Articles

Plastic

submitted by Kirkop secondary school : Rowena Bugeja  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

This article investigates plastic pollution on the land and in the sea.



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The effect of social media on commerce

submitted by Kirkop secondary school : Elishia Attard, Kylee Calleja  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

This article investigates the effect of social media (fb, instagram, online shopping) on commerce.



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Let’s think about hunting in Malta

submitted by Kirkop secondary school : Silvia Spiteri  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

This article investigates different opinions about hunting in Malta.



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Our sea, our future

submitted by Kirkop secondary school : Martina Sammut  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Facebook and noticeboard at the Merchant Shipping Directorate at Transport Malta Head Offices, other, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Finalist

This article investigates maritime emissions.



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Sustainable Tourism for sustainable environment

submitted by Kirkop secondary school : Ylenia Mifsud  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

This article investigates how sustainable the tourism industry is in Malta.



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Dive against Debris

submitted by Gzira St.Monica School : Michaela Tickle  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Exhibition + Special Assembly, newspaper, other, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

According to National Geographic, 40% of the plastic that we use is single use and so ends up in our waterways. No one knows exactly how much unrecycled plastic waste ends up in our ocean. Since this percentage of plastic is getting higher and higher, Aquaventure, a dive centre in Mellieha decided to do something about it!



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Global Warming and its effects

submitted by Gzira St.Monica School : Amie Vella  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Exhibition during Parents' Day + Special Assembly, other, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Global warming and pollution are ever-growing problems concerning the whole world including Malta. This issue is mostly due to all the manufacturing of non-reusable plastic, deforestation and vehicles being produced and driven on our roads. Global warming is already having significant and costly effects on our communities, our health, and our climate.



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Gest tajjeb!

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : EkoSkola Committee  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

2 short articles and photos about a clean-up that was made on the outskirts of the school grounds.



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Small things for big changes!!

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

On Tuesday 5th February, a group of students from the Eco-Schools Committee went out in town to go on a “saving the environment” quest. Their mission: Go in fruit and vegetable stores and deliver mesh bags and posters to the owner and the customers.



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Refocus and reduce….No to Junk Mail!

submitted by St. Nicholas College Rabat MIddle School : Eco-schools Committee  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): Made into a leaflet and distributed to people we found in the Rabat square., other, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: 1st place international, 1st place Litter less Campaign

We wrote this article to spread the word about the worrying data we collected about the local Junk Mail situation during our Litter-Less research. We managed to enroll 9 families in our school community and they agreed to keep the junk mail they received over a period of two months. We then weighed that mail and calculated the amount the families would have collected over a year. We also estimated how much junk mail would have been collected if we had to multiply the results to the number of dwellings in Malta. Moreover we estimated the number of trees that would have to be cut down to create all that paper that will end up as Junk Mail. The results we obtained were mind blowing and all this after the massive ‘Sort it out’ campaign. Are we really sorting it out?



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