Past Entries

Never ending sunset- Light Pollution

submitted by Mcast Art & Design Mosta : Luke Zerafa  for 19-25
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Best Entry, International Honorable Mention

Dangers of Light Pollution: Nature: animals confuse artificial lighting for moon and disrupt their natural cycles Human: Circadian Rhythms- Controlled by ‘Ganglion cells’ found inside the eye, controlling the sleep/ wake/ eat cycle + Behavioural functions + pupillary light reflex (dilation of the pupil)- how much light enters the eye and how much we perceive. Ganglion cells have a peak absorption rate of around 480 nM wavelength (blue light) In short: Wrong colour temperature bluish light pollution has greater effect on our sleep/ wake/ eat cycles (circadian) + Behaviour functions Installing too powerful lighting instead of finding the proper low wattage to produce an adequate amount of luminosity results in light pollution from the reflected surface just under the light source. Waste of electricity to light unused spaces.



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Walk-through landfill

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

Want the experience? Just go to Xlendi. Yes, one of Gozo’s prime tourists’ sites is changing into a walk-through landfill. Bring in sites have been burnt. Open garbage bags with waste spread all over, bulky waste on pavements are the rule of the day especially over weekends. Suggestions and possible solutions have been put forward by many, including young reporters since at least 2014. It was on the media and the relative authorities were also contacted back then. Unfortunately things not only did not improve but the situation has worsened over time. Back in 2014 bring-in sites had been ‘converted’ into open air dumping sites. Careless persons actually made them inaccessible by depositing mounds of garbage bags and rubbish at the base and all around the recycle containers. Numerous residents and young reporters included suggested that security cameras are installed to stop irresponsible dumping of non-recyclable waste but no cameras. The first step is to reduce waste, recycle all that is possible and be responsible that the items one has to throw away are disposed of in the right way and at the right place.



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A Short on Sustainable Fashion

submitted by MCAST Institute of Creative Arts : Roberta Micallef  for 19-25
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): website
filed under Articles

An article about the pertinent Sustainable and Ethical Fashion issue, concerning the consumption and production of fast fashion and its effect on the environment and society. Focusing on a local level, to make awareness more palpable and relatable.



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I am not the pace where charcoal is put after a barbeque!

submitted by St Clare's College Pembroke Secondary : Antonia Frendo  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other,social media
filed under Photos Reporting photo

After your barbeque don’t throw the remaining charcoal on the floor, throw it in the bin instead, so we don’t pollute our environment.



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Keep natural features clean!

submitted by St Clare's College Pembroke Secondary : Antonia Frendo  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other,social media
filed under Photos Reporting photo

Don’t throw tissues in puddles, even though the tissue will eventually disintegrate, you will be still polluting our environment.



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Plants can’t grow in rubble!

submitted by St Clare's College Pembroke Secondary : Antonia Frendo  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other,social media
filed under Photos Reporting photo

If you have rubble and you want to get rid of it, you shouldn’t just find a place and dump it there. Especially if it’s on soil as plants then can’t grow.



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Ouch, I stepped on some glass!

submitted by St Clare's College Pembroke Secondary : Antonia Frendo  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other,social media
filed under Photos Reporting photo

Don’t throw glass on the floor because someone can step on it and hurt him or herself. Plus, you are also dirtying the environment.



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Help the plants breath

submitted by St Clare's College Pembroke Secondary : Antonia Frendo  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, Social Media
filed under Reporting photo

Don’t throw plastic on plants as you’re suffocating them and polluting the environment at the same time.



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A bin is there to be used! Not to be ignored!

submitted by St Clare's College Pembroke Secondary : Antonia Frendo  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other,social media
filed under Photos Reporting photo

Don’t throw rubbish on the floor, throw it in the bin as that’s its purpose, because otherwise you will be polluting the environment.



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It’s a plant graveyard!

submitted by St Clare's College Pembroke Secondary : Angela Spiteri Hogan  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other,social media
filed under Photos Reporting photo

1. This concrete brick was left here crushing this pretty flower bed in the countryside. 2. From the looks of this very heavy brick its seems to have been left here for quite some time.



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