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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
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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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A Fairy Tale Solution

submitted by individual : Elisa Demanuele  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper,other,Social media Facebook
filed under Photos Reporting photo

Old tyres, imagination and a good will resulted in an attractive planter and waste reduction. A street with such planters makes you feel like Alice in Wonderland.

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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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