GH Spotted at Worldfest

Snapshots of Simone at Worldfest where Greenhouse had a stand promoting fair trade goodies and our events and projects!

Project Volunteer Auction - In Numbers

As you should be aware, Greenhouse is currently a running a project with the aim of encouraging people to take on voluntary work. The idea of Project: Volunteer Auction, is that people bid on art pieces, generously donated by local artists, but instead of bidding money, they big volunteer hours with an organisation of their choice.

We ran the auction on the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector (MCVS) stand at the Trade Fair over the last week and it will remain open until next Wednesday 13th July via our website.

The project has been an amazing success so far, MUCH greater than our initial expectations.

Here's a resume of the project so far:

Contributing Artists: 8

Total paintings up for Auction: 11

Total Photo prints up for Auction: 9

Plus 2 full Tango courses

Number of Voluntary Organisations accepting volunteers: 18

Number of volunteer hours raised so far: 717

Total number of hours bidded (including all bids, not just top bids): 1021

Visit www.greenhousemalta.com to take part in the auction and help us reach 1000 hours!

Project Volunteer Auction: Press Release

Greenhouse Malta is a non-political, non-sectarian, independent organisation set up by a group of University students who hold common values on different issues. It's aim is to raise awareness on social justice, respect for the environment, animal rights, sustainability and participatory democracy.

As part of this year’s National Trade Fair, Greenhouse, with the assistance of the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector (MCVS) will be organising a 'Project Volunteer Auction' on the 24th and 30th June and 3rd July, 2011. This is a new concept in Malta: a silent auction where rather than bidding money, people will be asked to bid ‘volunteer hours’, that is, the hours they are willing to dedicate to volunteering with the organisations of their choice.

People will be given the choice to bid ‘volunteering hours’ with up to 14 local organisations and campaigns. Artwork for the auction has been kindly donated by the following local artists: Christine Cutajar, Clyde Haber, Gabriel Caruana, Jeni Caruana, Joseph Caruana, Stephanie Borg and Trudy Gera. To bid on the artwork, people may pre-register online or at the stand on the days of the auction.

The silent auction will be held on the stand of the MCVS at the Trade Fair (from 6 pm onwards), but people will be given the opportunity to view and bid on the artwork online. Some artwork will be auctioned over the course of the whole week, while others will be auctioned on one day. More information on registration and on the organisations which are offering volunteering opportunities is available on Greenhouse’s website, www.greenhousemalta.com. Organisations and artists who would also like to participate in this auction may contact Greenhouse on auction.greenhouse@gmail.com.

Greenhouse would like to thank all the organisations taking part: Arthritis and Rheumatism Association of Malta, Animal Rights Group, Bird Life Malta, fish4tomorrow, Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Friends of the Earth, Funny Farm, Koperattiva Kummerc Gust, Nature Trust Malta, Noah's Ark, SASG, Third World Group, Tomasina Cat Sanctuary and YMCA.

Click to read about Project Volunteer Auction on Times of Malta & MFCC website.

Bee Informed Honey!

http://blog.greendrinksmalta.org/2011/04/bee-informed-honey-may-green-drinks.html

Meet us on Saturday 7th May at 3.30pm near Dar tal-Providenza Car Park in Siġġiewi. Alfred Baldacchino will be leading an hour's walk explaining the flora and fauna of the area. You will arrive at Fawwara limits of Siġġiewi where the beekeeper Nicholas Żammit and the the bee expert Simone Cutajar of Green House will sharing with you many interesting insights about bees, bees as environmental indicators and bee products.

Green Drinks Malta guarantees a lovely afternoon in which you will be able to raise your level of green consciousness, while relaxing and meeting like-minded people.

We will be providing the tea. Should you like to bring some tea-accompanying-food, you are welcome :)

This event is free BUT registration is only acknowledged once every participant sends in a honey recipe. Recipe can be for food, sweets or drinks, in English or in Maltese. If the recipe is tried and tested all the better!

Places for this event is limited to 30. Booking on info@greendrinksmalta.org