Commended

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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My heart is swamped with litter

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Kylie Bartolo  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended



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Heartbroken

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Emily Borg  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended



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Was I supposed to catch this?

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Ella Attard  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended



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Do you Want the World to be a Better Place?

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Jan Fenech  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): College Social Media, other, school noticeboard, school media, Story Jumper eBook, website
filed under Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

It takes 500 – 1000 years for plastic to degrade. The most common types of litter found on beaches are all made from plastic. But the question is: how are we going to stop this?



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Litter less in Mellieha

submitted by Mellieha Primary : Connor Zerafa  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): other, school noticeboard, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

This year, Mellieħa’s EkoSkola members chose the slogan ‘Litter less in Mellieħa’ as part of their litterless campaign and yremalta project. After doing an environmental review at school to check if waste is being separated in each and every room, it was time to check the litter situation around the school’s outskirts.



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