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March 2019
 
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Become A Supporter!

Last year was a successful year for Friends of the Earth Malta and this was mainly due to our very generous donors! We have updated our Supporter Tiers and rates for 2019 and are pleased to share them with all our followers...
 
 
 
 
 

‘My thirst to do something meaningful hasn’t gone away.’

Interview with Dr. Marie Briguglio, Economist and Author of No Man’s Land: People, Place and Pollution

Dr. Marie Briguglio is a full-time academic at the University of Malta with an interest in sustainable economic practices. She recently authored a book, together with cartoonist Steve Bonello, about Malta’s environment, titled No Man’s Land: People, Place and Pollution.
 
 
 
 
 

Interview with Claude Falzon from Green Thumbs Farm

Claude came from a lineage of farmers and was exposed to farming from a young age. That cultivated in him a passion for agriculture, but he never imagined to take it on as his full-time job. This occurred as he was farming for fun, he got curious and started learning and looking in-depth into the techniques used so he decided to make a living out of this...
 
 
 
 
 
Events
 
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Environmental Film Club

Friends of the Earth Malta will be hosting their first Environmental Film Club in collaboration with Kinemasik. The Environmental Film Club 2019 will include 12 sessions of thematic film screenings all linked to relevant environmental topics. Our next session will be on the 8th March focusing on the thematic issue of People Centred Urban Design.

 
 
 
 
 

Green Drinks - Welcome Spring

A Green Drinks MALTA gathering is happening this Spring!

If you’re interested in the environment and wish to meet like-minded people, this is the event for you! Come and mingle, you will be made welcome in true Green Drinks style.

 
 
 
 
 

A policy prohibiting ODZ fuel stations should be implemented at once

Eleven NGOs are indignant at the Planning Authority’s failure to revise the current fuel stations policy and at comments indicating that, when revised, the new policy might still allow ODZ fuel stations.
 
 
 
 
 

Conversations with Maltese Farmers

Anna and Paul Zahra are both full-time farmers. Their fields are located in the valley of Wied id-Dis, in Ħal Għargħur. Paul's family were also farmers and since he grew up in this environment, it was inevitable that he himself would become a farmer too. He has invested a lot into his fields and before things were going well, but now not so...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What's in Season - March

Fun fact – The name Kohlrabi comes from German words. ‘Kohl’ means cabbage, and ‘Rube’ translates into turnip. These words are used as the kohlrabi’s origin is from wild cabbage while having a turnip-like taste.

 
 
 
 
 
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