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 War On Plastic
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
Climate Change and Pollution
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
Wildlife and Conservation
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
Sustainability and Recycling
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
Events
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
Handy Websites
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.’
Contact us!
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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
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Pollution Tracking Tools
London Air Pollution Live Data
See you next time!