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National Winning Photo 2010 – 3rd/International Special Prize: The Gateway to the Future of the Natural World… OUR World.
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The opinion of most people living in the Maltese Islands today is that the environment is their rubbish tip. Around this structure, you can see a not-so-attractive assortment of rubble, plastic appliances, pipes, and wires, directly underneath a sign that says “Keep everywhere clean”. Is this some sort of sick joke? If this is what we have reduced ourselves to, what will we do next? How about burning down Buskett (Malta’s only woodland) and turning it into a landfill? Or maybe killing off every single bird that flies our way? The state of the Maltese countryside is a disgrace; and the people are doing nothing about it. The future looms ahead – will we avert course, or will we perish?

National Winning Photo 2010 – 4th: The Maltese Islands… Laden with History, Nature, and… What’s that in the Background?
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A picturesque example of the Maltese environment, with historical churches, grassland, rolling hills and – wait – what’s that in the background? Yes, that’s right. It’s a quarry. The delicate beauty of the countryside left by a terrible sore.

National Winning Photo 2010 – 5th: White vs Green
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Mankind is now the number one cause of all the destruction happening on Earth. As well as trying to destroy each other on the battle-field, we are the cause of a series of other disasters to the environment such as filling up the environment with tonnes of bulky waste. In Malta we have five different civic amenity sites, which open every day and are free for the public. This project is in fact being part-financed through the European Union Structural Funds, with an estimated value of 4.6 Million Euros. Local councils also give their civilians a free service to pick up their bulky waste free of charge. Unfortunately, some people are not using these services but are putting away their rubbish everyone. We used to ask to improve civic amenity sites, now I suggest that we have to work on ENVIRONMENTAL and CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION.

National Winning Article 2010 – 1st: Tourist Attraction or a Froggly Graveyard? Chadwick Lakes
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Chadwick Lakes, or 'Wied Qlejgħa', is a reservoir situated in Mtarfa, Malta. It is dry for most of the year, especially in the summer. However, when winter approaches and a number of heavy rainstorms hit Mtarfa, Chadwick Lakes immediately fills up with the rainwater gathering up from nearby fields. Chadwick Lakes is home to many organisms: trees, plants, birds, insects, mice, frogs et cetera. It would be a shame to see Chadwick Lakes demolished and built as apartments.
Read MoreA Serious Repercussion
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Smog coming out from one of the chimneys of Marsa’s Power Station. Smog is a term used to describe air pollution. Air pollution is the interaction of sunlight with certain chemicals in the atmosphere. As smog increases to high levels, it is not easily dissipated; therefore it reaches rural areas and ecosystems far away when carried by the winds. One serious repercussion to humans is the permanent damage to the respiratory system.
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