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Water-to-Go Bottle

In my bid to rid as many single use plastics as I can from my life one major cloak hanging over me has been ensuring I start using a multi-use water bottle, ridding any temptation from buying single use plastic bottles of water (other beverages available). An answer came this Christmas with one super presentContinueContinue reading “Water-to-Go Bottle”

Do you have 2 minutes?

I know it’s Christmas and (assuming you celebrate Christmas) you’re probably, quite rightly, spending your time having a great time with family and friends, giving and receiving gifts and generally being merry. However, please give a thought to the amount of plastic you are generating at the same time. Since Blue Planet 2 I haveContinueContinue reading “Do you have 2 minutes?”

Blue Planet 2: The Unique Marketing Opportunity for Nature

Yesterday evening I scanned my twitter feed with a smile on my face as I read through the hundreds, probably thousands of tweets in response to the final episode of the BBC’s Blue Planet 2. https://twitter.com/Amelia_Womack/status/939987884043628544 https://twitter.com/jonoread/status/939955913141706753 https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/939955382822232064 https://twitter.com/Helbell13/status/939966318538870786 https://twitter.com/davetherave_23/status/939959963463700480 It seemed that in a single evening the BBC had managed to engage more peopleContinueContinue reading “Blue Planet 2: The Unique Marketing Opportunity for Nature”

Book Review: ‘Strands’ by Jean Sprackland

In beachcombing, if we look closely enough, we find philosophy, history, art. The meditative, contemplative act of scanning the shoreline, enables discoveries of an alternative version of places that we think we know. Usually mundane objects become exotic if we choose to see them in such a way. To collect these items is timeless andContinueContinue reading “Book Review: ‘Strands’ by Jean Sprackland”

‘Taking Marine Conservation Inland: The Oceans Are Downhill From Everywhere’ – Guest Post by Ryan Cope

Ryan Elizabeth Cope is a Junior Watershed Biologist from British Columbia, Canada. She has lived and worked in several places on the coasts of both the Atlantic and the Pacific, from Hawaii to Maine. She blogs at Seven in the Ocean, usually about plastic. You can find her on twitter @sevenintheocean . In this post sheContinueContinue reading “‘Taking Marine Conservation Inland: The Oceans Are Downhill From Everywhere’ – Guest Post by Ryan Cope”