Go-green community initiative to distribute 150 rainwater harvesting tanks for Homes.

Go-Green Community is a community organisation initiated by Al-Ahliyya Amman University’s Nature Club, which is working relentlessly to promote sustainable environments. The program intents to do environmental education classes in schools, based on experiential learning or Do-It-Yourself (DIY) sustainability activities. The approach is to build awareness and knowledge of sustainability through effective experiential learning towards, water, waste, food and practices in a student’s daily life with activity based pedagogy, that is both very simple and cost effectively. As per the plan for 2020-21 around 150 rain water harvesting tanks re palnning to be distributed across the community as beginning to promote the awareness of the importance of the water saving. Students from all backgrounds irrespective of their socio-economic status came together to promote this as an entire community issue as Jordan is ground water scarce country. The project team is deeply committed to a long-term plan to create a long-lasting impact in their local communities. The group will continue to work with all the major stakeholders, the majority of which includes the school teachers and students along with the local community, for environmental sustainability of the region. “We are trying to address pressing issues in our society. We wish for a future where everyone is environmentally conscious and aware about their surroundings and mother planet earth.”, youth project leader.