Hello and welcome to this weeks newsletter!
If you would like to be added to our newsletter mailing list please feel free to email myself (Vicky) or Ryan and we will carry on sending you awesome things like these two beatboxing starlings as well as keeping you all up to date with news about the current state of the environment:)
I thought this little guy was pretty cool and deserved a place in the intro too – what a world of amazing creatures we have and need to protect.
Will you take the pledge to reduce plastic pollution? Such an important issue for the whole world to fix lets keep on reminding everyone!
Do you have an article or an event you would like to share? Please contact us and let us know and we can see if we can help.
Antarctic No Longer ‘Pristine Wilderness’ After Plastic Pollution Is Found
The Hidden Truth Of Plastic Pollution
50 Nations ‘Curbing Plastic Pollution’
Families Around The World Join War On Plastic – In Pictures
‘Impossible To Cheat’ Desiel Emissions Tests Show Almost All New Desiels Still Dirty
‘Carbon Bubble’ Could Sparke Global Financial Crisis, Study Warns
What Is The Carbon Bubble And What Will Happen If It Bursts
Each Car In London Costs NHS And Society £8,000 Due To Air Pollution, Report Finds
Waste Heat: Innovators Turn To An Overlooked Renewable Resource
Netherlands To Ban Coal-Fired Power Plants In Blow To RWE
Pioneering ‘Liquid Air’ Project Can Help Store Excess Electricity
Amazing Whale Picture Capture By Wildlife Fan From Cornwall
Deadly Toxic Toad Invasion Putting Madagascar Wildlife At Risk
Eerie Silence Falls On Shetland Cliffs That Once EchoedTo Seabirds’ Cries
Swan Shown Desperately Trying To Save Companion In Filthy, Mud Filled River
Are You Eating A ‘Reducetarian’ Diet Without Even Realising It?
Blogging By The River Foyle Tackles Derry’s Litter Problem
Rubbish Firm Amey ‘Lost’ 2,000 Tonnes Of Gloucester Recycling
Paper Cup Alliance Welcomes Network Rail Recycling Plans
Solent Gardeners Fayre And Craft 2018
Portsmouth Green Drinks ‘ On Tour’ 13th June
Big Beach Clean Up 2018! 24th June
Check Out Eco Collective who offer 100% vegan products and offer gluten free and organic produce.
Something we look to help businesses do in the future. If you are a business that is in the waste(not) business please get in touch –Mixed Plastic Banks In Southampton
Here is Southampton’s list on what to put into your blue lid recycling bin: What Can I Recycle?
Pledge Your Commitment To Improving Hampshires Recycling Habits
This brilliant website gives tips and ideas about food waste and how to reduce it.
Instead of throwing out or bagging up (to gather dust) all those clothes children quickly grow out of this is a brilliant website to buy or sell unwanted children clothes. It is run by a busy mum who also knows what it’s like with ever growing children and the endless amount of clothes children accumulate.
‘Last year a quarter of the clothing we got rid of was simply thrown away. That’s a staggering 300,000 tonnes that went into landfill. So many of those items could have been re-used and enjoyed by a another child, instead of contributing to the destruction of the planet.’
Please join us on Facebook, like and share with fellow environmental and wildlife enthusiasts where we will keep you up to date with climate change, sustainable and wildlife and conservation news and anything else green.
We would also like to start adding a directory to our newsletter, making it more accessible for everyone to gain information, join other environmental groups or eco-friendly businesses that sell eco-friendly products. If you or someone you know are interested, please contact us. We can also help advertise and advise on any campaigns and fundraising events, with the option to advertise on our webpage, facebook and newsletters.
Equally if you have an article or blog which is relevant to the local or global cause of making the world cleaner and greener or feel there is an issue that could be part of a discussion, then feel free to send it over and we can publish it.
Contact us via our website:
Look us up on Facebook or drop us an email:
vicky@crowdleaf.org.uk
ryan@crowdleaf.org.uk
On behalf of CrowdLeaf,
Vicky & Ryan
Please come and check out our store to support our cause and green community!
London Air Pollution Live Data
See you next time!
Hello and welcome to CrowdLeaf’s newsletter.
As you may have heard data protection laws are changing on 25th May so you will need to let us know if you would like to continue receiving our weekly newsletters. Some of you will have received an email from us but if you haven’t and you would like to, please drop us an email or message. Thank you all for your support for our shared and joint cause! 🙂
Ryan has been spending some time in Amsterdam, this is what he had to say:
‘It’s great to see all the great advances so obviously unique but so startlingly obvious. Everywhere you turn there is Tesla taxis, solar boats on their pristine rivers. In shops and hotels there arr environmentally aware products, CO2 aware menus and the very unique situation of bicycles peppered in every road and corner. It’s been hearenting to see the novel idea of car share schemes just popping up all over the City. What more can I say, it’s so green and clean here, frankly the UK could learn a lot’
Some great conservation success stories – always good to see some of the good we can do!
