As Malta grapples with rapid urban development and intense tourism pressure, carrying capacity studies have emerged as a vital tool for sustainable planning. These assessments measure the maximum...

Summer is once again with us. As the dry months set in, the Maltese landscape becomes progressively less green, with wild plants dying off. The environment, however, is not just about air, water or...

Recently a journalist asked "where is the sparkle in the PN's politics?" This set me thinking and asking "can there be any sparkle in politics?" Politicians and political leaders come and go...

In 1932, Albert Einstein wrote a pressing letter to Sigmund Freud. In it, the century's foremost genius asked the century's foremost psychologist, "Is there any way of delivering mankind from the...

The video of three Lesa officials making use of cocaine in their official car, while on duty, expectedly made the rounds a few days back. The outrageous behaviour of the individuals however didn't...

It's time local artists and cultural workers reflect on themselves before blaming others. Every year, small protests arise over misused funds and lavish, optics-driven events that claim to support the...

Three quarters of all businesses depend on nature, one way or another. For raw materials like timber, cotton, and crops. For ecosystem services, like the microbes and decomposers that keep farmland...

"Malta moves closer to achieving UN sustainability goals," screamed some newspaper headlines last week, when the United Nations released its annual report on its Sustainable Development Goals around...

The recent government paper on assisted euthanasia outlined proposals for a national discussion, as pledged in their last electoral manifesto. Several key points emerged during public...

Since the late 1970s the Nationalist Party has sought as its main ideological beacon Christian Democracy and subsequently established strong links with Italy's Democrazia Cristiana. Over the span of...