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In celebration of Sustainability week come visit the Maktaba Garden, enjoy story time, paint pots and plant vegetable seedlings to take home. QR 50/Free for Members.

The Hotel are planning to arrange a Sustainable Lunch for Team Members at their Cafeteria with a pizza / finger food which will help them to reduce the food wastage. Trash bins will be removed as well to engage team members with the awareness.

Celebrate Sustainability Week by learning about the life cycle of plants. Activities include story time, creation of a life cycle wheel and planting a tomato seedling to take home. Fees:QR 50/35 for Maktaba members.

Formal opening of the DESS Community Garden – a garden which serves as an educational resource to the pupils of Doha English Speaking School (DESS) as well as the wider community of Qatar. The garden is made from 95% recycled materials, uses renewable sources of energy (solar and wind) to power features of the garden and captures data for environmental research for use by DESS pupils and the wider community in Qatar. This is a closed event and is by invitation only.

Four and One will develop a sustainability project for the reduction of gas emissions and road traffic. The team will meet together and coordinate the concept, design and implementation of the project. The innovation will cover car pooling on apps, understanding road traffic and recommending better solutions as part of the smart city.

Paid Event - QAR 500 / person. For this package, we start in the afternoon and reach at Zubarah Fort around 3PM where we stay for an hour. A tour guide from 365 Adventures will provide an educational tour at Zubarah Fort. We then head towards Al Thakhira Mangroves reserve to catch the sunset in the middle of the mangroves forest -- the only natural forestation in the country. Our kayak tour guide will provide an educational tour about flora, fauna and marine life around the area. Also, guests will get an opportunity to experience fish-jumping while they kayak in the mangroves channel.

Free Open Day will take place on Friday the 17th of November, at Al Jazi Village 2 in Gharaffa. There will be rotations to try out different activities during our open day. These will include the following: - Basketball - Football - Monkeynastix - Tennis - MMA (Mixed Martial Arts including Taekwondo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Karate) - Bricklyn Lego Education - Arts and Crafts - Gymnastics - Handball - Volleyball SFQ Sports Academy is the largest privately owned Sports Academy in Qatar. We actively integrate sports, education, and a healthy lifestyle.

Souq Waqif management is organizing a 4-day tour of 9 of their unique Qatari luxury brand of hotels showcasing the magnificent restoration and revitalisation of Souq Waqif; an exceptional architectural revival of one of the most important heritage sites in Doha. This is a great opportunity for architects and designers to see how the vernacular can be revived to maintain the local culture and tradition.

The Embassy of France to Qatar and Doha Accueil will join their efforts to organise a beach cleaning day at Al Wakra.

----Conference Day2------- Under the patronage of Her Excellency Sheikha Hind Bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation. QGBC is proud to announce its 2nd Annual Conference that will take place on 13th,14th &15th November 2016. This year, the conference will address major issues and provide answers to some of the most significant challenges of environmental sustainability and promoting best practice for the built environment for Qatar, the Gulf region and beyond.