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FEE is a non-governmental and non-profit organisation promoting sustainable development through environmental education.

It is represented locally by Nature Trust (Malta)

FEE programmes:

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FEE ProgrammesLocally represented by Nature Trust since 2003

EkoSkola (2002)

Blue Flag (2005)

YRE (2007)LEAF (2011)

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YRE Participating Countries

Canada China Cyprus Denmark France Greece

Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Malta

Morocco New Zealand Portugal Romania

Montenegro

Slovakia

Spain Turkey Wales

Germany

Jordan Macedonia

Netherlands Norway

Slovenia USA

YRE growth in Malta

2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012

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Participating schools

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Local projects

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2008 - 2009

2009 - 2010

2010 - 2011

2011-2012

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International Awards

2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010 - 2011 2011-2012

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Types of Projects

The article must not be longer than 1000 words and should include a title, and subtitles. Photos, graphs or drawings may be added to support the article.

The photo should be of good quality. A short text (150 words max.) must explain the link between the photo and sustainable development.

The video clip should not be longer than 3 mins, and feature a local investigation

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The 3 pillars of YRE

Understand

ActBe positive

1. Local investigation

2 Journalistic production

3. Communication towards local audience

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Investigation topics:

Agriculture

Cities

Coastline

Energy

Climate Change

Waste

Water

Biodiversity

Any environmental topic; no particular theme needed

Two levels of activity

1.National local topic (problem/solution) Local investigation,

interview, photos, articles… Production Local reporting

2. International = National + Cooperation and exchange with other schools

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The YRE programme and the local curriculum

• The YRE programme provides opportunities for project work in a variety of secondary school curriculum subjects

• More specifically, YRE projects can be developed into the course work required by the SEC syllabus for Environmental Studies, European Studies , Geography and Biology

• At the post secondary level YRE can be developed into the practical project required for Systems of Knowledge, Geography (A) or Biology (A)

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YRE incentives – International

• The YRE Book - an annual production of the network

• Publication of articles in the website

• Internationally recognized certificates for students

• Networking through YRE connect

• Possibility to work on joint MISSIONS

• Prizes given by the International board

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• Trophies to the national winners

• Individual certificates to students and teachers

• Publication of articles in the local press

• Publication in the local website

• A day with the press for the local winners

• Possibility of visits abroad meeting other young reporters

YRE incentives - National

Winning articles 2011-2012

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Winning photos 2011-2012

Winning videos 2011-2012

International Awards 2011-2012

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Categories for participation:

3 age categories for competition purposes:• 11-14 years• 15-18 years• 19-21 years

Each category will have 3 winners: 1 article,1 photo and 1 video, which will be submitted to the international competition.

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YRE on the media

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Monday, 7th June 2010

Overdue clean-up San Anton School students, parents and staff last Saturday removed an abandoned car

that had been in Selmun for over 20 years. This was a follow-up activity to the Imġiebaħ project undertaken by the Young Reporters For The Environment group and for which the school was awarded first prize, and coincided with World Environment Day. The initiative was supported by Philip Agius and Sons Ltd which provided transportation to remove the vehicle

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www.facebook.com/YREMalta

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www.facebook.com/pages/Young-Reporters-for-the-Environment

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twitter.com/YREMalta

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AWARDS

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How to participate in the YRE programme:

Register (as a school) in the YRE programme

Select a topic to be investigated

Choose methodology : article, photograph or video clip

Inform the national coordinator

Register your project online

Once validated by coordinator, articles/ photos /videos are stored in the Library, and become available to the

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Calendar

Starting a project: any time during the scholastic year

Ending a project: any time

Submission of YRE entries: any time

Submission articles or photos for YRE Awards: Deadline End of March

Selection by national coordinators: 1 video clip, 1 article and 1 photo from each category : Deadline 30th April

Meeting of the International Jury: end of May

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International website

A powerful press agency - database of projects- co-operation- YRE connect- news- library of articles / photos

www.youngreporters.org

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YRE Connect

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National Websitewww.yremalta.org

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Plans for 2012-2013

• Focus on MISSIONS• Integrate YRE with EkoSkola / LEAF• Website• Criteria• Experts• Networking• Facebook page• Incentives• Wrigley Litter Less Campaign

A good journalistic production

Write about something that interests you:- Hunting in Malta- Illegal buildings and their consequences- The reality of smoking- Noise pollution- Camping vs environment- Fishing

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Search for facts. Get comments and interviews from the persons concerned.

