October 2018
 
ITS Fundraising
 

Fundraising for legal action against the db Group project

Following approval by the Planning Authority (PA) of the db Group project on the ITS site, residents, eight NGOs and three Local Councils – Pembroke, St. Julian’s and Swieqi – want to undertake legal action to challenge the appalling decision of the PA. Legal actions include, but…

 
 
 
 
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Eat better - one step at a time. For a better planet and a healthier you!

Our diets have changed considerably in the past 50 years. Demand for meat and processed foods has increased enormously whilst at the same time wasting far more food all along the food…

 
 
 
 
 
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Good Food Good Farming

Join us to push for Good Food & Good Farming — Ta’Qali Farmers’ Market on the 27th of October! This October Friends of the Earth Malta with our partners all over Europe, invite people to raise their voices to ensure that policies support farmers, the environment and climate-friendly agriculture that is tied into local economies…

 
 
 
 
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Let’s Gozo: Pollinators and Bee Keeping in Dwejra

A WALK IN GOZO’S NATURA 2000 SITE – 21ST OCTOBER 2018

Being a Natura 2000 site, Dwejra is one of the gems of Gozo – not only because of its natural beauty but also because of the hidden gifts nature has…

 
 
 
 
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Pop-Up Afternoon Tea Party 28th October @ 15:00 - Floriana

Join us for an afternoon of good food & drink whilst learning how to make fabric drawstring bags for your plastic free life. CORE GREEN:Organic & Fairtrade will also be presenting their plastic free shampoo bars, deodorants and more.

 
 
 
 
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Green Wall Training for Professionals

This training is addressed to professional gardeners, landscape designers or architects and any person who cultivates plants. VIVACITY works with a green wall system which is modular. It is designed for the Mediterranean climate and uses only Mediterranean plants.Come and learn from the experts how to install and maintain it! These experts are successfully installing…

 
 
 
 
 
Environmental Activists in Malta
 
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Andre Callus – Where there is resistance, there is hope

Andre joined Graffitti at just 17 years old towards the end of the successful campaign, run jointly with other eNGOs, against the proposed Golf course at il-Park tal-Majjistral in Manikata. He attributes his interest in local environmental issues to his father who was a fundamental force in Andre’s development as an activist.

He recalls, ‘going with my dad to sign a petition when a group of activists were participating in a hunger strike because of Portomaso’, a campaign which was unfortunately not successful. Now 32, he has witnessed the highs and lows in the fight to safeguard Malta’s environment, which he feels is ‘under siege’ at the moment.

 
 
 
 
 
What's in Season?
 
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What's in season - October

October is the month that we start enjoying the red fruit of the pomegranate tree.

Punica granatum is not a native species to these Islands but the tree has been introduced in ancient times. This fruit, native to what is now Iran and northern India, has travelled further east and further west and has luckily ended up being cultivated in the Mediterranean

 
 
 
 
 

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