Articles

The Ugly Face of Mount Magħtab

submitted by St Aloysius College Secondary : Matthew Cassar  for 11-14
dissemination(s): Google plus, other
filed under Articles

The green/grey bag waste collected by people around the author’s block was monitored for a period of 3 months. The outcomes were used to question the local council, WasteServ and GreenPak about the effectiveness of recycling.



Read More

Water Consumption Reduction

submitted by St Edward's College : GabrielSciberras  for 11-14
dissemination(s): Google plus, other
filed under Articles

Potable is a precious liquid which is incessantly being wasted and it is only getting worse. This article include the methods and techniques that can be done to abate this waste, at home, work and nationally. It also includes exact numbers of the amount of potable water, the amount of water being wasted and diseases caused by lack of water. This article is to show that we can make a difference anywhere even at home. If everyone makes a difference, then surely everyone will have water and water consumption reduction will be improved.



Read More

Food Waste Management and Prevention

submitted by St Edward's College : Gabriel Sciberras  for 11-14
dissemination(s): Google plus, other
filed under Articles

Food is a necessity that all living creatures on Earth need to live and develop. However, like many things, it is being wasted and the main contributor to this waste is man. We are wasting the most, and the worst part is that some humans don’t even have food to survive. This article talks about how food is wasted, the causes of food waste and more. Why waste something that everyone needs?



Read More

Permaculture: the way forward

submitted by Gzira St.Monica School : Valentina Fenech Caruana  for 11-14
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles

Permaculture focuses on creating community eco-systems in which plants, animals, human beings and all forms of ecological diversity interact to produce an ecologically-sound and regenerative system that can support itself and life.



Read More

Seawater and the Delimara Power Station

submitted by Gzira St.Monica School : Isabella Lauri, Katrina Bonavia  for 11-14
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles

In 1992 the Delimara Power Station was constructed in the southeast of Malta. To build the power station, the Marsaxlokk saline marshland was mostly destroyed, now only remnants are left. In fact the place was built on seawater and reclaimed land. Pillars of concrete and iron were placed in the seabed to hold the structure.



Read More

The Green Haven

submitted by Gzira St.Monica School : Michela Pace  for 11-14
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles

The origins of the Argotti Gardens go back to the early 18th century and were laid out as two private gardens. One belonged to Knight Don Emmanuel Pinto and the other to the Bailiff Ignatius de Argote et Guzman. When Pinto was elected Grand Master of the Order in 1740, de Argote purchased Pinto’s part, annexed it to his own garden and built his summer residence here where it still exists.



Read More

Why Waste Water

submitted by Gzira St.Monica School : Julia Scerri  for 11-14
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles

Less than 1% of water on Earth can be used by people. The rest is sea water or frozen water. This is why water is precious and we should not waste it. We must use it efficiently. Having said that, in a typical household, 984 litres of water are used every day! We must reduce this amount by conserving water in several simple ways.



Read More

Precious Trees

submitted by Gzira St.Monica School : Katrina Bonavia  for 11-14
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles

7% of  7% of the soil is being lost from the earth’s surface every year. Plants need nutrients to grow so soil without nutrients is useless. Although data on rates of soil erosion in Malta is not available, this phenomenon is believed to be one of the most important threats to soil in the country.



Read More

Saving Our Nation Maltese Lung (The Life Saving Buskett)

submitted by St Michael School St Venera : Andrea Cassar, Sheldon Saliba  for 15-18
dissemination(s): school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles

This article is about ‘The Life Saving Project’ held in Buskett. This article identifies the problems in Buskett including soil erosion. As a school we went to see the Project and the work being done.



Read More

Buildings, buildings and more buildings

submitted by Gzira St.Monica School : Gaghel Dingli  for 15-18
dissemination(s): Exhibition, other, school media, Special Assembly
filed under Articles

Malta is said to be one of the countries with the highest proportion of built-up land area (33%) and one of the countries with the lowest forest land area (5%) amongst all the countries of the European Union. This comes as no surprise as it is clearly evident from the massive increase in the number of new buildings. Even though there are over 70,000 vacant households, contractors still choose to build new buildings since they will make more profit by doing this. Additionally, the number of permits being released every year is on its way up and several permits for buildings to be developed in Outside Development Zones (ODZs) have also been released. This is while these precious areas are supposed to be protected. Several valleys have been destroyed because of this, and much wildlife has become endangered or extinct.



Read More