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Mary Grace Bailey, Rita Caruana, Mandy Dalli: Malta

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Mary Grace Bailey, Rita Caruana, Mandy Dalli: Malta

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As memeber of the Eco-school team, we would like to be more knowledgable about the causes and effects of marine litter. We would like to learn more about good practices and ideas which can be implemented within our school and community.

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Mary Grace Bailey, Rita Caruana, Mandy Dalli

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Mary Grace Bailey, Rita Caruana, Mandy Dalli

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I have been teaching science for the past 7 years and involved in our college's EkoSkola group for the past two years. I expect to meet educators eager to develop new ways of raising awareness about environmental issues and to improve my skills so as to move from raising awareness to getting more people to change their habits. Environmental issues are everyone's concern...and responsability. It is pointless blaming governments and multinational corporations...the efforts of each person counts. Looking forward to the course!

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The ocean has become a garbage can!           It’s beautiful.  It’s natural, it’s magical… yet, harmed in all sorts of ways!

We are surrounded by the sea. The sea is our source of life, food, entertainment and work- we need, we have to do something about it…  Through this course I am expecting to meet and work with people who have marine litter at heart.  I am looking forward to work with motivated persons and intermingle different ideas in order to gain more knowledge and share this knowledge with our children and their families.

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I am looking forward to meet and hear different people having their say and also coming up with common goals how to deal with this environmental problem. I am also eager to hear how different countries are tackling this matter whilst also come up with proactive ideas how, we as adults could be a role model to children in order to teach and help them protect our environment, also for the benefit of future generations.

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Networking is one of the best things that happen throughout such projects.... I cannot wait to get to know more about the education system.  I am eager to share ideas and build up more knowledge regarding marine pollution so that we can implimentati certain ideas in our school.

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Being my first ever experience, I would like to gain insight into the topic of marine pollution and begin to feel confident enough to inform, sensitise and equip children with the necessary skills to take action to tackle the problem of marine pollution whilst thinking of how this would impact the future generations. I would also like to engage in a networking system to ensure the best methodological approaches to the teaching of marine pollution is guaranteed. 

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Being my first ever experience, I would like to gain insight into the topic of marine pollution and begin to feel confident enough to inform, sensitise and equip children with the necessary skills to take action to tackle the problem of marine pollution whilst thinking of how this would impact the future generations. I would also like to engage in a networking system to ensure the best methodological approaches to the teaching of marine pollution is guaranteed. 

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I am expecting to discuss and share experiences and thoughts about the common-to-all-Med people problem of marine litter. Let's see how we can make people (especially
the youth) aware about it...

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Hello!I'm Manuela Mulargia from Sardinia, Italy. I'm a naturalist and educator and environmental sustainability. I work for a center of enviromental education and sustainability (CEAS) in Santa Lucia, Siniscola. For about one year our territory has been recognized Biosphere Reserve Tepilora Rio Posada and Montalbo. At CEAS we carry out many environmental education projects, with different themes, including marine litter and water resource. From the course I expect to have many new suggestions, ideas, comparisons with other realities and other educators. the educational experience with educators from different countries will certainly be a cultural enrichment.See you soon

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Hello!I'm Manuela Mulargia from Sardinia, Italy. I'm a naturalist and educator and environmental sustainability. I work for a center of enviromental education and sustainability (CEAS) in Santa Lucia, Siniscola. For about one year our territory has been recognized Biosphere Reserve Tepilora Rio Posada and Montalbo. At CEAS we carry out many environmental education projects, with different themes, including marine litter and water resource. From the course I expect to have many new suggestions, ideas, comparisons with other realities and other educators. the educational experience with educators from different countries will certainly be a cultural enrichment.See you soon

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Il Centro di Educazione Ambientale e alla Sostenibilità di Santa Lucia si prefigge di diffondere le tematiche inerenti l'educazione ambientale, per la sua attività è stato accreditato dalla Regione Sardegna, all'interno del sistema SIQUAS (Sistemi qualità Sardegna). Il CEAS è nato nel 2007 e viene gestito dall'associazione LEA Hydromantes.

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We expect to increase our knowledge about the production of marine litter and various ecologically friendly ways to decrease it. Our ultimate goal is to be in a position to engender this kind of mentality in the learners entrusted to our care.

Anthony Falzon &
Stefan Azzopardi

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Through such a course, I am keen to be part of a community which has environmental well-being at heart.
As a Geography teacher, it is my role to educate both my students and colleagues on the importance of reducing marine litter and work hard  to preserve its biodiversity. Living on an island, our sea  provides both opportunities for leisure, a source of food, and becomes a part of who we are.
Such training will help in raising awareness on different practices, which can then be adapted to our classrooms, helping in spreading awareness and gaining sustainable knowledge.

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I am anxious to explore methods to learn and enhance my knowledge as much as I can to be creative enough to utilize what I learn in an interesting and engaging ways to students.

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I would like to increase more my knowledge about the harm caused due to marine litter as well as gain useful information on how to decrease it. This information will be then be shared within the school through various extra curricular activities. As a science teacher this will also be included as part of the syllabus when tackling the issue of different sources of pollution in air, land and water. Apart from pollution, marine litter can also be linked to the environment and its effect on food chains. 

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I would like to increase more my knowledge about the harm caused due to marine litter as well as gain useful information on how to decrease it. This information will be then be shared within the school through various extra curricular activities. As a science teacher this will also be included as part of the syllabus when tackling the issue of different sources of pollution in air, land and water. Apart from pollution, marine litter can also be linked to the environment and its effect on food chains. 

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Ann Marie Vassallo

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I would like to gain useful knowledge on how to decrease litter from sea water. Besides, this would help the marine environment have an ecological habitat. More over hands on experience will help me to delivery the information to the students and their families. Since the city they live in is a peninsula surrounded by the Mediterranean sea.

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I would like to learn more about different activities that we can organise as a school so that we can make the locals more aware about the importance of the 3Rs, since this has a direct effect on the sea that surrounds our locality as well as the Mediterrenean Sea in general

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I expect to meet like-minded people sensitised for the problem and ready to mobilise their students in order to stop seeing images like this.