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Honorable Mention

Building a Bridge Too Far?

submitted by Secondary St. Aloysius College : Adonai Deidun for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Honorable Mention

During the English lesson our educators often initiate and facilitate debating discussions on national and global environmental issues. The aim is to help us students understand the importance of the environment and how it affects us. We are encouraged to read articles and research about some environmental topics and then we discuss them in class. We also prepare material on the topic like presentations, charts, drawings, posters and articles to help us reflect on our role as responsible, global citizens. My interest in this topic began during one of these discussions. I chose to write an article, and then my teacher encouraged me to participate in the YRE competition.

submitted by St. Nicholas College Rabat MIddle School : Eco-School Committee for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Live installation with all the wrapping paper collected. These were spread in a classroom where all the students had the opportunity to visit and the committee explained their findings., other, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Honorable Mention

‘Let’s wrap it up!’ is the article written by the Eco-school committee and which presents the data collected during their Litter less Campaign they worked on this year: Waste during events. It was a collaboration between the students and the parents which led to very valid data being collected. You will be surprised with the results. The students also worked hard to raise awareness on the matter and created a live installation for all the students in the school to visit.

submitted by St. Augustine College : Andre Mizzi, Benjamin Borg for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Honorable Mention

The article summarises the Committee’s work during this scholastic year to reduce litter and encourage recycling of waste. It relays how the students embarked on an educational campaign and are working with the College Gardening Club to compost organic waste and contribute to the circular economy.

submitted by De La Salle College Junior School : Eli Mitchell Micallef for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Instagram, newspaper, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Honorable Mention

Pollution is one of the planet and humanity’s worst enemies. Together we can contribute to have better air quality, and give more importance to tree planting to improve the quality of air and take it more seriously. Air pollution is not a joke. Air pollution will make you choke. #pollutionsolution

submitted by Kirkop secondary school St Benedict College : Naya Fenech for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, on Fb, other
filed under Articles
awarded: Honorable Mention

Investigation into the difficulties faced by students who cycle to school and into how these can be solved.

submitted by Kirkop secondary school St Benedict College : Jodie Borg for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): fb, newspaper, on a notice board at her mum's workplace, other
filed under Articles
awarded: Honorable Mention

Multiculturalism in Europe, and more specifically in Malta, is investigated, to highlight the challenges and opportunities of such a society and of immigrants.

submitted by St Nicholas College Secondary School Ħad-Dingli : Ella Rose Clarke for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): college fb page, other, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Honorable Mention

In this article Ella investigates the environmental impact of streaming. Streaming is the most popular way of listening to music today. But few people are aware of the environmental impact of this new way of listening to music. It is easy to see how the use of casettes, vinyls and CDs impact the environment but with streaming the link is more difficult to see. Ella Rose Clarke – Effects of Streaming, https://rb.gy/36d4t

submitted by St Nicholas College Secondary School Ħad-Dingli : Sara Marie Mifsud for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): College Facebook Page, other
filed under Articles
awarded: Honorable Mention

This article investigates the prices of eco-friendly products. It compares their prices with those of traditional products. A survey at a local supermarket was carried out to collect data for this article and shoppers were interviewed for their views on whether eco-friendly products are competitively priced.

submitted by St Margaret College secondary school Verdala : Jayden Degiorgio, Jurgen Xuereb, Miguel Fenech for 15-18
campaign: litter-less-campaign-entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended, Honorable Mention

Young Reporter’s for the Environment students at St. Margaret College encouraged many Science students to participate in a litter less project campaign in making Paper Roll Angel decorations using ONLY recycled material.

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : EcoSchools Committee for 11-14
campaign: yre-entry
dissemination(s): EkoSkola blog, Ekoskola noticeboard, newspaper, other, school magazine, school media, tv, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Honorable Mention

The alarming rate at which trees are being chopped off to make way for the construction industry prompted the students at Gozo College Middle School to study in detail urban temperatures. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of trees on urban heat temperatures. Data collected show that surface temperature varies on average by 9°C between vegetated surface and cemented/asphalt surfaces. Results support the statement that lack of trees contribute to the formation of Urban Heat Islands. Having discovered all this the students went a step further. They wanted to be part of the change and not just pointing fingers and complaining about the environmental degradation. Thus, they came up with an innovative idea on how to promote the growth of local indigenous trees

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