Commended

Fighting for survival…is the environment worth fighting for?

submitted by St Benedict College Middle School Kirkop : EkoSkola Committee  for 11-14
campaign: litter-less-campaign-entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Photos reporting-photo
awarded: Best Entry, Commended, Finalist



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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 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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Nurdle Hurdle

submitted by St. Thomas More College Secondary School Zejtun : Katrina Vella  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): assembly, noticeboard, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Nurdles, the name of the, not so sweet, as it might sound, raw material of the plastic industry. The building blocks for plastic bottles, plastic bags and drinking straws – in fact almost anything made up from plastic. However, nurdles are also covering our beaches. It is estimated that 73% of beach litter is plastic. Ingestion of plastic kills more than 1,000,000 marine creatures each year, while humans end up eating thousands of microplastics through the consumption of seafood. Studies by the European Union and the University of Malta show that only ⅓ of the plastic used in Malta is being recycled. Most of the remaining ⅔ end up in the sea. So, let’s get over the hurdle and do away with the nurdle!



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Why??

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Yan Fenech  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): Notice board and Local Council, other, school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

Why are people so reckless and irresponsible? Why do people throw litter in the environment they are living in? Why do people harm the environment and the creatures living there?



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Disappointed!

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Elisa Caruana  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, School notice board, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

It is so shameful that our countryside is full of litter. It is shameful that around the bins, the ground is full of litter. Why do people throw litter on the floor when there are bins around? Are we doing something to help our environment? Everyone has to do his part for a cleaner and greener planet.



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What A Shame!

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Isaac Micallef  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Notice board and Local Council, other, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Whilst walking around Buskett Gardens, it’s a pretty common sight to see litter everywhere, from under the trees to the streams. Unfortunately, a lot of people go for a walk or for a picnic and just throw away their waste wherever they happen to be. It’s a real shame! As the Sustainable Development Goal no 15 specifies, we are not taking care of and conserving our natural environment especially since Malta is very limited of it. We have to try and stop people from ruining our environment and protect the animals’ natural habitat. We have to start acting now!



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Is THIS what we want to see in our sea?

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Isaac Micallef  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): College Facebook Page, Morning Assembly, other, School notice board, school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended



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