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SCHOOLS across the kingdom are digging deep for ideas which will prove they are a patch above the competition in The Riffa Views Eden Challenge 2009.
The popular annual environmental contest is already well underway. Registration closed at the end of last month with 80 schools across Bahrain registering 159 entries in all categories - a sizeable increase on the inaugural year's entry numbers.
All of the schools are now working hard on developing projects that fit within the overall Riffa Views Bahrain International Garden Show 2009 (RVBIGS 2009) 'Water For Life' theme in the hope of being chosen as a category winner and having a project turned into 'reality' and displayed on the Eden Challenge stand.
The judging panel will undoubtedly face a tough selection task in January when all the final entries are submitted.
Starting today and continuing over the coming weeks, GulfWeekly will be offering schools some helpful hints as to what the judges will be looking for when they select the category winners.
Shaikha Muneera bint Ahmed Al Khalifa is a member of the Bahrain Garden Fair Committee, a past chairperson of the Bahrain Garden Club and has been instrumental in the development of the Bahrain International Garden Show, of which she is a committee member.
She said: "In assessing the Eden Challenge entries, I will really be looking for a combination of creativity and artistic use of materials, coupled with a good appreciation for the environment through the delivery of an 'environmentally friendly' project."
Shaikha Muneera was a member of the judging panel for the inaugural Riffa Views Eden Challenge 2008, so she has experience of the ingenuity and imagination that the various school teams will be putting into their projects.
She anticipates that the overall standard of entries for Eden Challenge 2009 will be even higher as many schools have the experience of the first contest to build on to show an even greater degree of creativity and artistic imagination.
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Send your answer by email to secretary@gulfweekly.com by Sunday at 9am. The first correct entry drawn from all the correct answers received will win the prize. The editor's decision is final. Normal GulfWeekly rules apply. The winner's name will be announced next week.
