There are two pieces of litter for every footstep you take on a beach. The tide of litter on our beaches appears to be on the increase, quantities of litter on UK beaches have more than doubled since 1994, and plastic now accounts for over 70% of all litter. Not only can litter be a health hazard to us and off putting to tourists, it’s estimated that over 100,000 marine animals die every year from entanglement or ingestion of items discarded on our beaches or at sea.
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Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Solutions Awards winners
Protecting ocean wildlife: Winners of the first annual Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Solutions Award announced
An award to honour Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) co-founder, United Nations worker, and former World Animal Protection campaigner, Joanna Toole, 36 from Exmouth, whose life was tragically taken in the Ethiopian airlines crash in March 2019, has announced its winners.
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Two local names with international reputations are joining forces in a Devon partnership to help a very special – but largely unknown – species. Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium, is linking up with Valeport, the Totnes-based underwater measuring instrumentation specialists.
[Read more…] about Devon partnership helps the Bay’s underwater rainforestTwo Fun Rubbish Clearance Activity Projects To Do With the Kids
These two rubbish clearance activity projects are inspired by a KQED Art School video featuring Nigel Poor, a socially engaged artist who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. KQED is a public media television and radio station based in San Francisco California.
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Stoke Hill Junior School celebrates launch of new local water saving pilot
Greenredeem and South West Water hosted a water saving workshop with pupils at Stoke Hill Junior School in Exeter on the 5th July, to celebrate the launch of the water saving pilot in the Stoke Hill area of Exeter.
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