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Who wants a dirty environment?

submitted by GOZO COLLEGE ZEBBUG PRIMARY : Renee Pisani  for 7-10
dissemination(s): school media
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We must keep our environment clean. If you throw away the rubbish on the grass, around trees and streets, this is not healthy. Keeping our environment clean is important for our health and our happiness. Many people can get ill from waste thrown out and pollution is spread around us. People can also die. Throwing our waste away means that animals, insects and small reptiles can also die. Throwing our waste around is very dangerous – our streets become dangerous places where to walk, talk and meet friends. Our beaches will also be dangerous places where to go and build castles on the sand and play with friends. If we do not want that all these things to happen, we must put our rubbish in the right bin. We must and we should waste separate every day, every time we do have waste material.



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Dangerous litter

submitted by GOZO COLLEGE ZEBBUG PRIMARY : Nathan Xuereb  for 7-10
dissemination(s): school media
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If you see any trash in the playground pick it up and throw it in the bins. Everyone should be mindful by picking up after eating. If we leave trash in the playgrounds there will be more rats and germs. If we throw litter it can be dangerous for other kids. If we see pieces of glass on the ground we have to pick it up and throw it in the bins because someone can hit himself. Children can be running bare foot and cut themselves. Pieces of glass on the road can be very dangerous because cars can have a puncture. So glass should be thrown in bring in sites so there will be no accidents.



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Bring in Sites

submitted by GOZO COLLEGE ZEBBUG PRIMARY : Maria Regina Zahra  for 7-10
dissemination(s): school media
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Recycling is important because if we don’t recycle it causes a lot of illness. It causes illness, sickness and a lot more things like that. You can recycle in the bins at bring in sites. The bins are there to recycle things like paper, plastic, metal and glass. In your homes there are bins but they are not recycle bins. You don’t have to buy those big recycling bins. You just put one for paper, one for plastic, one for metal and other one for glass. Recycle no matter what happens.



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Ugly Things in a Beautiful Walk…Żurrieq

submitted by San Anton Scouts : San Anton 
dissemination(s): website
filed under Photos

During Easter Camp this year, we went for a walk to Wied Bassasa organised by Majjistral Parks. Ms. Annalise Falzon was our guide. During the walk, we took photographs of different things, most of them nbeautiful:  like flowers and insects and beautiful views including Filfla and the surrounding fields. However, there were some ugly things too like the pile of stones in the picture. We didn’t like these because they make the area look ugly. Apart from being ugly, they will remain there for a very long time. We think that the people who put them there should have taken them back to where they got them originally or given them to someone else who needed stones like these for building. The whole area where there are the stones is now damaged and in fact there are no flowers growing there. Any visitors (even tourists) who visit the area, will think what a dirty place this is instead of enjoying the countryside and the amazing view of the sea and Filfla. We wish that people will stop littering our countryside.



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Photo 11-14 yrs 1st place National Winner: Dump vs. Nature

submitted by The Archbishop's Seminary : Jonathan Joseph Barbara  for 11-14
dissemination(s): school media
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I took this photo when I went for a walk with my family in the countryside in Baħrija. I still can’t believe my eyes that after so many talks about taking care of the environment, there are still people who don’t care and dump their rubbish anywhere they want. We are lucky that in Malta we have five different civic amenity sites which open every day and are free of charge for the public to make use of. Even Local Councils offer free services to come to our house and pick up bulky waste. Unfortunately sometimes people seem not to be bothered to use this service. We definitely need to increase the awareness and help people understand the real impacts of such actions. At the end of the day it does not only boil down to eyesores but direct impacts on our surroundings – which basically shape our lives.



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Photo 11-14 yrs 2nd place National Winner: Waste Not, Want Not

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate School Hamrun : Yasmin Joy Attard  for 11-14
dissemination(s): Ekoskola notice board during 2nd term and Parents' Days., other
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This is freshwater running down a hill in Siggiewi after a heavy rain pour. All this water is being lost as there is no way for it to be collected for further use, especially in the fields. Imagine that every area has its own reservoir, supplied by rainwater. One would gladly turn to this water than use groundwater, which now comes at a cost, to irrigate the fields or to use domestically. Hence, building channels for water that lead to a reservoir would help twofold: first it reduces the amount of groundwater pumped up and then reduce the cost of water.



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Photo 11-14 yrs 3rd place National Winner: A bendy right turn?

submitted by St. Clare College Girls Secondary Ex-Sandhurst Pembroke : Rachel Marie Farrugia  for 11-14
dissemination(s): school magazine, website
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This road sign is not to be found in some remote rural area of Malta. It occupies a prominent position in the main square next to the Rotunda Church in Mosta, signaling to drivers that they are forbidden to turn right. The photo captures the piteous state of this road sign. Besides being horribly mangled, a good part of the road sign has gone rusty to the extent that not only has the paint peeled off but the metal has also correded. Moreover, someone has decided to use this sign as a miniature billboard, placing an advertisement on it. This area is visited by many Maltese and tourists alike. Isn't it time to replace this sign with a new one?



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Photo 15-18 yrs 1st place National Winner: That one drop!

submitted by St Benedict College Tarxien Girls' Secondary : Shanise Micallef  for 15-18
dissemination(s): Competition, school magazine
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For many countries, a drop of water may be meaningless.  However, for arid and semi-arid countries that experience hot weather, like many places in Africa and to a lesser extent Malta, a drop of water can make the difference between life and death for many life forms.  Many plants and small animals, some of them which may be very rare and near extinction manage to survive with very low amounts of water.  It is thus very important not to waste and contaminate this precious resource.  All of us should make an effort to save on water use!



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Photo 15-18yrs 2nd place National Winner: Minn Taħt l-Irdum

submitted by St Benedict College Tarxien Girls' Secondary : Joslyn Falzon  for 15-18
dissemination(s): Competition, school magazine
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Il-ġmiel ta’ pajjiżna ma jonqos qatt speċjalment f’dawk il-postijiet l-inqas affetwati mill-bnedmin. F’dan ir-ritratt naraw parti mill-irdumijiet li jinstabu madwar il-kosta Maltija. Anke jekk dan l-ambjent jidher pjuttost għeri, fih insibu pjanti rari bħal Widnet il-Baħar li ftit li xejn narawhom f’ambjenti oħra. Anke għasafar bħal Merill ibejjet f’dan l-ambjent. Ta’ spiss naraw turisti, kif ukoll Maltin jagħmlu xi passiġġata qrib dawn il-postijiet. Għalhekk għandna nibzgħu għall-irdumijiet billi ma nħammguhomx jew jingħataw permessi għal barrieri fil-qrib.



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Photo 15-18 yrs 3rd place National Winner:Filfla Nature Reserve

submitted by St.Benedict College Girls' Secondary School Tarxien : Joslyn Falzon  for 15-18
dissemination(s): other, Tourist Guide Booklet entitled A Journey to the South of Malta
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Filfla Nature Reserve . This photo was taken while visiting the Wied iz-Zurrieq area on a small Maltese traditional fishing boat (luzzu). It shows the island of Filfla which forms part of the Maltese archipelago. Up until 1971, Filfla served as ground for military practices. Later on, in 1988, Filfla was declared a nature reserve and access to it was strictly forbidden to preserve the flora and fauna found on the island. Some of the species found on this small island are endemic such as the Filfla wall lizard and the Maltese door-snail. Filfla is certainly a unique site for future generations to enjoy. This photograph , together with other photos, is going to be published in a tourist guide booklet entitled A Journey to the South of Malta. This booklet forms part of the school’s Entrepreneurship through Education Scheme Project 2012.



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