Public Story
#savewadialbuhair
Summary
Wadi AlBuhair in East Riffa, Bahrain is a 45 million year old limestone valley with streams and natural grasses. It is currently being destroyed to make space for social housing and retail developments.
It turns out it is a 45 million year old archaeological site of natural rock formations and wetland like streams and grasses in a sunken limestone valley. Even though it was a discovery / social trip, many that showed up (from various backgrounds) were understandably extremely sad that this site was being replaced with social housing and a mall. The ultimate question on everyone’s lips were ‘why not preserve it?’
A young geologist created a change.org petition to try and create some awareness of the place’s importance and aimed at getting 100 signatures but has crossed 3,480. It also became a trending hashtag #savewadialbuhair amongst many of the youth but is this it? Since construction has already started, can’t the green natural space be incorporated to a large extent instead of removing it all?
In ‘spiritual ecology’ it is recognized that there is a spiritual side to conservation and earth stewardship, wherein natural heritage is entrusted to us.
#conservedontdestroy #naturalbahrain #mybeautifulbahrain #preservation #greenspaces #spiritualecology #sustainability
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