‘Pre-Sustainability: The Ethics of Creation’ is our next workshop and will be led by art and architecture writer Ann Dingli, who has been writing for Valletta Contemporary since the gallery’s opening. Her workshop will discuss the role of writing within wider cultural debate, and its enduring role as a critical tool. The workshop will take...
The Blue Rock-thrush, known locally as Merill, is Malta’s iconic national bird, frequently seen gracing the rugged cliffs and valley walls of the Maltese Islands. Standing approximately 20cm tall, these striking birds are easily identified: males boast a vibrant blue body with dark wings, while females present a subtle mottled grey-brown. You’ll probably first notice...
Friends of the Earth Malta Joins Global Effort to Expose Supermarket Plastic packaging Today, plastic packaging is almost impossible to avoid in our supermarkets. Found in all shapes and sizes, it is present in virtually every aisle. How has a material invented just over a century ago become so deeply embedded in our everyday consumption...
A short walk across Comino is enough to realise that its vegetation feels markedly different from that of Malta and Gozo. This is not just an impression: Comino’s flora is genuinely distinct. Because the island has remained sparsely inhabited, many of its natural habitats survive in an almost pristine state, largely free from the invasive...
If you’ve been following our work recently, you may know that we have a simple but ambitious mission: to make sustainable food the norm in Malta. Food choices are not just personal choices. They are shaped by our food environments: what is affordable, what is promoted, what our friends eat, and what is offered to...
Friends of the Earth Malta (FoEM) is thankful for the opportunity to provide feedback on the Grand Harbour Revival Plan, and are encouraged to see a number of important considerations already discussed in the plan, such as concerns around gentrification, the importance of climate resilient design, and the necessity of securing public access to the waterfront and proposed park. We believe the plan can do more to protect and bring back nature into this urban and industrial landscape, and can be an opportunity to provide safe, direct and attractive connectivity for walking, cycling and public transport through this key node in Malta’s transport network and urban area.
After weeks of discussions on transport proposals in the run up to the elections, the potential of cycling was hugely overlooked. Today is World Bicycle Day, a celebration of a smart, healthy and fast way of getting around. Malta could take inspiration from existing infrastructure to rethink its approach to transport. Malta’s average commute is...
