Sharjah Sustainability Award – Green Schools

5th Cycle 2016 - 2017

Initiative of the

Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority

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Sharjah Sustainability Award

Preface

The idea of launching the Sharjah Sustainability Award (SSA) arose in response to the vision of H.H Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah, about the importance of protecting the wild life and its biodiversity in Sharjah. So, the environmental awareness programs in schools are considered as one of the important programs in the scheme of the Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPPA) that aims at sustainability through preserving wild life biodiversity. It also represents one of key awareness means in the process of expanding the circle of the target social groups, to enable EPPA achieve its goals aimed at preserving the environment and biodiversity. The significance of promoting the concept of green schools lies in the mounting of global concern about the harmful impacts of climate change and global warming, and in engaging and inspiring all schools’ students under the supervision of their departments and teachers to develop their perceptions of projects, ideas and independent activities to improve and upgrade their schools to the rank of green schools and its environmental specifications.

Vision A Sustainable Green Environment

Mission To promote and develop the spirit of competition among students in different sectors to produce

extraordinary sustainable projects that contribute to the development of a green sustainable learning

environment.

Organizer Environment and Protected Areas Authority in Sharjah

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Collaborators1. Sharjah Education Council

2. Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority

3. Sharjah Education Zone

4. Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services

5. American University of Sharjah

6. University of Sharjah

7. Skyline University College

8. Emirates Association of Portrait Photography

9. Cinevision Art production Company

10. Sharjah Media Corporation

11. Department of Culture and Information –Theatre management

Objectives

To ,

1. Entrench the principles of sustainable development in the education sector of schools and universities, as one of the most important and largest constituent sectors of the society.

2. Activate the environmental education role and its significance in working towards achieving the goals of sustainable development in schools and universities.

3. Mainstreaming the environmental culture concept amongst various sectors of students in all schools and universities.

4. Foster the sense of social environmental responsibility among students through assigning a key role for them in implementing the award project.

5. Activate schools’ activities that aimed at excellence in the environmental field through stimulating the spirit of competition among schools, universities and personnel to create and implement sustainable environmental solutions to protect the environment natural resources.

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6. Activate the efforts of spreading the culture of green economy and proper sound relationship with the environment natural systems by schools, universities and community.

Target Group

Students of intermediate (Gr. 6-9) and secondary level in the:

Government and private schools of Sharjah, middle & eastern regions.

Special Needs Centres of Sharjah, middle & eastern regions.

Faculty and administrative staff in the government & private schools, and Special Needs Centers.

Award Specifications An appreciation specific standard award that is granted to students, members of faculty and

administrative staff with innovative and outstanding environmental projects that meet the criteria and conditions of the award.

The primary focus of the award is to design and apply a sustainable environmental project in one of the award domains that aimed at contributing to the consolidation of the green economy principles and sustainable development in Sharjah.

The winner will be granted a cash prize, the SSA trophy and a certificate of excellence.

The non-winners will be granted participation certificates.

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Award Domains & Categories

1. Rationalization of water and electric energy consumption.

Categories: Outstanding School Award.

Outstanding Coordinator Award.

Outstanding Students’ team Award.

2. The sustainable environmental application project on one theme of the following: Protecting biodiversity or Reducing Kinds of Pollution, or Conserving water

sources or conserving energy sources.

Categories: Outstanding School Award.

Outstanding Coordinator Award.

Outstanding Students’ team Award.

3. Design of an environmental awareness poster on the theme of:Highlighting the landmarks and the aesthetics of the mountain environment and ways of protecting them through highlighting different aspects of sound environmental behavior.

Categories: Outstanding School Award.

Outstanding Students’ team Award.

4. Portrait photography domain on the theme of highlighting the aesthetics of sustainable wild plants – Al-Gaff trees and the importance of protecting it from logging.

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Outstanding Student Award.

5. The Production of a short film on the manifestations and green behaviors of camping

safely in wilderness areas.

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Outstanding Students’ team Award

General Terms & Conditions

1. The participant should be one of the award target groups.

2. The chosen domain project should not already been participating in it in other awards before.

3. The school can participate in two different domains provided the category for each domain is

different from the other.

4. The participation form should be filled in with the required information and sent on or before

Thursday 13th of October 2016 (deadline for participation). 5. The mentioned award and domain in the participating form will be considered as final and will

not be changed after the form submission to EPAA.

6. The submitted project should be in the framework of the overall award objectives.

7. The projects that are being offered to win the prize should abide by the project’s domain

conditions and criteria.

8. The participant (s) should submit the descriptive file of his project on or before the deadline.

9. The winner undertakes to implement the project on the ground within one to two months

after winning the prize.

