HSBC Water Programme celebrates another successful year

An exhibition of Imagine Water, Catch the Drop art project in Valletta, a pioneering vertical wall garden in Luqa Primary School and installation of push-button water taps at St Michael School Pembroke are just three in a series of notable water conservation projects forming part of HSBC Water Programme – Catch the Drop during 2017/2018 scholastic year.

St Michael School collaborated with HSBC Water Programme – Catch the Drop The new water-efficient taps at St Michael School Pembroke campaign to switch to the more efficient taps at school. The measure aimed teachers and students in a long-term and meanto make long-term improvements in water maningful creative process while raising awareness of agement and water efficiency in the school and the importance of water to the Maltese islands. A also increased student awareness of how precious total of 150 students participated in the project. water is and what they and their community can The HSBC Water Programme – Catch the Drop do to conserve it. was the largest ever national environmental and

At Luqa Primary, students grow herbs in a vereducational campaign of its kind in Malta and tical garden with virtually no water loss. Using aimed to forge a blueprint for progress on susrecycled material, organic soil substitute and a tainability of water as a resource. It ran from 2013 water-conserving irrigation system, they have set to 2018 before making way for new HSBC Water up the garden to grow fresh herbs and lettuce. Programme initiatives. To-date, HSBC has in

Meanwhile, the Imagine Water, Catch the Drop art vested nearly €1 million on various water-related project, which was exhibited last May at St James schemes in Malta. Cavalier, Valletta as part of the Valletta 2018 acGlenn Bugeja, manager Corporate Sustainabiltivities, will now move to Gozo and run at Citity said: “We are glad that we have had another tadella Culture Centre, Victoria, Gozo until 26 successful year with a good number of projects August. The three-year art project was a result of aimed at helping underline the HSBC Water Procollaboration between HSBC Malta and Francegramme commitment to help build greater awarebased l’association école d’art au village (Edaav). ness for water conservation with the Maltese

The project was designed to engage artists, student population.”