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We are very excited to announce that the donations collected during the 2022 EarthGarden festival amounted to €9021.95. FoE Malta is grateful to the EarthGarden Team for choosing FoE Malta as the official NGO partner of the festival,…
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Interested in joining Friends of the Earth Malta as a full-time volunteer? Through this project funding we are offering opportunities to young people from different countries opportunities to volunteer for one year in Malta through the European Solidarity Corps. Friends of the Earth Malta (FoEM) is currently looking for the following…
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Friends of the Earth Malta and Generation (Change?) are very happy to see the group of young people grow after our first month and are excited for the upcoming sessions and its associated themes. YEAH Youth Hub is the place in Malta for youngsters to relax, meet others, chill and to listen to music. This month's theme is Food Sovereignty and Cultural Diversity. Pop by and and learn more!
Click below to register.
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To bring environmental issues closer to young people in Malta, the project
''Be Active - Be Sustainable Malta'' was created for youths to relate to different environmental concerns found on a local and national scale. Due to great success and turnout, we created a an extra yet last session in June. For this, a gardening and cooking event was organized, teaching us more about sustainable cooking and preserving summer produce. Youths were taught how they can use wild plants in the kitchen and the importance of garden herbs and plants such as rosemary, sage and vine leaves. Adding herbs and natural plants into your seasonal dishes is not only environmentally friendly but it is also healthy and delicious.
Thank you all for attending our Be Active sessions, we truly loved to see so many youngsters with their curiosity and interest in the environment. Although this project has come to an end, we hope to see you soon at other events or at our weekly Yeah Youth Hub.
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How your body does not lie - ULEX Experience
Last month, two of our interns attended a trans-collaboration training in Spain. Organized by Ulex Project in collaboration with the Public Interest Research Centre, the training was designed to develop capacity, empowerment and collaboration. Our interns have now developed skills for embodying values in the ways we can effectively work together. Want to read more about their experience? Click the button below! If you want to read more or want to volunteer with FoEM and stand the chance of getting valuable training and experience from a national NGO, click on the buttons below!
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What does new European Agricultural policy promise to Malta’s sector?
Friends of the Earth Malta had held a workshop in June, organized for local media and journalists to understand the European policy better. This enables journalists to report more easily on the issue, increasing the frequency of information exchanged and higher engagement with CAP.
The new Common Agriculture policy uses one third of the EU’s budget and will distribute nearly €270 billion to over 6 million farmers from 2023-2027. It is a powerful piece of legislation that can make or break the goals of the Farm to Fork Strategy. With its reformed CAP, the EU promised a “greener and fairer CAP” that prioritises the three tenets of sustainability. In the workshop, there was space for journalists and media houses to engage with the implications of European Agricultural policy on the local farming sector, participate in discussion with experts in the field, and look at Malta’s own National Strategic plans for the CAP 2023 -2027 implementation.
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Plant of the Month: Sandarac gum tree
The list of Flora being interpreted into Maltese Sign Language as part of the PANCAKE Project includes a tree with quite a rare distribution worldwide and which happens to be the National Tree of Malta. Also known as the Arar Tree or the Alerce, it is a coniferous tree forming part of the Cypress Family and is easily identifiable thanks to its four-sided cones. Read more about this beautiful tree in our latest article!
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Czech EU Presidency
''The social dimension of climate policies is a crucial task for the upcoming EU presidency'', say the largest EU environmental and social networks in a letter to Czech Minister Fiala. The Czech presidency should substantially raise its ambitions and strive for the fastest adoption of new environmental legislation. Together with other groups, Friends of the Earth Malta has signed this letter. Read the complete statement below!
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New report and video of FoEE
A new report by Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) which analyses the CAP Strategic Plans in seven countries, reveals that none of the plans will make any significant contribution to meeting the Green Deal targets and objectives of the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies. Watch the video to get to know more about the new CAP and how Member States can improve!
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Every donation, no matter how small, is an invaluable contribution towards Friends of the Earth Malta's work.
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