QF to Showcase ‘Local Innovations for Global Resilience’ at EXPO 2023 Doha

Solutions for a sustainable future, created and driven from across Qatar Foundation, are to be showcased at Expo 2023 Doha as visitors around the world descend on the first top-tier international cultural exhibition in Qatar and the region.

Reflecting the place that sustainability holds at the core of its mission from innovation and policy advocacy to raising public awareness and empowering youth to be catalysts for change Qatar Foundation’s (QF) presence at Expo 2023 Doha will present to a global audience technologies and ideas designed to advance sustainability in Qatar, while also having the potential to benefit countries with similar climate challenges.

Throughout the six-month event, a space within the Family Zone at the Expo 2023 Doha site in Al Bidda Park, powered by QF member Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), will enable visitors to engage with sustainability under the theme of ‘Local Innovations for Global Resilience’ including examples of sustainable technology, youth-led projects, and opportunities for members of the local, regional, and global community to experience sustainable practices for themselves.

This space will host several zones including a horticulture zone featuring a dynamic greenhouse that reflects Qatar’s research efforts in the field of food sustainability, a waste to resources zone where Expo 2023 Doha visitors can learn about how climate change impacts Qatar’s soil and land, a theater zone where visitors can join interactive talks and workshops led by QF experts, a workshops zone offering interactive, hands-on sessions for children hosted by ‘A Flower Each Spring’, and community farm zone featuring workshops presented by Hadiqaa where visitors can discover the art of gardening in a desert environment in addition to the student exhibition for visitors to explore sustainability-focused projects led by QF students

Source: Qatar News Agency