11-14

Let us save our Oceans.

submitted by St. Nicholas College Middle School Rabat : Victoria Magro, Kady Galea, Matteo Stagno, Jake Camilleri  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media,other,Whole school assembly, Featured in the Action Planet exhibition at St James Cavalier, Presented to other schools during the Global Week
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips

The video was created using the simple technique of stop motion where around 160 photos were taken. The aim of the video is to create an original fun, simple yet innovative way to convey a very important message: that we are all responsible and that we all can make a difference. Living on an Island makes this topic even more valid. The video clearly shows what the problems caused by Ocean litter are and gives simple ways how to minimize the damage and engage in more sustainable practices.



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Rediscovering the tasty and healthy carob

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : EkoSkola Committee  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): EkoSkola blog, Ekoskola noticeboard, newspaper, other, school magazine, school media, tv, website
filed under Articles

The fruit of the carob tree is a healthy substitute for chocolate and can be used to make cakes and drinks, students at Gozo College’s Middle School learned during an ecoschool project over the past three months. The students have been conducting research on the tree and learning how to prepare traditional and innovative recipes using the carob pod, the fruit of the carob, an indigenous and protected tree that grows naturally in the local outdoor environment. The school recently held an open day to showcase the work done by the ecoschool committee and Year 8 students as part of the project, which is aimed at instilling in the students, staff and the wider school community a greater appreciation towards the local natural environment, responsible food production and consumption and a more sustainable lifestyle. During the event, students, teachers, staff and parents were invited to taste carob cake and carob-banana smoothies prepared by the students. They were also able to buy traditional carob syrup and cake mix stored in reused jars. An informative leaflet about the carob tree was launched. It includes information about the tree, and six simple, healthy recipes using the carob products, among other information. During this scholastic year, the college’s ecoschool committee is also participating in the Learning About Forests (Leaf) and Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) programmes, the We Eat Responsibly project and the Litter Less Campaign.



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Worried about Mount Dirt?

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

The silhouette in this photo is very worried seeing that there is mount dirt. We need to take care of the environment.



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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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Walk-through landfill

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : EkoSkola Committee  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): EkoSkola blog, Ekoskola noticeboard, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles

Want the experience? Just go to Xlendi. Yes, one of Gozo’s prime tourists’ sites is changing into a walk-through landfill. Bring in sites have been burnt. Open garbage bags with waste spread all over, bulky waste on pavements are the rule of the day especially over weekends. Suggestions and possible solutions have been put forward by many, including young reporters since at least 2014. It was on the media and the relative authorities were also contacted back then. Unfortunately things not only did not improve but the situation has worsened over time. Back in 2014 bring-in sites had been ‘converted’ into open air dumping sites. Careless persons actually made them inaccessible by depositing mounds of garbage bags and rubbish at the base and all around the recycle containers. Numerous residents and young reporters included suggested that security cameras are installed to stop irresponsible dumping of non-recyclable waste but no cameras. The first step is to reduce waste, recycle all that is possible and be responsible that the items one has to throw away are disposed of in the right way and at the right place.



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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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