Dubai: Times Square Center in Dubai will host the Busy Little Hands event From July 28th to August 18th of 2023. The event is set to captivate families and children with a series of educational workshops and classes. This unique initiative, with a focus on gardening, food preparation, and composting, aims to instil the significance of safeguarding the planet’s health and well-being.
The concept teaches future generations about where our food comes from and how to sustain a healthy and well-balanced world. Visitors can expect a full day of immersive activities, including pasta, pizza, and milkshake-making classes, as well as various planting, composting, and flowerpot creation workshops. With themed roaming performances, a comedy show on stage, and workstations for kids to enjoy messy play, alongside the edutainment workshops, it is a fun and educational day for everyone.
“As part of our community and sustainability-focused strategy at Times Square Center, we understand the importance of educating the next generation on sustainability. This is why we launched Busy Little Hands: to give children the opportunity to discover and learn about nature, organic food, building healthy habits, and also understanding their part in creating a well-balanced world that is kind to the planet,” Ms. Nancy Nese Ozbek, General Manager of Times Square Center, remarked.
Dubai plans to recycle 100 percent of its waste and bring the percentage of trash being sent to landfills from the existing 80–90 percent to zero by 2030. Times Square Center is proud to support this vision by implementing its very own eco-friendly initiatives, including the installation of a composting machine that will transform waste from its restaurants, cafes, and supermarket into organic compost soil that will later be used for landscaping and planting within the venue, closer management of power and water, as well as promoting and encouraging the recycling of materials such as plastic and glass with the installation of recycling points at the rear of the mall for people to deposit their recyclable household materials.