Commended

Shame on us!

submitted by St. Nicholas College Rabat MIddle School : Andrea Ciappara  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): Notice board in our school which was also displayed during the Science Week., other, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Shame on us shows a snap shop of a too common situation in our countryside where irresponsible individuals just dump the waste that they do not want without realizing that damage that they are causing. Photo taken limits of Siggiewi.



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Home Clearance in the Countryside

submitted by St. Nicholas College Rabat MIddle School : Andrea Ciappara  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): Notice board in our school which was also displayed during the Science Week., other, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

This photo was taken in the countryside close to Siggiewi. I was surprised to find this type of waste since it was not common trash but rather good home stuff like shoes and cake tins. It seems that someone was clearing a house and just dumped all its contents in the countryside. He or she didn’t care less.



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Construction or Distruction

submitted by St. Nicholas College Rabat MIddle School : Andrea Ciappara  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Notice board in our school which was also displayed during the Science Week., other, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

This photo was taken in the limits of Siggiewi. I was really disappointed about the amount of waste that was dumped in this area especially construction waste that should be disposed of in an appropriate way but instead is littering the countryside.



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Water Conservation in Malta

submitted by Secondary St. Aloysius College : Andrea Anastasi, Gianni Debono, Luca Cassar, Lukas Abela, Nicholas Camilleri  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, This video will be viewed during an event taking place during 'earth week'. Further details will follow soon.
filed under Reporting video Video Clips
awarded: Commended, HSBC Award

The short video gives a brief introduction to water conservation, which is followed by a vox pop. We asked our teachers about water conservation. Then there is a narrative of facts and issues that we feel are in critical need of addressing in the Maltese Islands in order to conserve our water resources  



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What is happening to the Earth?

submitted by Bishop's Conservatory Junior School : Keira Mae Axiak Demicoli  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Facebook School page, other
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Over the past few years we have seen many changes happening to the Earth. All over the news and other media, we are hearing many stories which are related to extreme weather conditions. We are hearing of floods in areas where it doesn’t usually rain, and also of ice melting in areas which are normally very cold. But why is all this happening?



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Plastic Trail

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : Gianluigi Frendo  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): EkoSkola blog, Ekoskola noticeboard, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Either deliberately or unintentionally this stretch of plastic wrap is posing a threat to land and sea life.



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Reach up high!

submitted by San Gorg Preca College Hamrun Secondary : Miriam Ibrahim  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, school notice board and prize day, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

Life is a struggle but you’re always a survivor no matter what!



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The Power of Nature

submitted by San Gorg Preca College Hamrun Secondary : Gabriella Edris Grech  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, school assembly and prize day, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

On the 24th of February, mother nature had shown how powerful she could be. Some of the trees that have been embellishing our school for many years were uprooted by the gale force winds that battered the Maltese islands. These trees posed a danger to our students and as a result they were cut down. The trunks will be reused as decorations in our reading garden.



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Ekoskola waste separation projects

submitted by San Gorg Preca College Hamrun Secondary : Victoria Mule Stagno  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

This article deals with ekoskola projects done by our ekoskola committee during this year. We were focusing on separation of waste throughout the whole school. We did some quantitative data research on the amount of recycling waste we collect as a school per week and analysed the data.



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Public inconvenience

submitted by Cospicua Malta St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala : Grazia Magro  for 15-18
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): GEW school conference, newspaper, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

The area between Bulebel industrial area and the bypass road direction to Zejtun town is turning into a waste dumping zone. Heavy dump waste including broken glass, plastic, fragments of broken furniture and paper waste plus all sorts of other waste is all the time accumulating. Recently, even a porcelain toilet base ended up in this area adding to the heavy waste thrown in the street while creating public inconvenience. Apart from being illegal, dumping waste is an eyesore to the countryside. Moreover, the chemicals and non-biodegradable materials thrown in this area are affecting the physical environment and the waterways by contaminating both the soil and the groundwater. The illegal dumping of waste in this area has become a huge environmental issue. To clean up and regularly monitor the area, Zejtun Local Council and the Malta Industrial Parks were contacted and an immediate clean up action was taken.



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