Past Entries

Agents of Change

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : Elena Attard, Gilbert Scicluna, Martha Sultana, Mattea Zammit  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, school noticeboard, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

YRE students from Gozo College Middle School report on the Climate Change and Life on Land summit which was held virtually on 10th December 2021. They give a brief overview about their active participation during the summit and beyond, explaining how they are agents of change.



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The Climate is changing, so should we!

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : Elly Cutajar  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): radio, school media, website
filed under Reporting video Video Clips
awarded: Best Entry

Young Reporter for the Environment, Elly Cutajar, highlights the importance of using alternative modes of transport to help stop climate change.    



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Water Crisis

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : Eco-schools Committee  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Finalist

Climate change is disrupting weather patterns leading to unreliable rainfall, aggravating water scarcity and easier contamination of remaining fresh water supplies. Such impacts can drastically affect the quantity and quality of water that all living things need to survive especially for countries like Malta. What previously were all year-round water holes, sought by tired migrating birds, are now drying up. The Maltese Islands are dependent on a constant rainfall which feeds the water table and lack in consistency is resulting in less water seeping through the rocks. According to the Maltese Islands Weather website, ‘rain over the course of February 2022 was very scarce. In fact, it was among the driest ever’.



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Measuring the air Quality (the amount of Nitrogen Dioxide) in three different areas around our school

submitted by Gozo College Secondary School : Daniel Grech, Haley Xuereb, Hannah Vella, Julian Saliba, Mariah Borg, Maya Bajada, Neil Mizzi, Thea Sultana  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Best Entry

Air quality and the level of air pollution are important factors and have significant impacts on the health and wellbeing of humans. Any level of air pollution is not acceptable and poses a risk (World Health Organisation 2021 9789240034228-eng.pdf (who.int)). There are often wide variations in local air quality that go undetected and so we started to investigate the quality of the air around our school. The Gozo College Secondary School is situated in Gozo where there is relatively less traffic than in Malta, but there still is a substantial number per capita. The premises of the school are parallel to a main road and has its frontage overlooking a secondary road which is being increasingly used by traffic as to avoid the main road. Our school collaborated with another school in Malta and with another in Ireland to compare data. Our school used three diffusion tubes to measure the



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World Watch

submitted by Lija Balzan Iklin Primary : Jayden Muscat  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Participation

A poster was created with suggestions on what we can do to reduce litter and pollution



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Help Save the Earth before its too late

submitted by Lija Balzan Iklin Primary : Sean Mallia  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Participation

Be part of the solution, not the pollution !



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Help the environment today – Every second of cleaning counts!

submitted by Lija Balzan Iklin Primary : Bernardine Agius  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Participation

Put a smile on MotherNature’s face



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Climate Change – Marine Pollution

submitted by lija Balzan Iklin : Amy Barbara/Rayan Al Faham Muhsen  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Reporting video Video Clips
awarded: Participation

How pollution affects Marine life and tips on how to decrease marine pollution



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Climate Change and Life under Water

submitted by St Joseph Junior School Sliema : Georgia Allen  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, school media, YRE and Ekoskola Facebook pages
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

In this article the student gives a brief overview of what was discussed during the YRE Youth Summit on Climate Change and Life under Water. She also gives some suggestions to encourage others to mitigate the problem of beach waste and overfishing.



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Free Public Transport – Will we see any change?

submitted by St Joseph Junior School Sliema : Mayar Elarbi  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, school media, YRE and Ekoskola Facebook pages
filed under Articles

In this article the student gives a brief overview of what was discussed during the YRE Youth Summit on Climate Change and Transportation. The student also shares her arguments, reflections and points of view on how this new measure can mitigate the current road situation. She also proposes and suggests ways on how to commuters and passengers can be encouraged and motivated to use the free public transport system.



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