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...
Category: Resource use
Reaction to Prime Minister’s Zonqor Campus Comments
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...
Plastic Free Pledge initiative launched
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...
Plastic Free with Toddlers
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...
Plastic Free on the Go
(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...
Dodging plastics at 33,000ft
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...
Spotting those hidden plastics
This month has definitely been effective for looking more in depth into the whole plastic predicament and noticing the plastics lurking in our supply chains and hidden in commonly used products. It’s one thing choosing paper packaging for rice and couscous, and saying no to single use carry bags and take-away boxes, but it takes...
Plastic free pledge – Reduce plastic now!
It’s been a positive month overall and we want all of you to join us! Are you ready to make your Plastic Free Pledge? To be part of the European Week for Waste Reduction make your pledge by the 18th November and join our online community of like-minded plastic free warriors. Here you can share...
Reconsidering our Waste Predicament
Għallis, the last remaining engineered landfill in Malta is filling to the brim and it is a matter of months, not years, until it reaches its capacity and there will be nowhere else to dump our municipal waste. This does not come as a surprise – landfills are ultimately a temporary solution to the chronic...
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...