15-18

Video 15-18 yrs 1st place National Winner: The two wheeled solution: the bicycle

submitted by G F Abela Junior College Msida : Steve Zammit Lupi  for 15-18
dissemination(s): Facebook, other
filed under Video Clips

I've always loved riding my bicycle. When I was younger, I never had Playstation or a computer as kids have today, as a break from my homework I would explore the outdoor world by biking instead. Apart from being a hobby it became a mode of commuting. As I grew older I started to ask questions and tried to find alternatives to our transport and environmental problems. I discovered that the bicycle can so easily substitute the car, the modern age vehicle that we have come obsessed with to get from A to B.  Isn't it ironic that we have stopped calculating distances in how far they actually are but rather in how long it will actually take to arrive? We forgot how interconnected our villages are. We forgot how close they are. We are too busy stuck in traffic to realize that it's taking us 30 minutes to arrive from A to B when its just 3km away, or that you're wasting 15 minutes everyday to find parking instead of making good use of it otherwise. We grumble when the fuel prices rise, but we fail to do something to change it and find an alternative. Or even more, we forgot we are polluting the air we breathe just for we travel from here to there, even if it's a short distance away.  Lets face the truth, Malta is just a rock, with so many people and cars crowded in such a small area, we are finding it difficult to get around. Traffic and parking problems remains a mind racking problem that every driver faces daily. Yeah, there's pubic transport but that has it's limits too and no matter how efficient it is, it still has it's limits and setbacks. If you can't solve a problem, re-think it, and solve it differently. And the bicycle can contribute well to solve our traffic and environmental problems. Most of the trips we do by car can easily be done by bicycle, and you'll probably arrive quicker and if not in a less stressful and relaxed way. Unless we show the authorities that we mean business and ready to change nothing actually will. So let's show everyone that we love riding our bicycles and that we demand a safer and more sustainable environment for all to enjoy. It's true that our roads aren't so safe because there are so many cars, but how is that's supposed to change if no one is ready to take the first step and ride his/her bike instead?! I am ready, and I'm ready to cycle to introduce the bicycle culture that's alive and kicking in other countries, I'm just 16 but I'm ready to change that. Yeah, it's the Two Wheeled Solution… it's the bicycle! Weblink: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfhhm5OWXzk



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Kindly pick those cartridges ‘skrataċ’… to put a stop to the poisoning of the soils and water aquifer at the Park tal-Majjistral!

submitted by St. Margaret College Boys Secondary Verdala : Mangion Dalton, Mentosa Mattia  for 15-18
dissemination(s): Display during parents day. Presentation in front of students of other schools. Info sent to guide who took us around the park., school magazine
filed under Articles

We aim to make the hunters conscious of what they are doing, probably unintentionally. We want them to know that if they leave behind their cartridges ‘skrataċ’ they are contaminating the soils and water aquifer with lead and plastic and we don’t want to let this happen any longer!



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Whatever Will Be, Will Be

submitted by St. Margaret College Boys Secondary Verdala : Jorgè Grech, Michael Mifsud, Nathan Povo, Nigel Mercieca  for 15-18
dissemination(s): other, school magazine, school media, School's FaceBook Page, website
filed under Articles

When I was just a little seed I asked Mother Nature, what will I be? Will I have flowers? Will I bear fruit? Here's what she said to me:   Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be The future's not good for me Que Sera, Sera The environment’s not doing fine, you see.   When I sprouted, I grew leaves I asked Mother Nature what lies ahead Will I have flowers, year after year? Here's what Mother Nature said:   Que Sera, Sera,…   Now I have seeds of my own They ask their mother, what will I be? Will I be cut? Will I be chopped? I tell them tearfully:   Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be Unless you do something for me Que Sera, Sera The environment’s not doing fine, as you can see…



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Human Interference to the Environment

submitted by St Thomas More College Girls Sec Sta Lucia : Sharon Mangion  for 15-18
filed under Articles

It was a beautiful afternoon, the few clouds in the sky were a fluffy white and the breeze was refreshingly cool as we made our way to Buskett. One of the greatest problems that the world is facing today is that of environmental pollution, increasing with every passing year and causing irreparable damage to the earth.Upon our arrival we were left speechless with the major human interference to the trees’ habitat which as the years go by they provide the perfect homes for thousands of species of plants and animals. Another trace of human interference is the pollution made by humans, as computer parts and several other wastes were thrown in this habitat.



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Countryside or dumping site?

submitted by G. F. Abela Junior College : Manuela Busuttil  for 15-18
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos

Nowadays it is not easy to find time to go for a walk in the middle of Mother Nature because our lives are so fast and we prefer our TV sets instead of Mother Nature but what is the reason behind this choice? It may be that we feel safer in front of the TV sets or places far from nature because there are people that transformed parts of our country side into dumping sites. During a walk that I did few days ago in the limits of Mtarfa, I found from beer cans to car tires, from chairs to truck parts and those places where I found these items are certainly not where they should be. About all this the Mtarfa Local council was contacted and since this world is everyone world we should recycle what is recyclable and take care of our world together!



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In-Nixxiegħa

submitted by St.Benedict College Girls' Secondary School Tarxien : Edera Magro  for 15-18
dissemination(s): Competition, other, school magazine
filed under Photos

Fl-istaġun tax-xitwa mhux l-ewwel darba li naraw xi nixxiegħa tal-ilma speċjalment fejn hemm it-tafal. Fejn imur dan l-ilma? Ħafna drabi l-ilma jibqa’ għaddej qalb l-għelieqi għal ġol-widien. Il-bdiewa jagħmlu użu minn dan l-ilma billi jagħmlu ilqugħ u jaħżnuh f’xi ġibjun. B’hekk il-bdiewa ikollhom l-ilma biex ikabbru l-prodotti agrikoli anke fil-ġranet sħan u xotti tas-sajf. Kemm hi mportanti dik in-nixxiegħa biex ikollna ħaxix u frott frisk is-sena kollha!



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L-Irdumijiet

submitted by St Benedict College Tarxien Girls' Secondary : Joslyn Falzon  for 15-18
dissemination(s): Competition, school magazine
filed under Photos

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 passigata qrib dawn il-postijiet. Għalhekk għandna nibzgħu għall-irdumijiet billi ma nħammguhomx jew jingħataw permessi għal barrieri fil-qrib.



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