Articles

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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Differences in Surface Temperature readings across the Maltese Islands

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

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) at Xrobb l-Għaġin (XGĦ) Nature Park and GLOBE Malta launched the GLOBE COOLING DOWN Students’ Investigation to collect and share ground surface temperature (ST) data from around the Maltese Islands and hence explore the Urban Heat Islands Effect (UHIE) across the islands. Gozo College Middle School Victoria, St Thomas More College Żejtun Primary School B and ESD at XGĦ collaborated to explore whether location and other factors affect the STs of similar surfaces in three different locations.



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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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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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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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Public transport and climate change

submitted by St Joseph Junior School Sliema : Julia Gatt Taliana  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, school media, YRE and Ekoskola Facebook Page
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 Transportation.



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Climate Change

submitted by Xewkija Primary School : Yoana Attard  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles

Climate Change Climate change is a problem worldwide. Unlike the weather, that changes often, it takes thousands or even million of years for climate change to occur. Climate change refers to the long-term changes on Earth. Recently, scientists have observed changes in the amount of rainfall and noticed that Earth’s average temperature has been increasing much more quickly than expected. On average, global air temperatures near Earth’s surface have gone up about 2 degrees Fahrenheit in the past 100 years. In fact, the past five years have been the warmest five years in centuries.



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Let’s give new life to our school’s water reservoirs

submitted by Handaq Middle School St.Ignatius College : Giulia Agius, Isaac Mifsud, Jamie Warren Cefai, Kelly Cilia, Kylie Gauci, Lara Giordmaina, Liana Tabone, Luigi Zammit  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Facebook and Instagram, other, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Best Entry

The article is about water reservoirs on the school grounds which are not being used properly, leading to loss of precious water. Students interviewed two people who gave them interesting information and took them on a site visit to see the reservoirs, pumps, tanks and the surrounding fields that are being affected when water overflows. In the article students have also proposed solutions to this problem and backed these solutions by research.



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Il-Fjammingi

submitted by lija Balzan Iklin : Katrina Muscat  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles

My brother and I have written an article about what happened to some unfortunate flamingos at Salina. Unfortunately someone shot them down while they were flying in the sky. We did some research on flamingos and did some further research about these beautiful birds that we wanted to share with the other children.



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