Under the patronage of the President of the University of Technology, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Hassan Al-Ghaban, and on the occasion of National Afforestation Day, the activities of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Technology were launched on Tuesday, 12/3/2024, to celebrate this day, and in the presence of the Assistant President of the University for Administrative Affairs, Professor Dr. Farhad Muhammad Othman. Many different shade and seasonal plants were planted in the department's gardens. In addition to holding an exhibition of posters and photographs dealing with agriculture and afforestation, as well as organizing a scientific lecture entitled Sustainability and Sustainable Development, which addressed the nature of the relationship between sustainable development and the environment.

In this regard, Prof. Dr. Khalid Ajmi Sukkar, Head of the Chemical Engineering Department, indicated that this day’s activities come within a series of activities carried out by the department periodically to support and implement green and sustainable projects planned within the Green University Program, increase cultivated areas, and pay attention to the beauty of the university’s gardens and maintain their sustainability by implementing afforestation campaigns and planting various types of evergreen shade plants, as well as planting seasonal flowers. It also represents an actual and practical step towards activating the directives of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, which designated March 12 as the National Afforestation Day in conjunction with the initiative to plant five million trees and palm trees, which was launched by Prime Minister Engineer Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani to combat desertification. The Green Technology Team, which includes students and faculty members in the Department of Chemical Engineering, participated in these activities and is concerned with green and sustainable engineering technologies.