Commended

Littered and Wasted

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Jethro Azzopardi Duca  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

I saw this lying around and it really made us angry. Someone decided to leave his half finished meal lying around … so they not only littered but also wasted food for nothing. It really is a shame that at this day and age people still leave waste lying around. I mean what does it take to just put everything back in the bag and throw it in a bin?



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LITTERally no butts about it

submitted by SIC Luqa Primary : Cicely Scerri  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: Commended

This is Luqa Primary’s project for the litterless campaign. It involved active collaboration between our Year 6 classes, the EkoSkola Team the Pupil’s Council, the local Parish and the Luqa Local Council. The objective is to reduce the litter caused by the incorrect disposal of cigarette butts. Throughout this year the children learnt more about the dangers that cigarette butts pose not only to the environment but also to our body. During a clean up activity, we scouted the areas surrounding our school to identify specific places where there was a considerable amount of cigarette butts and we used the allocated funds to buy a number of outdoor ashtrays that will be installed in these designated areas. This will reduce the amount of cigarette butts in the soil and on the pavements. The objective of the video is to raise awareness about this issue with the public .  



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A New Skyline

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Jethro Azzopardi Duca  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

The construction industry keeps growing and tower cranes keep invading our skyline.



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Plastic ruins everything

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Jethro Azzopardi Duca  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended, Finalist

Plastic litter can be found everywhere. It ruins everything … even a beautiful view.



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They think it’s hidden

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Jethro Azzopardi Duca  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Unfortunately people still throw waste in the countryside, thinking that since it might be an isolated area, waste is hidden and will not be noticed.



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Where does it go?

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Jethro Azzopardi Duca  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Nature reclaiming what people had tried to claim before.



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A new species of palm tree?

submitted by St. Augustine College : Benjamin Borg  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended, Finalist, Honorable Mention

Rising over the Maltese skyline is a new species of palm tree hovering above buildings and people. Is this is an endemic species or a pandemic of construction fever?



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Treating farmland as an environmental resource

submitted by St. Augustine College : Christopher Portelli, Gabriel Pullicino  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Farmland should not be protected only for its monetary value but because it deserves to be protected, governments should legislate in favour of the environment. Water shortages, extreme weather events and high temperatures, could make living very difficult if not impossible. Currently, in Malta, we are experiencing one of the longest draughts which is wreaking havoc in fields, Mr Malcom Borg, head of lobby group Għaqda Bdiewa Attivi, said that the public needed to understand that fields provide food as many people think of fields only when they are threatened of being destroyed.



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The Borage plant

submitted by St. Augustine College : Christopher Portelli, Gabriel Pullicino  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended, Honorable Mention

The Borage plant, Borago officinalis, is also known as Fidloqqom in Maltese is an indigenous plant that adapts to any condition and grows in garigues and roadsides especially in Buskett, Dingli and most valleys in Malta. It’s a favourite plant for bees and is a grassy annual plant with hairy stems and triangular, blue leaves. It is also grown in gardens as its leaves are edible, it’s a nutritious plant that is used in salads and it is often used as a medicinal herb mainly for gastrointestinal, respiratory and circulatory disorders.



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Giving a helping hand at clearing this mess

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Mariah Attard, Mikaya Cassar Jackson, Thais Muscat  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended



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