Do you have an event or an article you would like to see published on our newsletter? Please contact myself (Vicky) or Ryan to see if we can help!
Connected Communities For Clean Air – The Southampton Collective
Portsmouth Set To Be Given £500,000 To Combat Dangerous Air Pollution
Shell Investors Revolt Over Pay And Maintain Pressure Over Climate Change
Risk Of Water Shortages For England Warns Environment Agency
Air Pollution Plans To Tackle Wood Burners
UK’S New Air Pollution Strategy ‘Hugely Disappointing’, Says Labour
UK’s Clean Car Goal ‘Not Ambitious Enough’
Draw Power Station To Lead Fresh Carbon Capture Trial
Congratulations to Chester Zoo for this gorgeous baby!
Call To Curb Water Use And Leaks To Prevent Water Shortages And Wildlife Damage
‘Living Fossil’ Giant Salamander Heading For Extinction
Hundreds Of Fish Species Will Be Forced To Migrate North To Escape Effects Of Climate Change
Humans Just 0.01% Of All Life But Have Destroyed 83% Of Wild Animals- Study
Illegal Online Sales Of Endangered Wildlife Rife In Europe
France Is About To Ban Stores From Throwing Away Unsold Clothing
Iceland Trials Reverse Vending Machine Which Pays You To Recycle
Rubbish Rage: Officers Protect Collector In Dutch Recycling Wars
Tesco Removes Best Before Dates On Fruit And Veg In Bid To Reduce Food Waste
Princes Sets 50% Recycling Target For Plastic Bottles
Tools And Tips For Reducing Plastic 24th May
Portsmouth Green Drinks ‘ On Tour’ 13th June
Big Beach Clean Up 2018! 24th June
Check Out Eco Collective who offer 100% vegan products and offer gluten free and organic produce.
Something we look to help businesses do in the future. If you are a business that is in the waste(not) business please get in touch –Mixed Plastic Banks In Southampton
Here is Southampton’s list on what to put into your blue lid recycling bin: What Can I Recycle?
Pledge Your Commitment To Improving Hampshires Recycling Habits
This brilliant website gives tips and ideas about food waste and how to reduce it.
Instead of throwing out or bagging up (to gather dust) all those clothes children quickly grow out of this is a brilliant website to buy or sell unwanted children clothes. It is run by a busy mum who also knows what it’s like with ever growing children and the endless amount of clothes children accumulate.
‘Last year a quarter of the clothing we got rid of was simply thrown away. That’s a staggering 300,000 tonnes that went into landfill. So many of those items could have been re-used and enjoyed by a another child, instead of contributing to the destruction of the planet.’
Please join us on Facebook, like and share with fellow environmental and wildlife enthusiasts where we will keep you up to date with climate change, sustainable and wildlife and conservation news and anything else green.
We would also like to start adding a directory to our newsletter, making it more accessible for everyone to gain information, join other environmental groups or eco-friendly businesses that sell eco-friendly products. If you or someone you know are interested, please contact us. We can also help advertise and advise on any campaigns and fundraising events, with the option to advertise on our webpage, facebook and newsletters.
Equally if you have an article or blog which is relevant to the local or global cause of making the world cleaner and greener or feel there is an issue that could be part of a discussion, then feel free to send it over and we can publish it.
Contact us via our website:
Look us up on Facebook or drop us an email:
vicky@crowdleaf.org.uk
ryan@crowdleaf.org.uk
On behalf of CrowdLeaf,
Vicky & Ryan
Please come and check out our store to support our cause and green community!
London Air Pollution Live Data
See you next time!
Hello and Welcome to CrowdLeaf’s Newsletter!
A big thank you to Ryan who took over for last weeks newsletter while I was on holiday! 🙂
While away, we went to Paignton Zoo and was so pleased to see them providing biodegradable and compostable take away coffee cups – there really should be more of a push for other coffee and take away chains to provide these!
I also wanted to share this beauty who lived outside our from door for a couple of days – it looks like a male Lime Hawk Moth. I’m no expert on moths or their biggest fans but not even I can deny how handsome he is! (Please feel free to correct me if I have identified him wrong.)
If anyone would like their articles or events published on our weekly newsletter then please email us and let us know!
