Jebel Ali School – UAE – International Best Practice Competition – 2025 (Connecting a Whole School Community with Nature)
Jebel Ali School has pioneered a best practice in environmental education by developing a whole-school initiative to connect its community with nature through large-scale, gamified "bioblitz" events. The programme engages students, staff, and families as 'citizen scientists', using free mobile applications to discover and document local biodiversity. The core innovation is a partnership with the social enterprise Nature Wave to create a custom web-app that adds a competitive element to the biobl
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9.4.2 Develop education and training programs.
12.3 Implement pollution prevention program
12.4 Implement resource preservation program
13.7 Develop community relations