Past Entries

Saving the Environment!

submitted by Lija Balzan Iklin Primary : Matthew Portelli and Isaac Borg  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles

This article will be about the environment, problems and how we can help out. We will talk about Global Warming and Extinction.



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Our Earth and the Environment around us

submitted by lija Balzan Iklin : Jacob Fifi and Kayne Micallef  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles

Did you ever wonder, what are the biggest problems our Earth is facing? Well…there’s alot of them but in this article, we will be talking about TWO main problems. That is LITTERING and AIR POLLUTION.



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Problems about our Environment

submitted by lija Balzan Iklin : Jaliyah Falzon and Miriana Bezzina  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles

In this article we are going to be talking about the problems of loss of biodiversity and loss of habitat. We will also talk about how to help out and stop these problems, and you can help us fix them.



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Youth and Climate Action Conference coordinated by the Ministry for European & Foreign Affairs

submitted by St.Aloysius College Sixth Form : SAC Green Team  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: Participation

Our President, Cara Borg Aquilina, was nominated by Aġenzija Żgħażagħ as a youth representative for the Youth and Climate Action Conference coordinated by the Ministry for European & Foreign Affairs with Hon. Evarist Bartolo, Minister for the Environment, Climate Change & Planning Hon. Aaron Farrugia, British High Commissioner H. E Katherine Ward, Ambassador of Italy H.E Fabrizio Romano, Mr. Graham Blight and moderator Prof. Simone Borg present. On behalf of both Green Team and the National Youth Agency, she discussed the significance of active student participation in environmental matters. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CVps_t2Iopy/?utm_medium=copy_link



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Green Team Climate Clean ups

submitted by St.Aloysius College Sixth Form : SAC Green Team  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: Participation

SAC Green Team recognises the interrelation of littering and climate change and acknowledges the need for public awareness through practical action. Through a series of summer clean ups by beaches and in parks, SAC Green Team offered clean ups to students as part of their Social Responsibility Programme as well as to the general public by teaming up with the Swieqi Local Council (President Cara Borg Aquilina also being the Swieqi Local Council Youth Ambassador) and de-littering the community garbage bag by garbage bag.



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COP 26- An Informative Feature

submitted by St.Aloysius College Sixth Form : SAC Green Team  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: Commended

With international legalisation being paramount to the efficacy of environmental conservation, Green Team sought to inform students of COP26, providing a campaign clip to heighten knowledge of the Conference before it was held on Sunday, 31 October.



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A message to our leaders

submitted by St.Aloysius College Sixth Form : SAC Green Team  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: Finalist

Keeping within the COP26, theme, St. Aloysius created a video to broadcast a message to our leaders who represented us at such a pivotal international summit.



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COP26 Green Team Dialogue with Balay Laudato Si’ Mindanao, Philippines

submitted by St.Aloysius College Sixth Form : SAC Green Team  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Comprehending the climate crisis enables one to perceive the global immensity of the dilemma. Digitally crossing overseas from Malta to the Philippines, Green Team members were honoured to share their time speaking with students from Balay Laudato Si’ in Mindanao and discuss the diverse impacts climate change has inflicted on our respective environments. Attached is an abridged version of the transcript of the dialogue



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please use philosophy in the fight against climate change, an article addressed to Politicians

submitted by St.Aloysius College Sixth Form : SAC Green Team  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

Philosophy can orient us to the new reality brought on by the climate crisis. If we understand the climate crisis as a deeply existential one, it can help to examine the way past philosophers responded to similar crises in their times.



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Energy Sources and Climate Change

submitted by St. Aloysius College Malta : SAC Green Team  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

“Globally, the use of energy represents by far the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. About two thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions are linked to burning fossil fuels for energy to be used for heating, electricity, transport and industry” – With energy being so significantly interwoven with the climate crisis, how is the burning of finite fossil fuels still permissible? What renewable alternatives can countries adopt instead?



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