Malta.
Find a garden above Valletta’s streets and tools inside an old abattoir. Then look towards the harbour, a science centre and experiments in water and energy: different ways an island puts its space to work.
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Make something. Find a garden.
A former abattoir in Valletta combines shared creative facilities with a public garden above the city’s narrow streets.
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Plug in. Let the harbour breathe.
A harbour-scale electrical network lets multiple cruise berths switch hotel loads from onboard engines to shore power.
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Science becomes something to try.
Malta’s Esplora uses interactive exhibits to make scientific ideas available through movement, experimentation and play.
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Store offshore energy in compressed air.
A floating prototype in Malta’s Grand Harbour tested a way to store electricity using pressurised air and seawater.
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Give an island its own route to drinking water.
Gozo’s reverse-osmosis plant combines local seawater treatment with energy recovery, reducing dependence on water transferred from Malta.
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