We have a great guest piece by Eco Collective – a vegan supermarket for good that has a great range and price for their products.
Another great guest piece regarding the pressing issue of Air Pollution and Clean Air Day 2018 by Larissa Lockwood, Head Of Health at Action Global Plan:
Combination of Cold Starts And Short Journeys Are A major Barrier To Air Pollution Improvements.
We also have a great charity event – Brave New Southampton: Variety Show Shindig! on Friday 18th May for anyone interested in a better, cleaner and greener Southampton. So come and join in!
The Plastic Plague – Are We Really Managing It?
New Labelling Helps UK Shoppers Avoid Plastic Packaging
UK Parliament To Remove Single Use Plastics From Westminster
Bardem Wants More Action On Plastic Pollution
Plastic Bag Among 3,500 Pieces Of Debris Found At The Deepest Point In The Ocean
UK Must Secure Billions In Investment To Meet Climate Targets, MP Warns
Pollution watch: Do Face Masks Really Prevent The Ill Effects Of Pollution?
‘Impossible To Ignore’: Why Alaska Is Crafting A Plan To Fight Climate Change
South Koreans More Worried About Air Pollution Than Kim’s Nukes
London Considering Car-Free Days In Bid To Tackle Air Pollution
Exposure To Air Pollution In The Womb Triggers High Blood Pressure In Children, Study Finds
Wildlife Poachers In Kenya ‘To Face Death Penalty’
Palm Oil Producers Are Wiping Out Orangutans – Despite Multinationals Promises
Leaked Report Warns Cambodia’s Biggest Dam Could ‘Literally Kill’ Mekong River
Wind Power Overtakes Nuclear Energy In UK For First Time Over Last Three Months
Almost half of Australian Big Business Moving To Renewables
Investors Urge Fossil Fuel Firms To Shun Trumps Arctic Drilling Plans
Christopher Raeburn Launches Collaboration With Palladium Boots
Surrey Creates ‘Super Group’ To Investigate Whether The Greening Of Cities Helps Mental Health
Almost 4 Tonnes Of Extra Plastic Recycled Since New Recycling Bin Banks Introduced
Brave New World Variety Show Shindig in Southampton – 18th May
Sholing Valley’s Spring Fayre 2018 19th May
Final Straw Solent Beach Clean – Southsea Seafront 20th May
Tools And Tips For Reducing Plastic 24th May
Check Out Eco Collective who offer 100% vegan products and offer gluten free and organic produce.
Something we look to help businesses do in the future. If you are a business that is in the waste(not) business please get in touch –Mixed Plastic Banks In Southampton
Here is Southampton’s list on what to put into your blue lid recycling bin: What Can I Recycle?
Pledge Your Commitment To Improving Hampshires Recycling Habits
This brilliant website gives tips and ideas about food waste and how to reduce it.
Instead of throwing out or bagging up (to gather dust) all those clothes children quickly grow out of this is a brilliant website to buy or sell unwanted children clothes. It is run by a busy mum who also knows what it’s like with ever growing children and the endless amount of clothes children accumulate.
‘Last year a quarter of the clothing we got rid of was simply thrown away. That’s a staggering 300,000 tonnes that went into landfill. So many of those items could have been re-used and enjoyed by a another child, instead of contributing to the destruction of the planet.’
Please join us on Facebook, like and share with fellow environmental and wildlife enthusiasts where we will keep you up to date with climate change, sustainable and wildlife and conservation news and anything else green.
We would also like to start adding a directory to our newsletter, making it more accessible for everyone to gain information, join other environmental groups or eco-friendly businesses that sell eco-friendly products. If you or someone you know are interested, please contact us. We can also help advertise and advise on any campaigns and fundraising events, with the option to advertise on our webpage, facebook and newsletters.
Equally if you have an article or blog which is relevant to the local or global cause of making the world cleaner and greener or feel there is an issue that could be part of a discussion, then feel free to send it over and we can publish it.
Contact us via our website:
Look us up on Facebook or drop us an email:
vicky@crowdleaf.org.uk
ryan@crowdleaf.org.uk
On behalf of CrowdLeaf,
Vicky & Ryan
Please come and check out our store to support our cause and green community!
London Air Pollution Live Data
See you next time!
Hello and welcome to another CrowdLeaf newsletter 🙂 Vicky is away this week, usual service will resume when she’s back.
This weeks newsletter is jam packed full of green and sustainable goodness.
With two guest articles coming out in the last week, I point to the upcoming event as listed below, the Brave New World Variety Show Shindig and another fantastic company doing great things to make the world just that little bit more sustainable ‘The Eco Collective’ a fully vegan Supermarket for good.
