Commended

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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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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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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Giving a helping hand at clearing this mess

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Mariah Attard, Mikaya Cassar Jackson, Thais Muscat  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended



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My heart is swamped with litter

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Kylie Bartolo  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended



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Heartbroken

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Emily Borg  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended



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Was I supposed to catch this?

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Ella Attard  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended



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Why?

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Dipika Ghosh  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended



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Be the change!

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Anna Panzariu  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Be part of the solution, not part of the pollution.



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Nature’s Choice

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Gianluca Gauci  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended



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