European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) is a vital annual initiative aimed at promoting sustainable resource and waste management practices - Learn how Friends of the Earth Malta (FoEM) participated in this year's events!
Category: FAB
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Engaging with Permaculture Practices at Home
On Sunday, 20th October, our APS Community Garden opened its gates to the public as part of Ġenna Ġonna, the festival of gardens in Floriana. This event also served as an ideal platform to showcase our work on Project Blooming Schools, an Erasmus+ project now approaching its conclusion.
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Community Garden – A Blooming Schools Project
On Sunday, 20th October, our APS Community Garden opened its gates to the public as part of Ġenna Ġonna, the festival of gardens in Floriana. This event also served as an ideal platform to showcase our work on Project Blooming Schools, an Erasmus+ project now approaching its conclusion.
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Empowering Students for Biodiversity and Nature Restoration
As the Erasmus+ funded project comes to its concluding months, in September Friends of the Earth Malta participated in the final transnational meeting of Blooming Schools hosted by Station Europe in Bucharest. The project aims to increase awareness and biodiversity especially in secondary schools by empowering young people to take action for nature.
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Back-to-School: 5 Lunch Ideas Using Maltese Seasonal Produce
As the new scholastic year kicks off soon, it’s the perfect time to embrace school lunches that are not only healthy and delicious but also support seasonal produce and our local farmers! Packing a balanced and nutritious quick lunch for your kids doesn’t have to be a challenge.
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Organisations slam Government plans to allow model airstrip in Wied Żnuber
9 organisations strongly condemn the Government’s attempt to change the Ħal Far Local Plan so as to allow the construction of an airstrip for model aeroplanes in Wied Żnuber. The public can object to these plans by sending an email to halfar.review@pa.org.mt by the 24 July.
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Empowering Youth Workers to Foster Resilient Communities
YOUTHECO, a 2-year Erasmus+ project, is making significant strides in strengthening the employability of young people, particularly marginalized youth, by equipping them with essential skills for the green economy. The consortium consists of 6 EU countries: Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Malta, Poland, and Slovenia.
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Power to the People!
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Friends of the Earth Malta and Ecostack Innovations Launch Project to Protect Reptiles and Amphibians
Reptiles and amphibians, collectively referred to as herpetofauna, confront significant challenges on a global scale. The reality of climate change disturbs their body temperatures, and human activities result in habitat loss, leaving them more vulnerable. Contrary to expectations, warmer climates do not necessarily benefit these creatures; instead, they find themselves navigating a perplexing maze to...
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HerpTrust
HerpTrust project aims to contribute to improving biodiversity’s resilience, by nursing and promoting positive Human-Herpetofauna Interactions (HHI) through herpetofauna-related adult education to citizens and VET. Professionals who live and work in nature (e.g. farmers, shepherds, hunters), and are thus in contact with herpetofauna species regularly, are the real countryside managers and the people who can make a difference, safeguarding herps and the rest of biodiversity.