11-14

St. Vincent de Paul (Audit)

submitted by Mater Boni Consilii School Paola St. Joseph : Erica Grima, Nicole Grixti  for 11-14
dissemination(s): newspaper, tv, website
filed under Articles

This article is about an audit that was held at St.Vincent De Paul retirement home. It is an eco-school audit to help the people that live there to have a better environment.



Read More

3 R’s

submitted by St Michael School St Venera : Hertian Salem Rizzo  for 11-14
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles

This article is about the importance of Recyling



Read More

Stop Pollution !!!

submitted by St.Michael School Sta Venera : Jayden Dimech  for 11-14
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles

This article is about the problem of pollution and the impact on Malta.



Read More

Uprooting Nature

submitted by St Michael School St Venera : Andreas Azzoaprdi  for 11-14
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles

This article is about the impact of uprooting trees and impact of improper planting of trees in certain localities.



Read More

Jellyfish-free Beaches

submitted by Saint Francis Secondary School Sliema : Paula Zammit  for 11-14
dissemination(s): On the EKOSKOLA Notice Board in the School Entrance Hall, other, website
filed under Articles

In this article, Paula Zammit gives an account of jellyfish in the Maltese waters. She mentions which are the most common types of jellyfish, whilst not ignoring the alien species that are paying us visits from time to time. She talks about the effect of sea temperature on these species and what can possibly reduce or increase their population in our seas.



Read More

Biodiversity

submitted by Saint Francis Secondary School Sliema : Martina Buhagiar  for 11-14
dissemination(s): other, School Assembly and School EkoSkola Noticeboard, school media, website
filed under Articles

The term biodiversity is the variation of different present organisms living in a particular ecosystem. In this article Martina Buhagiar takes a look at Biodiversity from a Maltese perspective. She focuses on flora and fauna which are quintessential and particular to the Maltese ecosystem. Every living organism, it made for its own habitat, some organisms create their own habitat however some find in ready, made by nature.



Read More

Life With Energy

submitted by Saint Francis Secondary School Sliema : Britney Pisani  for 11-14
dissemination(s): http://saintfrancissecondary.com/ekoskola/yre competition/, other, school media, website
filed under Articles

In this article, Britney Pisani discusses the importance and use of energy. She focuses on Kinetic, Gravitational Potential, Mechanical, Chemical, Nuclear, Elastic Potential, Sound y, Electrical, Light and Heat (Thermal) Energy. After giving a short account of the energy types, she moves on to discuss the importance of Renewable sources of energy. Here she explains: Solar, Wind, Biomass, Hydroelectric, Wave, Tidal, and Geothermal Energy. She also makes it a point that for the well being of future generations we have to look at sustainable development by moving away from using fossil fuels to using renewable energy sources.



Read More

Kids on the Move

submitted by St Ignatius College GSS Blata l-Bajda : Chanell Chircop  for 11-14
dissemination(s): It was presented on an international website, other, school magazine
filed under Articles

This article is showing the initiative taken by our school to promote the right values in order to counter the effects of climate change. The students’ work was final presented to the international organization Climate Alliance and presented at the United Nations Climate Summit held last December in Lima.



Read More

Reversing the wasting away of our environment and fortifications

submitted by Saint Francis Secondary School Sliema : Raquelle Borg  for 11-14
dissemination(s): other, School Assembly and School EkoSkola Noticeboard, school media, website
filed under Articles

This report by 15 year old Raquelle Borg, looks at an environmental situation. The problem that was observed and that is being investigated is the haphazard and indiscriminate dumping along stretches of the ditch and adjoining areas of the St. James and St. Aloysius Bastions in Żabbar, Malta. The area is carefully investigated by this young reporter and solutions for sustainable development are carefully outlined.



Read More

Are our old people happy at S.V.P.R ?

submitted by St Ignatius College GSS Blata l-Bajda : Aimee Mallia, Chanell Chircop, Greta Micallef, Jake CUtajar, Luca Perrone  for 11-14
dissemination(s): ekoskola notice board and school elink, other
filed under Articles

This article was written by the school’s YRE committee whilst reporting during San Vincent the Paule auditing exercise



Read More