Firstly our usual plea, anyone or any company who is organising green events, sells sustainable products or any other variation thereof is welcome to contact us about working together on boosting the green community and economy. As part of this we are also restocking our store and are looking for local providers to link up with our store so if you are interested, please email us.
This week just like the last has had some pretty interesting developments. Solar reached a peak at 28.5% of the UK’s energy this early May bank holiday weekend, producing more energy than nuclear and gas powered energy plants.
Again, there are some great events going on this month so please check them out and get involved. Once again last week Ryan @rwscarter was back on the airwaves to discuss all things green and sustainable with Xan Philips, you can listen again here.
Government unveils plans for business-backed plastics innovation hub
As mentioned in last weeks newsletter –
Now Morrisons is trialling bring your own tupperware to reduce plastic waste.
UK’s Most Polluted Towns And Cities Revealed
Terra watch: Rocks Could Have A Role In Combating Climate Change
AB InBev – the world’s largest brewer orders 800 hydrogen-electric trucks
Solar reached peak energy so far this year, on the hottest Early May bank holiday on record.
In pictures: Kenya’s coastal conservation heroes
Whitley awards for nature conservation 2018 winners – in pictures
Storage And Organisation Ideas For Recycling Centers
Swanage Pier Dive And Litter Pick 12th May
Southdowns Green Fair 13th may
Brave New World Variety Show Shindig in Southampton – 18th May
Sholing Valley’s Spring Fayre 2018 19th May
Tools And Tips For Reducing Plastic 24th May
Something we look to help businesses do in the future. If you are a business that is in the waste(not) business please get in touch –Mixed Plastic Banks In Southampton
Here is Southampton’s list on what to put into your blue lid recycling bin: What Can I Recycle?
Pledge Your Commitment To Improving Hampshires Recycling Habits
This brilliant website gives tips and ideas about food waste and how to reduce it.
Instead of throwing out or bagging up (to gather dust) all those clothes children quickly grow out of this is a brilliant website to buy or sell unwanted children clothes. It is run by a busy mum who also knows what it’s like with ever growing children and the endless amount of clothes children accumulate.
‘Last year a quarter of the clothing we got rid of was simply thrown away. That’s a staggering 300,000 tonnes that went into landfill. So many of those items could have been re-used and enjoyed by a another child, instead of contributing to the destruction of the planet.’
Please join us on Facebook, like and share with fellow environmental and wildlife enthusiasts where we will keep you up to date with climate change, sustainable and wildlife and conservation news and anything else green.
We would also like to start adding a directory to our newsletter, making it more accessible for everyone to gain information, join other environmental groups or eco-friendly businesses that sell eco-friendly products. If you or someone you know are interested, please contact us. We can also help advertise and advise on any campaigns and fundraising events, with the option to advertise on our webpage, facebook and newsletters.
Equally if you have an article or blog which is relevant to the local or global cause of making the world cleaner and greener or feel there is an issue that could be part of a discussion, then feel free to send it over and we can publish it.
Contact us via our website:
Look us up on Facebook or drop us an email:
vicky@crowdleaf.org.uk
ryan@crowdleaf.org.uk
On behalf of CrowdLeaf,
Vicky & Ryan
Please come and check out our store to support our cause and green community!
London Air Pollution Live Data
See you next time!
Hello and welcome to this weeks newsletter!
How cute is this little bee tucking in to a flower! So nice to see the sunshine finally!
First of all, we want to thank everyone who joined us last week for CrowdLeaf’s Litter pick walk! The turn out was a great success and although we couldn’t clean the whole of the Common in the time we were out we managed to clear a huge amount of rubbish – almost half of which could have easily been recycled!
This month there is so many great events to get involved in so take a look at the Events section to find out what you can get involved in to help the environment!
There is a great event this Friday 20th April – Sustainability Mic Night – so come and join in!
