Last year, Friends of the Earth Malta (FOEM) embarked on an ambitious journey to forge a fundraising strategy, paving the way for meaningful environmental and societal transformations. Through diligent planning and unwavering dedication, our team collaborated with East to West Communications, experts, and volunteers to craft a detailed roadmap brimming with objectives and actions.
Vermi-what? Learn about vermi-composting with this Social PEAS video
One of the practical activities focused on teaching participants how to start composting, and how to create a vermi-composting bin. We created a video to further share knowledge about this very effective method of composting, suitable even for small apartments or inside your kitchen!
1,000 CITIZENS AND NGOS SAY NO TO THE MELITA GAS PIPELINE
Corruption, assassination, and environmental destruction are keywords associated with the Electrogas power station and the Melita TransGas pipeline that the Malta Government is proposing. In October 2023, Friends of the Earth Malta and The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation launched a video as part of their campaign opposing the pipeline project. It uncovers the unsettling reality of the Electrogas project and the proposed Melita TransGas Pipeline, which will lock Malta into burning fossil fuels for the next 40 years.1 A thousand citizens and representatives of 14 NGOs signed the open letter asking decision makers to ensure that no public money goes...
Open call for suggested wall spaces for a climate mural
Friends of the Earth Malta have been invited to participate in the Art@Climate2030 project by Doing Good. This exciting initiative aims to bring attention to the climate crisis through vibrant murals across the globe. Currently, we are looking for potential wall spaces to place the climate artwork. Here's what we're searching for:
YouthIES
The YouthIES project supports youth social entrepreneurship by integrating digital experiences, ideation, creativity, social and community responsibility, inspiring the uptake of initiatives. Its activities aim to enhance youth capacities for community-based environmental interventions using digital tools and effective systems-thinking approaches.
5 reasons to get involved in a community energy project
Community energy is what we stand for: citizen owned renewable energy projects that democratize our energy system. Together with the Malta Cooperative Federation and with the support of REScoop.eu, we are working on the creation of the first Renewable Energy Community in Malta. Such initiatives are essential in the transition to renewable energy and the creation of a democratic and decentralized energy system. Community energy projects provide the opportunity for members of the community to own PV panels even when they have no access to a roof. It is good for the climate. Community-owned renewable energy projects significantly cut carbon...
Embrace: reconnect with nature
In Embrace we want to offer opportunities for young people to reconnect with nature. We want to create a caring community, based in nature to increase creativity, reduce depression and anxiety, and improve the ovehealth of both people and the planet. In nature there are no expectations to fulfil, and as long as we respect the different beings living there, we will be welcomed and included. Here we can be ourselves, individually and together with other young people.
