Rising phenomena

Part of an article published on the Times of Malta on Sunday 3rd October, 2010 by Alan Deidun.

An aberrant eco-Gozo view

Many have expressed their tuppence worth over the eco-Gozo philosophy and it has been an incestuous meshing of the sacred and the profane so far.

One such contribution was penned by Raymond Xerri in a past issue of the Gozo Observer. In the article he makes many comm-endable and almost sacrosanct pro-posals, including the removal of alien floral species, the setting up of public parks, further afforestation schemes, the development of a solar tower and the reconstruction of rubble walls. But he also makes some proposals which are, frankly, preposterous.

His vision for eco-Gozo, envisages a yacht marina at Ħondoq ir-Rummien in Qala, a regional airport at Xewkija and two artificial islands off Gozo’s northern coastline.

How Xerri manages to put the last three proposals in the same kettle as eco-Gozo beats me, although one must mention that he is the only local councillor in Qala to be in favour of the Qala Creek development proposal.

To view the whole article and the comments go to http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20101003/environment/rising-phenomena