{"id":641,"date":"2022-02-19T17:03:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T16:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/most\/?page_id=641"},"modified":"2022-02-19T17:03:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T16:03:21","slug":"improving-the-environment-in-our-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/most\/improving-the-environment-in-our-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving the environment in our community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SCP leader:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Ms Anita Muscat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Participating school:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>St Theresa School, Ker\u010bem, Gozo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Students\u2019 Age: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>5-11 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Project time frame:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Project Year 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li><strong>Research question: <\/strong>What was the research question? What are the underlying regional problems?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-87a78eef-817b-4f39-901b-af3783d2ef3f\"><li>What is the environmental impact of waste in our community?<\/li><li>How can we reduce waste in our community?<\/li><li>How can we embellish our community?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project aims to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>sensitize students about the waste problem in the community of Ker\u010bem<\/li><li>support the Ker\u010bem Local Council in efforts to embellish the community<\/li><li>propose specific actions to improve the quality of the environment<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Approach: <\/strong>How did you proceed?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project started with a school-wide awareness campaign about the negative impact of waste on the community. This was supported by regular meetings of the EkoSkola Committee with the Ker\u010bem Local Council. The EkoSkola Committee also had meetings with the Bishop and the Minister for Gozo about their concerns about the quality of the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project culminated with an onsite visit to the <em>G\u0127adira ta\u2019 San Raflu<\/em> at Ker\u010bem during which the students conducted a clean-up of the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Solution: <\/strong>What are your findings?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a follow up to the clean-up, students submitted a proposal to the Local Council to embellish that area and make it more accessible and attractive for visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Recommendation: <\/strong>What solutions have you developed for the regional problem(s)?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ker\u010bem Local Council accepted the students\u2019 proposal and applied for (and received) funds from the EU to carry out the embellishment project. The application was supported by the Ministry for Gozo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Dissemination: <\/strong>How did you promote your recommendations?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Local Council promoted this project (and other EkoSkola initiatives) on their social media networks. The project also featured in the Ministry for Gozo\u2019s Facebook page.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCP leader:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ms Anita Muscat Participating school:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0St Theresa School, Ker\u010bem, Gozo Students\u2019 Age: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5-11 years Project time frame:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Project Year 1 Research question: What was the research question? What are the underlying regional problems? What is the environmental impact of waste in our community? How can we reduce waste in our community? How can&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/most\/improving-the-environment-in-our-community\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Improving the environment in our community<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-641","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/most\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/most\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/most\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/most\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/most\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/most\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":646,"href":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/most\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/641\/revisions\/646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/most\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}