Come and discover the beautiful garden of Villa Chelsea in Birkirkara during the Open Day on Saturday 13 January, from 11:00-15:00. Find out what we’ve been up to in the garden in light of our Nature Therapy project, and get your hands dirty to help us plant vegetables & flowers, build a bee hotel or...
Category: Activism
Volunteers Needed!
In December we will be hosting a fundraising event at our soon-to-be office space in Floriana. We want to have the space cleaned up and made up for this event and we need helping hands. The more the merrier! The office clean up will be held on Sunday 10th of December from 10am till when...
Activist Camp 2017
Fully Booked! (Fill in the form below to register on the waiting list) Bee Sustainable is a 2-day live-in workshop that will provide participants with the fundamental tools for creating pollinator-friendly gardens in Malta. One of FoE Malta’s causes is to raise awareness on the importance of pollinators (such as honey bees, bumble bees, solitary...
BeeAware Gozo
BeeAware is a project which intends to give people the opportunity to get involved in beekeeping and to train qualified volunteers to volunteer with Friends of the Earth Malta. This introductory course is designed to give a general understanding on the role of bees as a vital part of the environment and what you need to know if...
Composting workshop in Villa Chelsea’s Nature Therapy garden
Nature Therapy project brought a new concept to the clients and staff at Villa Chelsea: composting! Enthusiastic composters Alexandra...
Public Domain Nominations
The consultation period is now closed and 5,559 submissions have been sent through our initiative. However, we are now accepting nominations for new sites to be proposed during the next round of consultations. At this point in time the Public Domain law only allows NGOs and Members of Parliament to submit nominations. We’dd like to...
The best time to act is now
Maltese citizens are facing health and social challenges that merit urgent attention – obesity, mental health problems, respiratory diseases such as asthma, social exclusion, air, light and noise pollution – the list goes on and on. These issues particularly affect socio-economically disadvantaged and vulnerable groups and put pressure on already stretched health budgets.There has never...
‘Right to Nature – Inspiring Active Citizenship’ report launched
The ‘Right to Nature – Inspiring Active Citizenship’ report was launched during the ‘Activists by the Sea’ event organised by Friends of the Earth Malta in conjunction with Front Harsien ODZ. The report presents the outcomes of the Right to Nature seminar held last March, which covered five aspects of environmental management in Malta, namely:...
‘Activists by the Sea’ – Launch and networking event
Friends of the Earth Malta together with Front Ħarsien ODZ will be launching a report detailing threats and opportunities in several environmental areas, at a networking event on Saturday 27th August 2016. ‘Activists by the Sea’, aims to create a platform for informal discussion between local activists and members of NGOs, who were encouraged to...
Launch of ‘Right to Nature’ Seminar
Friends of the Earth Malta together with Front Ħarsien ODZ will be holding a seminar titled ‘Right to Nature – Inspiring Active Citizenship’ on the 5th of March 9am to 3pm, at the Volunteer Centre in Melita Street, Valletta. The aim of the seminar is to arm citizens with the tools necessary to inspire active...