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Everything will be Ok !
submitted
by lija Balzan Iklin : Matthey Portelli for
7-10
campaign: yre-entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under
Articles
awarded: YREstayshome
At the time of the Corona Virus…The positive and negative aspects on human life, connection and the environment
Read MoreA 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?
Read MoreThe Fan without a Ceiling
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: Participation
Demolition of buildings creates waste, most of which should be separated and recycled. Possibly this ceiling fan could have also been reused instead of thrown away never to be used again.
Read MoreTreating 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.
Read MoreThe 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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