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Your opinion is not important. Stick to the facts and to your interviewee's perspectives (not your own).

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“Millions of sea turtles have been inadvertently trapped and killed by commercial fishing fleets over the last 20 years,’ a global survey has found.”

Everybody knows that the Maltese products are more healthy and are even better in taste.

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Presentation Take time to choose the perfect title – it

determines whether your article will be read or not!

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Ulysses is back

Ġnien Ingraw – I can’t find my way out!

Is the Solar Water Heater as efficient as they say?

Close with a bang – give the readers something to think about!

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It’s a shame that 70,000,000 litres of surface run-off water is wasted and not being wisely used considering that water in Malta is a limited resource with an average of 547mm of rainfall in 85 days a year.

The opening paragraph should say it all – include essential information there.

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Air Malta flight KM117 was today delayed from departing the UK to Malta after one of the emergency chutes deployed from a side emergency exit door, according to passengers onboard who informed di-ve.com.

Summarise what you are selling, use the standard journalism 25 words of 'who, what, where, when, why’ as a first sentence.

Write in short paragraphs. Subtitles help a lot!

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Interviews for features usually need to be in-depth and in person rather than over the phone - this enables you to add in colour and detail.

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Use anecdotes and direct quotes to tell the story - try not to use too many of your own words.

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“Bats are disappearing at an alarming rate, due largely in part to ignorance and a misunderstanding of the benefits they provide,” commented the bat specialist last week.

Decide on the ‘tense' of your story at the start and stick to it. Present tense usually works best

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Schoolchildren, documentary buffs and nature enthusiasts are in for a treat with the release of a “ground-breaking” feature on Maltese wildlife.

Titled Man Marries Nature and directed by Ryan Gatt, the documentary has been three years in the making and features high-definition footage of all forms of Maltese biodiversity.

Ideas come from everywhere - watch, read, listen, keep up to date, take notes.

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Last Monday saw a revival of interest in bats around Halloween. A fact sheet from the International Union for Conservation of Species was put out for the occasion. According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, around 20 per cent of all bat species are now threatened.

China’s glaciers in meltdown mode – study

Bats at sundown

Write in a simple, clean way. You don't get a reward for using complex words that only a few will understand. The best articles are those that anyone can read (from the business men to your own grandmother).

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Climate change is reducing the body size of many animal and plant species, including some which supply vital nutrition for more than a billion people already living near hunger’s threshold, according to a study.

A picture sells the story - offer good quality images

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Good quality photos

• Single photograph, or a photographic series/essay of up to 12  photographs

• Photographic entries must have a title and a short caption

• Photographs must be submitted digitally as .jpg, .png, .tif, or .gif format, ideally converted into high-quality .pdf, with a resolution of not less than 150-300 dp

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The Murder of Wied il-Għasel

Good quality videos

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• Videos must be no more than 3 minutes long and must be

in documentary or reporter/interview style. • A video must be accompanied by a title. The format must

be compatible with YouTube, i.e.:– WebM files - Vp8 video codec and Vorbis Audio codecs– .MPEG4, 3GPP and MOV files - Typically supporting h264, mpeg4 video

codecs, and AAC audio codec– .AVI - Many cameras output this format - typically the video codec is

MJPEG and audio is PCM– .MPEGPS - Typically supporting MPEG2 video codec and MP2 audio– .WMV– .FLV - Adobe-FLV1 video codec, MP3 audio

YRE ... a unique opportunity

... to voice your views and get heard.

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Young reporters at SMC Verdala BSS