Our Bee-utiful Environment – Written by Kate Gatt Taliana Philippa Cascun and Carla Camilleri

submitted by St Joseph Junior School Sliema : Carla Camilleri, Kate Gatt Taliana, Philippa Cascun  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, school media, website
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Dissemination description: Kate’s, Philippa’s and Carla’s work has been published on the school's Facebook page that has 3.3K followers. In the post itself, the organisation Foundation for the Conservation of the Maltese Honey Bee has been tagged, hopefully they will approve it to be seen on their page too. Apart from the article, the girls have prepared an informative leaflet and they have provided the link to it at the bottom of the article. This link was also pasted on the Facebook post for easier access to the general public. As soon as we go back after the Easter Holidays, the article will be printed and will be affixed to the Ekoskola/YRE noticeboard place in the corridor for children to read it. Apart from that, we have send a message on the MySchool (the school’s main portal) to all Grade 4-6 students to invite them to read this article as well as all the others written by the other girls. The link where to find them all as PDFs and can be downloaded (school website) was given to them. Students have also been invited to write their comments on sticky notes so that we shall stick them to the article and have an open discussion at school to create further awareness. As mentioned, we have also uploaded this article on the school Website under the Ekoskola Activities Section. Moreover, contacts have been made with the TimesofMalta editor in the hope of having the article published on The Times (still awaiting a reply).
sustainable development goal(s): climate action, good health and well being, life on land, responsible consumption and production, sustainable cities and communities
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This article is based on an interview with a beekeeper who helped explain why bees are so important. Maltese honeybees are special because they only live in Malta and help plants grow by carrying pollen from one flower to another. Without bees, many fruits, vegetables and even chocolate would be hard to find! Bees are in danger because buildings are replacing their homes, pollution makes them sick, and flowers sometimes bloom at the wrong time. We can help by planting bee friendly flowers, keeping nature clean, giving bees water, and avoiding harmful chemicals. Bees love flowers like clover, wild thyme, capers, wild fennel, daisies and poppies. At school, we planted flowers and learned how to build bee hotels. Bees are amazing: they have five eyes, some live only a few weeks, and they even dance to communicate! Protecting bees helps keep nature healthy.