10. The winner should submit a plan for the development of his project that includes a range of

Performance indicators for the continuity of the project based on the award criteria.

11. The winners agree to publish and circulate their winning project to others through a written

Description to appear on the EPPA website.

12. The Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA), the official award organizer, is not

Obliged to refund the winning projects.

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Participation Guidelines

Step 1: Log into the website of EPAA: www.epaashj.ae

Step 2: Click on events on the bottom tape of the home page.

Step3: Click on the Sharjah sustainability Award to download participation form, fill out and send

by Email: ssa @epaa.shj.ae OR Fax: 06/ 5311200, 06/ 5311419

Step 4: Click on the SSA file to learn more about the participation conditions.

Kindly call 06/ 5311501, 050/ 7376205 to confirm the receipt of your participation form by

EPAA and for query and

The Deadline for sending the participation form is Thursday 13 th of October 2016.

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Terms & Conditions

First DomainRationalization of water and electric energy consumption.Category 1 : Outstanding School's Award

Description : The best school that shows excellence in designing a model of an innovative environmental project to save the consumption of both water and electric energy in the school.

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1. The participated school or center undertakes that the chosen project has never participated in other awards before.

2. The project will be excluded from the prize in case of discovering other previous Awards project participation.

3. The participation form must be officially approved and signed by the principal of the school or center.

4. The participation form and a brief description of the project’s idea must be submitted on or before (Thursday 13th of October 2016).

5. The project’s model idea must be closely related to the rationalization of both water and electric energy.

6. The school must abide by the terms and criteria that are specified for the rationalization domain and category.

7. The project's descriptive file must be submitted on or before Thursday 9 th

of March 2017, (submission deadline).

8. In case of winning, the cash prize and trophy will be granted to the principal of school or center.

9. The winning school or center undertakes that the project will be implemented on ground within one month after winning the prize.

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10.The winning school should submit a developmental plan for the project within one month.

Cont. 1st Domain: Rationalization of water and electric energy consumption.

Category 2 : Outstanding Coordinator's Award

Description The best coordinator who shows excellence in designing a model of an innovative environmental project to save the consumption of both water and electric energy in the school.

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1. The coordinator should be nominated by the school principal or center from either the teaching or administrative staff.

2. The nominated coordinator should be one of the individuals who carried out environmental projects and initiatives and has an active role in promoting a culture of environmental awareness in his/her school.

3. The coordinator’s participation form and the nomination reasons must be officially approved and signed by the school principal or center.

4. The nominated coordinator undertakes that his/ her project has never participated in other awards before.

5. The participation form and a brief description of the project’s idea must be submitted on or before Thursday 13th of October 2016 (deadline for participation).

6. The project’s model idea must be closely related to the rationalization of both water and electric energy.

7. The coordinator must abide by the conditions and criteria that are specified to the domain of rationalization.

8. The project's descriptive file must be submitted on or before Thursday 9 th of March 2017, (submission deadline).

9. In case of winning, the cash prize and trophy will be granted to the coordinator

10.The winning coordinator undertakes that the project will be implemented on ground within one month after winning the prize.

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11.The winning coordinator should submit a developmental plan for the project within one month.

Cont. 1st Domain: Rationalization of water and electric energy consumption.

Category 3 : Outstanding Team's Award

Description : The best team of students who shows excellence in designing a model of an innovative

environmental project to save the consumption of both water and electric energy in the school.

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1. Only six students should be nominated from within the award target group and must be approved by the principal of the school or center.

2. The participation form and a brief description of the project’s idea must be submitted on or before Thursday 13th of October 2016, (the participation deadline).

3. The nominated team of students undertakes that their project has never participated in other awards before.

4. The project’s model idea must be closely related to the rationalization of both water and electric energy.

5. The coordinator must abide by the conditions and criteria that are specified to the domain of rationalization.

6. The project's descriptive file must be submitted on or before Thursday 9 th of March 2017, (submission deadline).

7. In case of winning, the cash prize and trophy will be granted to the team of students.

8. The winning team undertakes that the project will be implemented on Ground within one month after winning the prize.

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9. The winning team should submit a developmental plan for the project

Within one month.

Second Domain : The Sustainable Environmental Application Project

Category 1 : Outstanding School's AwardDescription The best school who shows excellence in designing an innovative model of a sustainable project on one theme of the following:

a) Protecting Biodiversity.b) Reducing kinds of pollution.c) Conserving water sources. d) Conserving energy sources.

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1. The participated school or center undertakes that the chosen theme of their project has never participated in other awards before.

