Past Entries

Towards a brighter future

submitted by MRC Middle School Naxxar : Mariah Bonnici  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Ekoskola noticeboard, other
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: 3rd place Litter less campaign

Is this where we want to live? Is this how we want to live? NO. We have to create a brighter future for ourselves.



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Climate Change

submitted by MRC Middle School Naxxar : Keith Vassallo  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Ekoskola noticeboard, other
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

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Our island’s beauty is fading away

submitted by MRC Middle School Naxxar : Benjamin Cuschieri  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Ekoskola noticeboard, other
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

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Waste: A worldwide problem

submitted by MRC Middle School Naxxar : Yasmine Spiteri Swain  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Ekoskola noticeboard, other
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

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Contamination in Maltese waters

submitted by MRC Middle School Naxxar : Ilona Schembri  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Ekoskola noticeboard, other
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

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Trapped Inside

submitted by Birgu Malta St Edward's College : Eko Skola Committee at St Edward's College  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, Social Media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

During a Clean Up activity held earlier this March, the St Edward’s College, Malta Eko-Skola Committee supervised by their teachers Ms.Samantha Abela, Mr.Daniel Caruana Smith and with the help of Ms.Ghislaine Calleja from #GetTrashedMalta they encountered a very peculiar sight. A skink was trapped into a plastic water bottle. A day prior to the clean up it had rained and this discarded water bottle got filled with some water. This poor skink ventured inside it to drink the water and got trapped. By the time the boys found it, the skink was barely moving as it was tired from hours of struggling. The boys managed to help her slither out of the bottle and release it. The skink was quite surprised and happy to be out in the open again. It looked back at the boys a few seconds, perched on a rock, before running away. Rubbish, when improperly disposed



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Precious Water

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : EkoSkola Committee  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): EkoSkola blog, noticeboard, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Finalist, HSBC Award

The small village of Fontana lies on the outskirts of Victoria, also known as Rabat in Gozo. It became the ideal site for a settlement due to a number of fresh water springs in the area. Malta ranks in the top ten water scarce countries in the world and groundwater is one of the main sources of fresh water. It is such a pity that this precious water flowing generously in this settlement is no longer potable.



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The sad story of the sienja – or wind powered water pump – in Malta

submitted by St. Augustine College : Jake Zammit  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Exhibited at Action Planet exhibition, newspaper, other, school magazine, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Finalist, HSBC Award

This article by Jake Zammit (Year 9 – St. Augustine College, Pieta’) talks about the plight of the sienja – or wind powered water pump – in Malta. A number of farmers and several entities were contacted regarding the topic. https://www.facebook.com/notes/grupp-eko-skola-kulle%C4%A1%C4%A1-santu-wistin/the-sad-story-of-the-sienja-or-wind-powered-water-pump-in-malta/1021409864682875/



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Malta sabiħa tagħna

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate : Katryna Zahra, Kelsy Cascun  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): website
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

Ħafna minn nies jiddiskutu l-fatt li f’Malta hawn persentaġġ għoli ta’ bini u ftit għad fadal ħdura mall-madwar. Iżda wieħed għandu jikkonsidra wkoll li minħabba li Malta hijja pajjiż żgħir m’għandniex għalfejn nsuqu kilometri kbar biex ngawdu l-baħar jew l-ambjent. F’Malta għandna kollox viċin tagħna. Iċ-ċokon tal-gżira tagħna, l-baħar u l-ħafna teżori kulturali u storiċi mdawr a mal-pajjiż jattiraw lil ħafna turisti.



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Traffic in Malta and some ways to decrease it

submitted by Saint Francis Secondary School Sliema : Attard Shanaya, Gauci Daisy, Magro Amy Ann, Palmier Tara, Sammut Mariah, Suda Maya  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, other, School notice board, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Finalist

Scientific research states that Maltese roads are perceived as the fifth worst in Europe, and that Maltese people spend 52 hours stuck in traffic every year. As regards construction, it is evident that permits are issued without proper planning because one frequently finds closed roads at short notice at the same time that runs-offs from these roads are closed. We have all been caught in traffic or forced to take an unplanned diversion, and we know how frustrating it is for our parents. Therefore, we carried out this research to determine what Maltese people think about traffic and related issues.



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