Urban forests help to improve our air quality. Heat from the earth is trapped in the atmosphere due to high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other heat-trapping gases that prohibit it from releasing the heat into space. This creates a phenomenon known today as the “greenhouse effect.” Therefore, trees help by removing (sequestering)... [...]
© rangizzz These scientists say that respecting and understanding plants and trees is essential for our future. We humans have a wide range of feelings about members of the kingdom Plantae, from total disregard to thinking they are clever friends. Given that this is TreeHugger, we lean toward, at the very least, wanting to... [...]
Losing weight, doing more exercise, cutting down on drinking, stopping smoking, being more pleasant to our neighbours… these are just some of the resolutions that would have been going through people’s minds in recent days. Good intentions… but hell is indeed paved with them. Most fall by the wayside within days, if actioned... [...]
Malta Chamber of Planners’ council members with Dyan Currie (centre) and Clive Harridge (right). Dyan Currie and Clive Harridge, president and secretary-general of the Commonwealth Association of Planners (CAP) respectively were in Malta to attend the Commonwealth People’s Forum in the run-up to the Commonwealth Heads of... [...]
COP PARIS/flickr Analysis: Journalists are starting to connect more dots: population and biodiversity, terrorism and climate, food security and ocean health Call it the grand convergence: Coverage of environmental issues, especially climate change, jumped traditional boundaries to pick up broader—and slightly ominous—geopolitical... [...]
Civil society emerged as a force to be reckoned with as thousands took to the streets to protest the take up of ODZ land in Zonqor. But will this be enough to counter the lure of investment coming as a result of dishing out cheap public land to handpicked developers? The year ends with parliament approving a land transfer... [...]
During a special event held at Xrobb l-Għaġin Nature Park earlier this month, 64 students from four EkoSkola schools planted 53 tamarisk trees together with consuls from various consulates and other dignitaries representing the Commonwealth countries. The tree planting session, which brought to a close the official EkoSkola-CHOGM... [...]
One third of the Maltese Islands are covered in buildings, with little consideration for green space and urban design. The Faculty for the Built Environment is celebrating 100 years since it was founded, and recent graduates are now faced with the challenge of fixing previous mistakes. Researchers at the Faculty are designing... [...]
WHO side event at COP21 stressing the importance of integrating health into climate change agreements – Ramon Lorenzo Guinto Paris – On 12 December 2015 at the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP21), leaders from around the world reached the first global agreement on climate change, moving towards a... [...]
Former EU commissioner for culture Androulla Vassiliou. Uncontrolled development risks spoiling Malta’s cultural heritage and destroying a “vital asset” for the country, according to the former European Commissioner for culture Androulla Vassiliou. “What is most characteristic about Malta is its artistic and cultural... [...]