Tagged With: Plastic Pollution
Local UAE School Shares How To Hold a Successful Beach Clean Up
“Do Something Now. If not you, who? If not here, where? If not now, when?” Theodore Roosevelt When a school community realise the tide is constantly delivering a large quantity of plastic pollution to their end of the ocean channel they organise not just one, but two successful Beach Cleans. Their primary focus being to remove the … Continue reading
Plastic Free July 2015 Round-Up: Opportunities. Challenges. Solutions.
“Think about it…why would you make something that you are going to use for a few minutes out of a material that’s basically going to last forever. What’s up with that?” Jeb Berrier, Bagit Movie Last month, during Plastic Free July, the Health and Wellbeing Committee at my son’s Primary School offered me the opportunity … Continue reading
5 Simple Acts of Kindness – Good For The Planet and Good For You!
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. Dr Seuss – The Lorax These 5 simple acts of kindness are for those whose lifelong plan includes participating in the many recreational opportunities this natural playground (see images above) has to offer. This relates to me so, … Continue reading
The Great Divide – 5 Ways to Sort and Conquer Recycling
“Why would you make something that you are going to use for a few minutes out of a material that’s basically going to last forever.” Jeb Berrier, BagIt movie The 10 – 16 November is Planet Ark’s National Recycling Week. This campaign is the inspiration behind last weeks post, which was full of ideas highlighting Simple Constructive … Continue reading
The Not-So-Perfect Plastic Free July Moments and How To Do Better
“We don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions doing it imperfectly.” Zero Waste Chef Hi, my name is Shea, I have used single-use plastic AND it’s PLASTIC FREE JULY ☹️ PHEW – what a relief to get that off my chest! Concerts are my undoing as they generally … Continue reading
Why we are Refusing and How we are Reusing, Plastic Bags
“Those who start with WHY never manipulate, they inspire. And people follow them not because they have to; they follow because they want to.“ Simon Sinek. Many of you who are reading these weekly posts are possibly wondering – ‘Why has Shea become so passionate with saying NO to plastic bags?’ This image visually sums up … Continue reading
Online Grocery Shopping – Plastic Bag-Free?
Did you know South Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territories are the Australian States which already have a ban on Single-use Plastic Bags? Queensland Conservation are working hard toward seeing Queensland join this list as the fifth state of Australia and have set a goal for as soon as 2015. They are … Continue reading
Everything You Need To Know About Clean up Australia Day
Did you know Clean Up Australia Day has become the Nation’s largest community-based environmental event? The founder, Ian Kiernan, is an ‘average Australian bloke’, builder by trade and passionate solo yachtsman. It was during the 1987 BOC Challenge Solo Round-the-World Yacht Race, Ian witnessed first hand the effect our pollution is having in oceans … Continue reading
Day #1 of Successful Plastic Bag-Free Shopping – Check!
All this research is inarguably pointing to ridding our home of plastic bags so it is time to tackle plastic bag-free shopping! Today is shopping day, so I have pulled out the reusable shopping bags from the back of the pantry and set off to buy our fruit and veg and conquer plastic bag-free shopping. … Continue reading
Our Five Year Old Environmentalist and Take3
Take3 – A Clean Beach Initiative Take3 is the non-profit organisation challenging us to pick up (and responsibly dispose of) three pieces of rubbish, every time you leave a beach or a waterway. This organisation, started by Tim Silverwood and his buddies, reminds us there is an action we can all take – starting right … Continue reading
I’m Talking Rubbish – An Introduction to the Situation of Plastic Pollution
Have you heard about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? This is the name given to the collection of plastic pollution which is slowly being carried by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre. The whole of Australia could fit into its sweeping currents which are no longer home to Organic Matter rich in Biological Nutrients … Continue reading
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