2. The project will be excluded from the prize in case of discovering other previous Awards project participation.

3. The participation form must be officially approved and signed by the principal of the school or center.

4. The participation form and a brief description of the project’s idea must

be submitted on or before the participation deadline (Thursday 13th of October 2016).

5. The project’s model idea must be closely related to the chosen theme.

6. The school must abide by the terms and criteria that are specified for the environmental sustainable project domain and category.

7. The project's descriptive file must be submitted on or before Thursday 9 th

of March 2017, (submission deadline).

8. In case of winning, the cash prize and trophy will be granted to the principal of school or center.

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9. The winning school or center undertakes that the project will be implemented on ground within one month after winning the prize.

10.The winning school should submit a developmental plan for the project within one month.

Cont. 2nd Domain : The sustainable environmental application projects Category 2 : Outstanding Coordinator's AwardDescription The best coordinator who shows excellence in designing an innovative model of a sustainable project on one theme of the following:

a) Protecting Biodiversity.b) Reducing kinds of pollution.c) Conserving water sources. d) Conserving energy sources.

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1. The coordinator should be nominated by the school principal or center from either the teaching or administrative staff.

2. The nominated coordinator should be one of the individuals who carried out environmental projects and initiatives and has an active role in promoting a culture of environmental awareness in his/her school.

3. The coordinator’s participation form and the nomination reasons must be officially approved and signed by the school principal or center.

4. The nominated coordinator undertakes that his/ her project has never participated in other awards before.

5. The participation form and a brief description of the project’s theme idea must be submitted on or before the participation deadline Thursday 13th of October 2016.

6. The project’s model idea must be closely related to the chosen project's theme.

7. The coordinator must abide by the conditions and criteria that are specified to the domain of the sustainable application project.

8. The project's descriptive file must be submitted on or before Thursday 9th of March 2017, (submission deadline).

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9. In case of winning, the cash prize and trophy will be granted to the coordinator

10.The winning coordinator undertakes that the project will be implemented on ground within one month after winning the prize.

11.The winning coordinator should submit a developmental plan for the project within one month.

Cont. 2nd Domain: The sustainable environmental application projects

Category 3 : Outstanding Team's Award

Description The best team of students who shows excellence in designing a model of an innovative environmental application project on one theme of the following: a. Protecting biodiversityb. Reducing kinds of pollutionc. Conserving water sources d. Conserving energy sources

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1. Only six students should be nominated from within the award target group and must be approved by the principal of the school or center.

2. The participation form and a brief description of the project’s idea must be submitted on or before Thursday 13th /10/ 2016, (the participation deadline)

3. The nominated team of students undertakes that their project has never participated in other awards before.

4. The nominated team of students undertakes that their project has never participated in other awards before.

5. The project’s model idea must be closely related to the sustainability theme of the project.

6. The team of students must abide by the conditions and criteria that are specified for the sustainable application project.

7. The project's descriptive file must be submitted on or before Thursday 9 th

of March 2017, (submission deadline).8. In case of winning, the cash prize and trophy will be granted to the team

of students. 9. The winning team undertakes that the project will be implemented on

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ground within one month after winning the prize.

Third Domain : Design of an Environmental Awareness Poster

Category 1 : Outstanding School's Award

Description The best school who shows excellence in designing three innovative environmental awareness

posters aimed at highlighting the landmarks and aesthetics of the mountain environment and

ways of protecting it through highlighting different aspects of sound environmental behavior.

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1. The participated school or center undertakes that the chosen theme of their project has never participated in other awards before.

2. The project will be excluded from the prize in case of discovering other previous awards project participation.

3. The participation form must be officially approved and signed by the principal of the school or center.

4. The participation form and a brief description of the posters' idea must be submitted on or before the participation deadline (Thursday 13th of October 2016).

5. The designed posters must abide by the conditions, criteria that are specified for the posters domain project.

6. Three posters should be designed on the main theme of the posters design domain.

7. The size of each poster must be A1 that is 84.1 cm in length and 59.4 in width.

8. The posters which its size does not match the required size will be excluded.

9. One of the following design programs can be used to design the 3 posters that are; Photoshop, In-Design or Illustrator.

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10.The source of the original design file must be submitted in case of using the Photoshop design program or Illustrator program.

11.The project's descriptive file must be submitted on or before Thursday 9th of March 2017, (submission deadline).

Cont. 3rd Domain: Design of an Environmental Awareness Poster

Category 2 : Outstanding Team's Award Description The best team of students who shows excellence in designing three innovative environmental awareness posters aimed at highlighting the landmarks and aesthetics of the mountain environment and ways of protecting it through highlighting different aspects of sound environmental behavior.

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1. Only six students should be nominated from within the award target group and must be approved by the principal of the school or center.

