SeaWorld Yas Island, Abu Dhabi has collaborated with GEMS Education to bring together 42 schools to actively participate in a community clean-up initiative. The joint initiative aims to raise awareness and educate the public about single-use plastic pollution and its impact on marine life.
Classrooms across GEMS schools were encouraged to submit videos of themselves cleaning up their local communities, with the winning classroom being awarded a trip to SeaWorld Abu Dhabi. The winning classroom’s video was showcased on the park’s large screens, amplifying the message of environmental responsibility to a broader audience.
In addition to the competition, SeaWorld Abu Dhabi will be displaying an blue whale sculpture that was created using recycled plastic by the collective effort of students and dedicated teachers from Dubai’s GEMS Legacy School. It took more than 800 hours of work to turn discarded plastic into a tribute to marine life. Measuring 18 metres in length,…