UK Drives Into E-Vehicle Fast Lane With 11% Rise
Climate change Latest UK Becomes First Developed Economy to Examine Paris Agreement Commitments
Grant cash to make city’s buses greener
More Than 95% of Earth’s Population Breathing Dangerously Polluted Air, Finds Study
Amazon Coral Reef would Be Ruined By Planned Oil Drilling
Iceland Sets Target Of 191 Kills As Country Resumes Whaling
Destroying The Worlds Natural Heritage: ‘Komodo Is Reaching A Tipping Point’
Green-haired turtle that breathes through it’s genitals added to endangered list
Costa Coffee Vows ‘Cup Recycling Revolution’
Aldi Tops List Of Supermarkets Stocking Most Sustainable Seafood
Aluminium Recycling Rate Improves
Regain App For Recycling Unwanted Clothing Launches In UK
Recycling hope for plastic hungry enzyme
Sustainability Mic Night 20th April
Southampton Sustainable Fashion Fest 2018 21st April
Repair Cafe Portsmouth 21st April
Recycling Action Week 22nd April – 27th April
Public Meeting & age – Southampton Common Forum
Salisbury Vegan Fayre 29th April
Swanage Pier Dive And Litter Pick 12th May
Sholing Valley’s Spring Fayre 2018 19th May
Something we look to help businesses do in the future. If you are a business that is in the waste(not) business please get in touch –Mixed Plastic Banks In Southampton
Here is Southampton’s list on what to put into your blue lid recycling bin: What Can I Recycle?
Pledge Your Commitment To Improving Hampshires Recycling Habits
This brilliant website gives tips and ideas about food waste and how to reduce it.
Instead of throwing out or bagging up (to gather dust) all those clothes children quickly grow out of this is a brilliant website to buy or sell unwanted children clothes. It is run by a busy mum who also knows what it’s like with ever growing children and the endless amount of clothes children accumulate.
‘Last year a quarter of the clothing we got rid of was simply thrown away. That’s a staggering 300,000 tonnes that went into landfill. So many of those items could have been re-used and enjoyed by a another child, instead of contributing to the destruction of the planet.’
Please join us on Facebook, like and share with fellow environmental and wildlife enthusiasts where we will keep you up to date with climate change, sustainable and wildlife and conservation news and anything else green.
We would also like to start adding a directory to our newsletter, making it more accessible for everyone to gain information, join other environmental groups or eco-friendly businesses that sell eco-friendly products. If you or someone you know are interested, please contact us. We can also help advertise and advise on any campaigns and fundraising events, with the option to advertise on our webpage, facebook and newsletters.
Equally if you have an article or blog which is relevant to the local or global cause of making the world cleaner and greener or feel there is an issue that could be part of a discussion, then feel free to send it over and we can publish it.
Contact us via our website:
Look us up on Facebook or drop us an email:
vicky@crowdleaf.org.uk
ryan@crowdleaf.org.uk
On behalf of CrowdLeaf,
Vicky & Ryan
Please come and check out our store to support our cause and green community!
London Air Pollution Live Data
See you next time!
Welcome to this weeks Crowdleaf Newsletter!
Lets start with the depressing same old line we at Crowdleaf hear all too often.
‘unless everyone thinks or acts responsibly with what they do with their waste, whats the point as there will always be a problem?’ (honestly I have heard this). My reply is: ‘Think of it like a ripple effect, once one makes a change and sets a good example, others start to think then act. This is thinking about our children too and setting good life lessons for them to follow’.
Will you be an a person to follow or a person who follows?
If everyone had this attitude, not only will the ocean be empty of sea life replaced by pollution, we will be swimming in our own rubbish in no time so a big massive thank you goes out to all who are working so hard for the welfare of the planet because it does go a long way to make it a better place.
In 1 week, we have our CrowdLeaf Litter Picking event at Southampton Common so please keep a space in the diary and meets us down there!
We have a great guest article and infographic about why straws are bad for the environment so a big thank you Hugh for taking the time to create this piece.
We are still looking to organise a regular Plogging event so anyone who is interested please contact us and we will arrange a date for this to start.
Also listen out for CrowdLeaf’s Ryan Carter on Voice FM Radio 103.9 on Thursday 6th April.
For anyone who would like their event or article on our weekly newsletter please contact us.
Hope you all have a great week!
Ps. Lots of events happening this month so please check them out in the Events section! 🙂
Plastic straws are everywhere. They come with soft drinks, juice boxes, and are even available at many restaurants. Each day, we use straws, largely without even noticing them. It is for this reason that seemingly small and negligible plastic straws have become so damaging to the environment.
This infographic by Get Green Now helps to illustrate the damaging effects of a single plastic straw on the environment. It also displays interesting facts to help make it easier to understand the sheer severity of the global plastic problem.
