Articles

Are Eco-Friendly Products Competitive on Supermarket Shelves?

submitted by St Nicholas College Secondary School Ħad-Dingli : Sara Marie Mifsud  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): College Facebook Page, other
filed under Articles
awarded: Honorable Mention

This article investigates the prices of eco-friendly products. It compares their prices with those of traditional products. A survey at a local supermarket was carried out to collect data for this article and shoppers were interviewed for their views on whether eco-friendly products are competitively priced.



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Clean Air Matters: A Study on the State of our Atmosphere

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

Air quality and the level of air pollution are important factors and have significant impacts on the health and well-being of humans. Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) is a pollutant commonly found in the air and is produced by burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas. High levels of nitrogen dioxide can have negative impacts on human health, including respiratory problems and an increased risk of heart disease. There are often wide variations in local air quality that go undetected and so the Eco-Schools team started to investigate the quality of the air around the school. The aim was to find out the extent of the levels of nitrogen dioxide present in the area around the school. This investigation contributes significantly to the importance of reducing NO₂ emissions for the well-being of citizens and for the environment in general both on a local and on a global level.



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Environmental Issues

submitted by DINGLI PRIMARY : ZAYDON LEE MERCIECA  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): noticeboard, other, school magazine, school media, ST NICHOLAS COLLEGE SOCIAL MEDIA, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

Nowadays we are faced with several environmental issues such as pollution, overpopulation, waste disposal, climate change, global warming and the Greenhouse effect problems, among others. This is all because we humans do not take care of our environment and prefer ‘progression’. I am going to address the topic of trees.



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A GIFT FROM NATURE

submitted by DINGLI PRIMARY : MATTEO TONNA  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): noticeboard, other, school magazine, school media, ST NICHOLAS COLLEGE SOCIAL MEDIA, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

Trees are a gift from nature. They have numerous benefits. However, unluckily, today rich people and selfish politicians who think only about making money, are destroying a lot of trees to make way for construction and new roads.



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SAVE OUR TREES

submitted by DINGLI PRIMARY : AMY GALEA  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): noticeboard, other, school magazine, school media, ST NICHOLAS COLLEGE SOCIAL MEDIA, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

Trees have been with us throughout our lives. They make our lives healthy and better. Trees, like plants, store carbon dioxide, helping to slow down the greenhouse build-up in our atmosphere, that has been warming our planet. Paper production is adding further pressure on the world forests, that are already at risk. In future, it can only get get worse.



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Overfishing

submitted by Mater Boni Consilii St. Joseph Paola : Natalia Fenech  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

This article questions and gives answers about overfishing, like ‘How can we help stop overfishing?’ or ‘What is overfishing?’. In this writing, there is information about which countries overfish and how overfishing has to do with climate change. There is also written about what are the causes of overfishing and what happens when we overfish.



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Climate Change

submitted by Mater Boni Consilii St. Joseph Paola : Zanaya Bugeja Abela  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

This article reports about climate change



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Wear out your clothes not your planet

submitted by Mater Boni Consilii St. Joseph Paola : Michela Bianco  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

This article is about sustainable fashion; it is about how the fashion industry can harm the environment, what sustainable fashion is, and how we can help to save the environment.



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Pollution

submitted by Mater Boni Consilii St. Joseph Paola : Charli Falzon  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

This article talks about the three types of pollution, how it affects us and where it comes from; how we can notice pollution and help it decrease.



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Farewell to the trees and all beautiful things

submitted by Mater Boni Consilii St. Joseph Paola : Kaya Grasso  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

This article is about the harm over-construction can create in Malta and other problems it introduces such as lack of greenery and many others. I suggested practical ways about how a person could help make this issue slightly better, and how urgent it is overall for present and future generations.



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