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Nature’s Reading?

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

We should dispose of our rubbish correctly. Magazines can be reused by giving them to other people to read or recycling them.



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21st century emergent ‘trees’

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : Mara Spiteri  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school magazine,website,school media,other,EkoSkola Noticeboard, EkoSkola blog
filed under Photos Reporting photo

Malta’s dependency on tourism, economic progress and population growth is putting extra pressure on the Maltese Islands’ surface area. Construction seems to have become Malta’s main source of income. The solution developers are providing for the ever increasing demand for accommodation is concrete high rise buildings. Urban sprawl is categorically affecting the balance between rural and built-up areas with a great loss of the local identity. Urban skylines are being swamped with haphazard development without any real concern on the effects on the surrounding area and environment. These emerging ‘trees’ are literally suffocating the traditional low buildings built in local stone. How sustainable is all this?



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Reusing at its best!!

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : Jeremy Gatt  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school magazine,website,school media,other,EkoSkola Noticeboard, EkoSkola blog
filed under Photos Reporting photo

Crib making is a popular tradition in the village of Xagħra. They are made in all sizes from matchbox to larger than life. Various materials are used in their production. The Xaghra Branch of the Society of Christian doctrine (M.U.S.E.U.M.) excelled in giving a new life to various discarded materials and objects in the making of a large mechanical crib. The crib knows its beginning in 1969. Old washing machines, disused timing belts, bicycle chains, used cardboards, plastic caps, old clothes, discarded pieces of wood and parts of broken furniture and similar materials have been used to build this crib. During a visit on site, Mr. John Attard, Mr. Peppi Theuma and Mr Joe Borg, the masterminds behind this project, opened the ‘insides’ of the crib and explained in detail the construction process involved in the making of the crib. It is clear how every object is meticulously and very cleverly adapted and used, giving it a new and actually useful purpose. Indeed, a great way of reducing litter!!



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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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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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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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