Why Are Straws Bad For The Environment, (Facts, Statistics and Infographic)
‘Largest’ Plastics Haul In Cardiff River Bank Clean-Up
Co-op To Switch Own-Brand Water To 50% Recycled Plastic Bottles
Bottle And Can Deposit Return Scheme Gets Green Light In England
Government Considering Plastic Bottle Deposit Scheme To increase Recycling And Reduce Litter
First Of London’s New Drinking Fountain Locations Revealed
‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ Sprawing With Far More Debris Than Thought
Fiji PM: Climate Change Threatens Our Survival
‘Extreme’ Fossil Fuel Investments Have Surged Under Donald Trump, Reports Reveal
Climate Change Soon To Move 140m People, World Bank Warns
Destruction Of Nature As Dangerous Climate Change, Scientists Warn
European Cities Consider Making Public Transport Free To Tackle Air Pollution
Pollution Experts Quit Clean Air Group
UK To Tighten Laws On ‘Abhorrent’ Ivory Trade
Underwater Melting Of Antarctic Ice Is Far Greater Than Thought, Study Finds
A Week In Wildlife – Stunning Images
3 Million Mice And Voles Die Trapped In Bottles
Sadiq Khan Accuses Ministers Of Stalling Over Post-Brexit Environment Watchdog
Bulgarians Rush To Save A Phalanx Of Distressed Frozen Storks
Hoe IVF And Stem Cell Science Could Save The Northern White Rhino From Extinction
Australian’s Birds Are Not Being Protected By Environment Laws, Report Says
2,000 People Took This Recycling Test – And None Of Them Scored 100%
This College Wants To Be The First 100% Renewable Campus In The World
Leather made From Pineapple Leaves
Portland Pub Replaces Beef With Vegan ‘Impossible’ Burgers
Surfers Against Sewage Big Spring Beach Clean 7th April
CrowdLeaf’s Litter Picking Walk 10th April
Portsmouth Green Drinks 11th April
Greenpeace April Social and Meeting 17th April
Sustainability Mic Night 20th April
Southampton Sustainable Fashion Fest 2018 21st April
Salisbury Vegan Fayre 29th April
Swanage Pier Dive And Litter Pick 12th May
Sholing Valley’s Spring Fayre 2018 19th May
Something we look to help businesses do in the future. If you are a business that is in the waste(not) business please get in touch –Mixed Plastic Banks In Southampton
Here is Southampton’s list on what to put into your blue lid recycling bin: What Can I Recycle?
Pledge Your Commitment To Improving Hampshires Recycling Habits
This brilliant website gives tips and ideas about food waste and how to reduce it.
Instead of throwing out or bagging up (to gather dust) all those clothes children quickly grow out of this is a brilliant website to buy or sell unwanted children clothes. It is run by a busy mum who also knows what it’s like with ever growing children and the endless amount of clothes children accumulate.
‘Last year a quarter of the clothing we got rid of was simply thrown away. That’s a staggering 300,000 tonnes that went into landfill. So many of those items could have been re-used and enjoyed by a another child, instead of contributing to the destruction of the planet.’
Please join us on Facebook, like and share with fellow environmental and wildlife enthusiasts where we will keep you up to date with climate change, sustainable and wildlife and conservation news and anything else green.
We would also like to start adding a directory to our newsletter, making it more accessible for everyone to gain information, join other environmental groups or eco-friendly businesses that sell eco-friendly products. If you or someone you know are interested, please contact us. We can also help advertise and advise on any campaigns and fundraising events, with the option to advertise on our webpage, facebook and newsletters.
Equally if you have an article or blog which is relevant to the local or global cause of making the world cleaner and greener or feel there is an issue that could be part of a discussion, then feel free to send it over and we can publish it.
Contact us via our website:
Look us up on Facebook or drop us an email:
vicky@crowdleaf.org.uk
ryan@crowdleaf.org.uk
On behalf of CrowdLeaf,
Vicky & Ryan
Please come and check out our store to support our cause and green community!
London Air Pollution Live Data
See you next time!
Hello and welcome to CrowdLeaf’s Newsletter.
We are passionate about keeping our planet as green and pollution free as much as we possibly can so we have organised our own CrowdLeaf’ Litter Picking Walk on 10th April 17:00-18:30 at Southampton Common. We will be meeting at Hawthorns Urban Wildlife Centre so please feel free to join us as everyone is welcome.
We would like to know about everyones efforts on how you are keeping your area litter free on this Great British Spring Clean. Just drop us an email and let us know what you have arranged or have achieved already and we can publish this great news on our newsletter to show the wider community what we can all do for our environment!
A massive well done to Bitterne Litter Team for their efforts for the British Spring Clean on 10th March! So much rubbish was collected on this litter pick!
