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COVID-19 IMPACT!

submitted by lija Balzan Iklin : Blaec Camilleri  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): website
filed under Articles
awarded: YREstayshome

The positive and negative effects of COVID-19 on humanity and the natural environment. https://www.facebook.com/search/posts/?q=blaec%20camilleri&epa=SEARCH_BOX

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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

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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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The 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.

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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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