Ġnien Ingraw – I can’t find my way out! It is early morning and we are on our way down the Mellieħa bypass. This massive road, which in certain places is eight lanes wide, was built in the early 1980s. It cuts right through “Qasam Barrani” and when it was constructed, large areas of precious habitat were obliterated. [...]

70,000,000 litres of rain water – should they be wasted?  Most of Malta’s rainwater runs straight to the sea and goes to waste. The European Union, in the Strategic Enviromental Assessment of the Storm Water Master Plan for the Maltese Islands, emphasizes the importance of Malta taking immediate action about this problem. In this Master [...]

The Rubble Trouble?   Snakes, hedgehogs and snails are up in arms! The rubble walls that provided a safe haven came rain or shine are now in a steady decline. An area behind the Riviera Hotel in Marfa is a case in point. The area once a garigue habitat is now a mismatched eyesore [...]

Entry : Photo Theme : Agriculture and Nature The Murder of Wied il-Għasel ?   In Mosta lies what was once the most quaint and prosperous of all the Maltese Valleys: Wied il-Għasel. This valley, as the name implies, was famous for bee-keeping. Species which once charmed this valley like the Sicilian Spider Orchid, can no [...]

Entry : Photo Theme : Coastline Natural Beauty or Human Disaster? The idea of conserving the environment is widely acknowledged but are we really taking action to preserve geographical features like the Azure Window in Dwejra (Gozo)? Lately media has focused on the disruption of the ecological features in Dwejra due to the machinery used [...]

Entry : Photo Theme : Waste Beauty and the Beast   This picture shows the beast – an abandoned cement mixer, alongside the pure beauty of Mother Nature. Notice how the green meadow with the lovely red flowers is ruined with the rusty deteriorated metal mixer simply as a result of the selfishness of a [...]

Entry : Photo Theme : Coastline   Lazy Polluters   This sign has been lying on the sea bed in St. George’s Bay, Birżebbugia, for the past two weeks. No one did actually care to retrieve it. According to the Local Council, since the object is in contact with sea water, it is the Malta Maritime [...]

Entry : Photo Theme : Coastline  A Breathtaking View    See this breathtaking view of the beach of Għajn Tuffieħa to the left? See how the view is ruined by the eyesore of the abandoned building built next to it? There are many of these buildings scattered around Malta. Sometimes massive plots of land which [...]

Eco article:                                                                                        „GRASS OF RUMIJA“ At daybreak, the city was waking up next to me with the familiar sounds of the modern era. But this morning was not the same as the others, but bathed in sunshine, with the sounds of past times. When I close my eyes and through half-closed lashes take a look [...]

Eco photo story: PRESERVING FORESTS Today people play small Gods, disposing with nature as it suits them, ignoring the biodiversity and biocenoses. Forests are one of the many biotopes that people recklessly exploit and thus call into question the survival of many species, and hence their own survival. The areas once covered with forests are [...]