2. The team of students undertakes that the theme of posters have never participated in other awards before.

3. The participation form and the reasons of nominating the team must be officially approved and signed by the school principal or center.

4. The participation form and a brief description of the posters' idea must be submitted on or before the participation deadline (Thursday 13th of October 2016).

5. The designed posters must abide by the conditions, criteria that are specified for the posters' domain project.

6. Three posters should be designed on the main theme of the posters design domain.

7. The size of each poster must be A1 that is 84.1 cm in length and 59.4 in width.

8. The posters which its size does not match the required size will be excluded.

9. One of the following design programs can be used to design the 3 posters that are; Photoshop, In-Design or Illustrator.

10.The source of the original design file must be submitted in case of using the Photoshop design program or Illustrator program.

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11.The project's descriptive file must be submitted on or before Thursday 9th of March 2017 (submission deadline).

12. In case of winning, the cash prize and trophy will be granted to the team

Fourth Domain Photography on the theme of the theme of highlighting the aesthetics of sustainable wild plants – Al-Gaff trees and the importance of protecting it from logging.

Category : Outstanding Student's Award

Description: The best student who shows excellence and innovation in producing unique expressive photos that highlights the aesthetics of sustainable wild plants – Al-Gaff trees and the importance of protecting it from logging.

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1. The student must be one of the award target group (Gr.6 – Gr.1 2). 2. The participated student should be a gifted one in the field photography. 3. The student should submit official approval letters from each of the

school’s principal, classroom teacher, and a letter of consent from his/her parent for the award entry.

4. The participation form must be submitted with a high quality photo of the participated student on or before the participation deadline (Thursday 13th of October 2016).

5. Three photos in the format of (JPG) should be designed on the required theme of the photography domain.

6. The size of each photo must be A3 that is 42.0 cm in length, and 29.7 cm in width.

7. The 3 photos must be closely related to the specified theme in content and must abide by the conditions, criteria that are specified for the photography domain.

8. It is not allowed to use the cell phone (Mobile) to produce the photos.

9. The printed photos on paper or other materials will not be accepted.

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10. The photos witch its size does not match the required size will be excluded.

11. The photos witch its content does not match the required theme will be excluded.

12.The student undertakes that the photographs are his ownership and he/she bears full responsibility for accountability.

Fifth DomainThe Production of an Environmental Short film (10 min) on the theme of highlighting the manifestations and green behaviors of camping safely in wilderness areas.

Category : Outstanding Team's Award

DescriptionThe best team of students who produces an innovative awareness short film (10 minutes in length) on the theme of highlighting the manifestations and green behaviors of camping safely in wilderness areas.

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1. The deadline for sending the participation form is on or before Thursday 13th of October 2016.

2. The participation form and the nomination reasons of the team must be officially approved and signed by the school principal or center.

3. Only six students will be accepted in the team and the nomination of them must be approved by the principal of the school or center

4. The length of the film should be 10 minutes.

5. The film content must be closely related to the specified film theme and must abide by the award conditions and criteria that are specified for the film domain.

6. The film can be any type; documentary, drama, live footage, animations or a combination of both, and should end with an awareness message that is related to the film theme.

7. The language of the film can be in Arabic or English.

8. In case of winning the original final MP3 copy should be submitted in both

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Arabic and English language.

9. The team undertakes that they are the creator of the submitted film (music, photos, screenshots, etc.); the entry is original and owned by team; the film is free of any claims by other parties, and in case of using the rights of others to design the film’s content, the team must cite the source and attaching the source approval permit.

10.The film that contains unauthorized use of content by its sources will be excluded.

Recognition Levels

# PrizesTarget Group Award Category DomainS.N1Government or private

school or special needs center.

Outstanding school’s award.

Rationalization of electric energy and water

consumption .

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1Government or private school or special needs center.

Outstanding coordinator’s award.

1Government or private school or center.

Outstanding team of students’ award.

1Government or private school or center.

Outstanding school’s award.

The Sustainable Environmental Application Projects.

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1Government or private school or center.

Outstanding coordinator’s award.

1Government or private school or center.

Outstanding team of students’ award.

1Government or private school or center.

Outstanding school’s award. Design of an Environmental

Awareness Poster .

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1Government or private school or center.

Outstanding team of students’ award.

1Government or private school or center.

Outstanding student’s award.

The Photography .4.

Government or private school or center.

Outstanding team of students’ award.

The Production of short environmental awareness film

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1The best school that shows excellence and The Green School's Award

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innovation in more than one sustainable environmental project that are implemented on the ground and which demonstrates manifestations towards sustainability in different areas over the past years.

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