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Progression that is Leading to Regression

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Location Naxxar.  Date 10/2/2010.  On my Dad’s insistence I was made to go to mass since for us Maltese, the 10th of February is a public holiday- the feast of St.Paul’s shipwreck.  I was still a few days from a couple of exams that required alot to study and to be honest, I was quite frustrated since I felt that I was not well prepared although my mind was stuffed with alot of definitions and formulas.  These left me no idea on what should I write in order to criticise development and other agents of nature destruction.

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‘Please help save the world.’

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The call from all generations was clear: ‘Please help save the world’, as the biggest climate change summit in history COP15, opened in Copenhagen on December 7th 2009. All around the world, global warming has become an international problem which if, all generations won’t act together, will cause disasters and hazards across the world.

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Plastic Bags without Handles still Generate Plastic Waste!

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After the government budget of 2008-2009 all plastic bags from any type of shop were taxed by 18 Euro cents. Recently some shops started offering the more friendly bio-degradable ones but even these are taxed.

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Our Heritage

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As a part of my Systems of Knowledge project, I decided to focus on Environment by performing voluntary work at ‘Din L-Art Ħelwa’. As I reflect back on my cherished experience held during these preceding months I can indeed reckon how valuable it was. During my participation with ‘Din L-Art Ħelwa’, I experienced solid values.

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Organic or Non-Organic?

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Farming is one of the jobs practised in most countries around the world.  There are countries where most people still practise traditional farming.  Usually these farmers are poor and use the basic materials to help them with their work.  In developed countries, one finds two types of farming practices.  For the past forty years or so, many farmers started to use synthetic chemicals as fertilisers and pesticides to improve their produce.

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