Considering the rate at which open spaces, agricultural land and historical buildings are being razed and destroyed it is admittedly hard to keep track of all that is going on and what one can do about it. In order to make it easier we have compiled a list of the current sites which are about...
Plastics are high on the agenda this year, and anyone who’s seen Blue Planet II or had a close look at our own beaches, can see that we have managed to create quite the mess in the few decades since plastic products became mainstream; plastic production has multiplied twentyfold since the 1960s! In January 2018...
We are organising a two day live-in activist camp/workshop from Saturday 24th to Sunday 25th of March at Xrobb l-Għaġin Nature Park. The scope of the event is to learn how to cut down on plastic use and waste-generation on a personal level and also how we can take action to move towards a zero-waste society....
Solidarity and community organising enabled festa enthusiasts to curb development of open spaces for a number of times. But how long will community spirit safeguard the remaining open space, if the popularity of festa declines? Much is being spoken about the barbarism of construction industry in Malta. Every day brings new announcements of yet another ODZ development, accompanied by...
Ethical Gifts This Holiday Season Our friends at FOE Europe have organised a very interesting conference on eco-suffiecny and degrowth in November and since the gift-giving season is approaching, I wanted to share a bit about these concepts. Eco-sufficiency means going beyond being the efficient use of resources. As technological advances are made, we are...
Friends of the Earth Malta together with the undersigned coalition of eNGOs notes the prudent statements made by the Prime Minister to the effect that the American University of Malta will not be building its Zonqor Campus until the Bormla Campus is operating at full capacity. The eNGOs are however concerned that since Sadeen Education...
Initiative launched as part of the European Week for Waste Reduction Friends of the Earth Malta has launched its Plastic Free Pledge initiative as part of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) taking place in Malta and other EU countries. Anastasia Finkel, project coordinator at Friends of the Earth Malta said “If we observe...
As the only parent in the FOE Malta team I knew I would be facing some different challenges to my team members and I was interested to see how this would impact on our life as a family with a toddler. As the only parent in the FOE Malta team I knew I would be...
(and how to not be too hard on yourself) On work days there are a few items that I will always carry with me: my water bottle, tupperware for food, and my own cutlery. I usually try to bring my own lunch to work, and take it with me in a tupperware, as well as...
Half way through the plastic free pledge a new challenge came up; a trip to Brussels. A 5am flight meant that there was no time to prepare any snacks from beforehand, so desperate times demanded desperate measures and I ended up with the infamous (vegetarian pesto) baguette in plastic wrapping and plasticy cheese. Thankfully, the...
