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The world celebrated World Environment Day on June 5 under the theme “Ecosystem Restoration”. SCI hosted a talk titled “What do we demand from nature?” in collaboration with Bahrain Women’s Association for Human Development with 58 participants. The talk, delivered by Amani Fares bin Humaid, Sustainable Campus Initiative Project Manager from the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, focused on 5 main components of the Green Campus Audit including water, land and biodiversity, energy, climate change and waste. This was followed by sharing information on key environmental initiatives in the UAE, strategies set by the emirate of Abu Dhabi and Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi and SCI universities’ achievements by Aisha Farid Al Mazroui, Sustainable Campus Initiative Project Manager from Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi. Noor Al Saeed, President – Environmental Citizenship Program at Bahrain Women’s Association for Human Development shared a brief about Bahrain’s government efforts towards the environment and launch of environmental programmes, initiatives, and strategies along with key social media environmental influencers who promote and encourage responsible environmental citizenship. Participants were then able to share their environmental efforts and practices in the UAE and Bahrain.