The UK Needs A Deposit Return Scheme For Plastic Bottles
Aldi Unveils Sweeping Measures To Slash Plastic Waste
Krill Found To Break Down Micro-Plastics – But it Won’t Save The Oceans
Germany’s New Government Deal Fails The paris Climate Accord Test
British River Has The Worst Recorded Microplastic Pollution In The World
UN Urges Global Move To Meat And Dairy-Free Diet
Burning Coal may Have Caused Earth’s Worst mass Extinction
Southampton Council Bosses Take To The The Streets To Tackle Drivers Sat Idling In Cars
Krill Fishing Poses Serious Threat To Antarctic Ecosystem
Return of Pine Martens Could Save Britain’s Red Squirrels, Say Scientists
Mass Die-Off Of Sea Creatures Follows Freezing UK Weather
EAC Accuses Government Of Lack Of Action Over Coffee Cup Recycling
Lidl Vows To Crack Down On Plastic Waste By Eliminating 5p Bags
Gum-Drop Recycles Used Chewing Gum Into New Useful Products
Great British Spring Clean 2nd – 25th March
Tools And Tips For Reducing Plastic 14th March
Sea Palling Beach Clean 18th March
2018 Antarctic Lectures: The Albatross About Our Necks 22nd March
Uk Butterfly Recorders Meeting 24th March
Surfers Against Sewage Big Spring Beach Clean 7th April
Sholing Valley’s Spring Fayre 2018 19th May
Something we look to help businesses do in the future. If you are a business that is in the waste(not) business please get in touch –Mixed Plastic Banks In Southampton
Here is Southampton’s list on what to put into your blue lid recycling bin: What Can I Recycle?
Pledge Your Commitment To Improving Hampshires Recycling Habits
This brilliant website gives tips and ideas about food waste and how to reduce it.
Organic Veg Box Finder – Soil Association
Instead of throwing out or bagging up (to gather dust) all those clothes children quickly grow out of this is a brilliant website to buy or sell unwanted children clothes. It is run by a busy mum who also knows what it’s like with ever growing children and the endless amount of clothes children accumulate.
‘Last year a quarter of the clothing we got rid of was simply thrown away. That’s a staggering 300,000 tonnes that went into landfill. So many of those items could have been re-used and enjoyed by a another child, instead of contributing to the destruction of the planet.’
Please join us on Facebook, like and share with fellow environmental and wildlife enthusiasts where we will keep you up to date with climate change, sustainable and wildlife and conservation news and anything else green.
We would also like to start adding a directory to our newsletter, making it more accessible for everyone to gain information, join other environmental groups or eco-friendly businesses that sell eco-friendly products. If you or someone you know are interested, please contact us. We can also help advertise and advise on any campaigns and fundraising events, with the option to advertise on our webpage, facebook and newsletters.
Equally if you have an article or blog which is relevant to the local or global cause of making the world cleaner and greener or feel there is an issue that could be part of a discussion, then feel free to send it over and we can publish it.
Contact us via our website:
Look us up on Facebook or drop us an email:
vicky@crowdleaf.org.uk
ryan@crowdleaf.org.uk
On behalf of CrowdLeaf,
Vicky & Ryan
Please come and check out our store to support our cause and green community!
London Air Pollution Live Data
See you next time!
This week we are looking at the importance of water.
With unusual seasonal patterns for 3 consecutive years due to climate change, the people of Cape Town are facing severe water shortages.
Lakes are drying up, the environment is struggling and peoples businesses are under threat due to the drought. It is only a matter of time before people’s health is affected if not already.
How much more of a wake up call to people need to face the effects climate change and see that it is really happening?
If you are interested to know the air quality around your area check out the Pollution Tracking Tools at the bottom of the newsletter.
There are some brilliant events coming up such as Moonlight Owl Prowl in Bordon, Greenpeace Meeting And Quiz – so come a long and put your knowledge to the test! Community litter picking and beach cleans are also coming up too.
If you missed out on our previous newsletters you can find them on our Forum Posts. Alternatively, if you would rather have them sent to your email please contact us and we will be happy to do that like many other regular readers – Do not miss out on a green story event or
Please join us in signing the petition to help the WWF Stop Ivory Trade in the UK.
Day Zero Cape Town Turns Off Taps?
Let Cape Town Revolutionise The Way We Think About Water
And lets not forget the great article by our regular contributor from Spain Mar Introini who wrote about water equality for us a little while ago. You can read her piece here.
