Environmental Education
Environmental Education is one of the three main pillars of NTM. Nature Trust (Malta) feels that environmental education can contribute to awareness, nature protection and sustainable development. Today NTM is local representative of the Foundation for Environmental Education. Since 2002, three of the five FEE programmes have been implemented: Green Flag – Eco-Schools known as EkoSkola, The Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) and Blue Flag for Beaches and Marinas.
In the coming years, the organisation hopes to implement the other two programmes: Green Key for Hotels and Learning About Forests (LEAF).
Apart from this NTM also produces a lot of material and literature on Maltese habitats and biodiversity such as the publications Archipelago and Ballotra, amongst others. It also organises various activities such as natural history courses, marine biology courses, ecological guided walks, school visits and field work in nature reserves.
NTM today has an environmental education centre at Wied Ghollieqa and is also opening another education centre at Xrobb L-Ghagin Park which will also have a hostel for overnight stays for local and foreign students.
