In this blog post, Marlene Hirt reports on her volunteer work for the Erasmus+ project System:Reset We – that is Anna Haselsteiner, Nehir Karakas, Judith Neumann and I – are the project group of GLOBAL 2000/Friends of the Earth Austria as part of System:Reset. And of course Joschka Brangs from the activists and action team, …
ECT: This sounds like a bad joke…
This sounds like a bad joke… Fossil fuel giant RWE is suing the Netherlands for €1.4 billion for taking climate action. But the multinational corporation actually has a good chance of winning! Thanks to the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) Watch the video to understand how this works: Sign the petition to stop the climate killer …
Video: how to make a hydroponics system using upcycled material
As part of the Growing Together Project Friends of the Earth Malta has hosted a Hydroponics workshop. This video toolkit will take you through the steps to make your own desktop mini-hydroponics growing jar! Make sure to check out the other explainer videos on how to build raised beds, and how to get started planting …
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Video: How to start planting in raised beds
Already built your raised beds? Then it’s time to start growing in them. As part of the Growing Together Project, Friends of the Earth Malta has hosted a Crop Growing Workshop Series. This session was run by the Veg Box – a small, organic farm that focuses on growing local and seasonal produce in the …
Video: how to build a raised bed
As part of the Growing Together Project Friends of the Earth Malta hosted a Crop Growing Workshop Series. This video toolkit will take you through steps of making your own raised beds, preparing the soil and taking care or your crops! (Once you’ve got your raised beds sorted, check out how to plant in raised …
Malta’s disappearing farms
Victor, Nadi and their son Jean Paul have been farming their land for about 40 years. With a farmhouse, greenhouses, and trees, they grow a little bit of everything – fennel, spinach, kohlrabi, lettuce, cabbage, celery, tomatoes, potatoes and parsley. However, Victor, Nadia and Jean Paul’s farm is threatened by the construction of a bypass. …
Young beekeepers in Malta
Jorge is an architect by profession but has found his passion in beekeeping seven years ago. He is a small scale beekeeper that focuses primarily on keeping healthy populations of the endemic Maltese honey bee and works with a community of other breeders that are part of the Breeds of Origin Conservancy. “Since Malta is …
What do young farmers want?
Cane has been farming for just over a year, and despite discouraging comments, he has taken the plunge and left his job to dedicate himself to farming full-time. Together with Cassandra, they have been on a journey to explore new possibilities in the world of agriculture in Malta. “I’m Cane from Biome Munch, a new …
Why we say no to EU-MERCOSUR
European supermarkets including Casino, Carrefour and Albert Heijn are selling meat products linked to deforestation and human rights violations to unwitting consumers, and the EU plans to increase the number of destructive products on supermarket shelves with the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal, reveals a report released today by Repórter Brasil and our parent organisation: Friends of …
2nd Project Partners’ meeting
Mariza, Young FoE Cyprus On the 23rd-24th of February, 2021 we had our second Project Partners’ Meeting for System:Reset project. Noting here that the first one was the kick-off meeting of the project in February 2020 and this one was supposed to be held in Ireland. Despite the virtual nature of the meeting, the overall …