Pollution From UK Shipping Is Four Times Higher Than Previously Thought
How Bill Gates Aims To Clean Up The Planet
Green Brexit Is Impossible To Guarantee Say Tory Mep’s
TFL To Make Bus Stations And Offices More Energy Efficient With Solar Power
Blackcraig Windfarm Set To Go Live
Whale and Shark Species At Increasing Risk From Microplastic Pollution
‘Outrageous’ Gold Rush-Style Grab Of Public Lands
Nigel – The Lonely New Zealand Gannet – Dies
“What About Clean Growth” – Dr Alan Whitehead 13th Februray
CleanAir Network Launch 7th February
Walpole Park Community Litter Pick 11th February
Greenpeace Meeting And Quiz 20th February
Meet The Rangers At Weston Shore – 11th February
Sholing Valleys Volunteer Day 25th February
Weston Shore Beach Clean 25th February
Great British Spring Clean 2nd March
Something we look to help businesses do in the future. If you are a business that is in the waste(not) business please get in touch –Mixed Plastic Banks In Southampton
Pledge Your Commitment To Improving Hampshires Recycling Habits
This brilliant website gives tips and ideas about food waste and how to reduce it.
Organic Veg Box Finder – Soil Association
Instead of throwing out or bagging up (to gather dust) all those clothes children quickly grow out of this is a brilliant website to buy or sell unwanted children clothes. It is run by a busy mum who also knows what it’s like with ever growing children and the endless amount of clothes children accumulate.
‘Last year a quarter of the clothing we got rid of was simply thrown away. That’s a staggering 300,000 tonnes that went into landfill. So many of those items could have been re-used and enjoyed by a another child, instead of contributing to the destruction of the planet.’
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London Air Pollution Live Data
As you have read this far… :
Try – Air Water Trees Animals (ATWA) by System of a Down or Puscifer –The Humbling River
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There is an exponential global risk of growing poverty and displaced people induced by extreme weather, political turbulence and environmental damage many of which are events beyond our imagination. Global warming is taken scientifically as a given, with nearly all scientists agreeing that climate change would happen with or without people’s interference, though to a lesser degree and slower pace. It is therefore safe to say that the climate is not helped by the human populace. The collective lack of preparations to mitigate the effects of global warming are bordering on self-induced mass harm, while the switch to more environmentally friendly policies and clean and sustainable energy is nowhere near fast nor bold enough to provide the alternative. Surely these perpetrators are aware that we are all on the same planet and so far nobody can get off. As of 2013 renewable energy provides 21.7% of all electricity generated across the globe, not enough. This is heading in the right direction but with oil licenses still being given and mines still opening for coal and other fossil fuels the percentage change is demeaned by the negative impact of continued bad practice.
Since the beginning of time civilisations have fought and changed, almost evolved as a society often with its back to the wall. A classic example is to think of when man used to live in caves during an ice age, to when societies were formed and measures to stop us killing each other were implemented. Laws that govern societies and progress towards a better level of health and the tackling of the evils of life such as poverty, were met with ambitious targets to alleviate these plights. The issues are now more of regulatory capture of states such as those with powerful fossil fuel lobbies, or an.over reliance on fossil fuels such as OPEC countries. OPEC countries such as Venezuela rely on oil revenues to sustain a response to the other often immediate issues such as poverty or political stability. There are also those who refuse to switch to sustainable energy based on perceptions of how they work, how much they cost and for the classic problem of ‘range rage’ for electric vehicles which is slowly falling due to an increase in battery performance and more super fast charging stations being installed. The relative price of solar or wind is now so good that it is more than competing against alternative or what we have come to call traditional or conventional fuel sources.
So I implore you to take one simple message, we can’t carry on like this and if you personally take a stance and take the plunge towards a greener more sustainable world, others will follow. Switch energy provider, divest from fossil fuels and invest in community owned sustainable forms of energy, plant a tree, drive less and walk more. Need I go on? We all know that there is no time to lose, so go green.
If your looking for an alternative way to fill a Christmas Stocking or spend money on Black Friday or Cyber Monday try our shop and support the forum as we try to grow and support the green community. CrowdLeaf Store we are doing our own version of Black Friday here early CrowdLeaf, Green Friday and Cyber Monday for us is Clean Monday. Keep an eye on our store for sone pretty amazing world friendly products with discounts for the weekend only.
Fellow readers – I stumbled across this rather daunting piece of information while looking for a possible man-made disaster for an upcoming ‘Climate Mitigation Game’ that is currently in the early formation phases. I continue to be hocked by the size, scale and scope of human and human made climate change or disasters we collectively are responsible for.
This is worth listening to in its entirety – Man-made Earthquakes are rarely explained but here they are and it is done so very concisely in this BBC Radio 4 snippet.
Horror stories from mining that upset the balance of the earths crust, to damns in China causing magnitude 8 quakes. This just further emphasizes how much of an impact we as human are having on earth.
While I have your attention – Crowdleaf’s store is doing Black Friday & Cyber Monday a bit differently (would you expect anything else) were offering 10% discount between the 24th and 27th of March by using the code Green&Clean10 .
