April 2018
 
 
 
 
Do not bury us alive
 

Do Not Bury Us Alive

 

Residents, local councils and NGOs came together to express their concerns at the project proposed by the db Group on the ITS site. After having carefully read the developer’s description and the Environment Impact Assessment prepared as part of the full…

 
 
 
 
 
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FoE Malta welcomes valley restoration programme with pollinators in mind - Demands pollinators strategy for Malta

Friends of the Earth Malta welcomes the recent announcement by the Ministry for the Environment as it embarks on an extensive valley restoration programme aimed at restoring ecosystems and planting species which are important for bees and other pollinators.…

 
 
 
 
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Academic Activism: Writing a book about Friends of the Earth

I remember meeting Julian Manduca on the rocks near the sea in Sliema in 1993. He had just come from a hunger strike where he and others from Friends of the Earth Malta (then Zghazagh ghall-Ambjent) had been protesting against the development of what is…

 
 
 
 
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Plastic packaging failing to prevent food waste crisis, new study finds

Europeans produce amongst the highest amounts of plastic packaging waste globally
A rise in plastic food packaging is failing to reduce Europe’s growing food waste problem, and in some cases may even be fuelling it, according to pioneering new research. [1] The study shows how annual per-capita use of plastic packaging has grown simultaneously…

 
 
 
 
 
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Green Resource Centre Fund

Green Resource Centre fund 

We are currently looking for your generous support in order to help us develop the first voluntary run service in Malta specifically aimed to assist members of the public with legal and generic aid on environmental related matters. Members of the public will be provided with expertise…

 
 
 
 
 
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What's in season - April

It’s hard to imagine that it could escape anyone’s attention, with stalls along the roadside and the immensely popular Festa Frawli in Mġarr last weekend, but it’s strawberry time on our islands...

 
 
 
 
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Nature Keeper of the Month - Juan Donaire Merino (Spain)

Keepers is an FoE Europe photographic exploration of a diverse network of people protecting nature across Europe. It highlights the tireless efforts made by activists and volunteers to undo the damage done to Europe's precious ecosystems by irresponsible human activity. Click here to find out more about Juan Donaire Merino and his efforts to protection the region’s important biodiversity, which has diminished in recent decades with the European mink and the Iberian wolf particularly under threat.

 
 
 
 
 

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