other Art Galleries are involved and will be opening doors to present their Eco Art Pieces.

Hotels in the UAE will take part in the UAE Green Festival by promoting their sustainable practices and involving their guests in this experience. Hotels such as Atlantis, Jebel Ali Resort, St Regis Saadyat, Park Hyatt, Marriott, Marjan Island, Shangri La Hilton Al Ain, Radisson Blu Sharjah, Holiday Inn, will be arranging green activities such as having a green zone to showcase all their green practices, planting activities, and much more. Also inviting their guests to download the UAE Green Festival applications in order to get the full program of the festival’s activities and events’ locations where they can enjoy new touristic experiences such as Green Shopping, Green Menu in participating restaurants, visits to eco art Galleries, and much more.

Moreover, Abu Dhabi and Dubai will host an incomparable Green Auto Shows demonstrating sustainable transportation.
The Green Auto Shows are meant to function as a motivator and catalyst to train and inform the visitors about the latest means of sustainable transportation. Prominent figures from the government sector along with exhibitors from leading automotive companies will create a small sustainable motoring world that will emphasize the major benefits of the latest Eco-friendly vehicles.

UAE Green Festival will host an array of eco-friendly activities including Government activities, beach activities, International Green Market, conferences and many more. In a nutshell, UAE Green Festival is a life-changing experience that will definitely beautify the environment you live in, and make the new Green UAE a rejuvenated destination.