Villas in Comino: What Hili Group would not like you to see JOIN US this Saturday 22 April at 10.30am, outside the MCC, Valletta We invite you to an information meeting regarding the proposal of Hili Group for villas and a hotel in Comino, this Saturday 22nd April at 10.30am, outside the Mediterranean Conference Centre (MCC) in Valletta. ⠀ Over the past few weeks, Hili Group intensified their public relations campaign in an attempt to placate the anger of the public at their project in Comino. They did this through a number of articles and advertisements on the...
Opportunity for educators: take part in Get Active – Bound Around! workshop on 6th May
As our project – Get Active Bound Around! comes to an end our team organises and holds in-person training to teachers and educators who are based in Malta. The purpose of this training is to promote three interactive digital bounds focusing on environmental issues, primarily climate justice, food sovereignty and green urban spaces. These interactive digital bounds are aimed at students between the ages of 11 and 17 years of age, and all the supporting resources are freely available. Educators will be provided with resources which include lesson plans and materials available freely on FoEM website and they will be...
Get Active – Bound Around! Workshop for educators by FoEM
This month we got active and bounded around with some educators! As our project – Get Active Bound Around! comes to an end our team organised and held in-person training for interested teachers and educators. The purpose of this training was to promote three interactive digital bounds focusing on environmental issues, primarily climate justice, food sovereignty and green urban spaces. These interactive digital bounds are aimed at students between the ages of 11 and 17 years of age, and all the supporting resources are freely available. Educators were provided with resources which include lesson plans and materials available freely on...
Over €8,000 raised so far to save historic Comino bakery
Friends of the Earth Malta (FoEM) have successfully raised the first €8,000 needed to help save the historic bakery on the island of Comino. The campaign, which is being hosted on the crowdfunding platform Zaar, aims to raise €30,000 in total by the end of April. The environmental organisation has plans to turn it into an interpretation centre for the island, which is completely self-sustaining and a not-for-profit space for environmental education, workshops and nature walks. The idea was initiated by the organisation’s director, Martin Galea De Giovanni who came across the old bakery during a camping trip on the...
Environmental NGOs condemn outrageous claims by MDA President
Friends of the Earth Malta condemns the illegal roadworks at the iconic Blue Lagoon in Comino. This has become a worrying trend
Book of the Month – ‘Where Wild Orchids Grow’ by Johan Siggesson
Another labour of love dedicated to Maltese flora in a very unique and special way is Where Wild Orchids Grow by Malta-based fine art wildlife photographer Johan Siggesson. We may be accustomed to see orchids in a field guidebook pictured in small images but the protagonists of this book can be appreciated from a different angle (literally). Each orchid is given full space to spread its beauty across the pages which reveal the often unseen beauty of both the more common as well as the rarer gems growing in the Maltese Islands. You can enjoy this book by calling at...
