Landlocked Mermaid

Top Five Eco-Instagram Accounts (Thank you Sarah for the idea!) 5. BBC Earth @bbcearth  From BBC Earth While a lot of their feed is advertisments for the upcoming BBC wildlife documentaries, one can harly complain about that. They share some pretty amazing widlife pictures. But they also share eco-friendly projects, like sustainable t-shirts from Teemill , and have stories and posts dedicated to sustainable living.  4. Marine Conservation Society @msc_uk    From MSC_uk This was one of the first accounts I followed to help me reduce the plastic in my life. They share helpful infographics and supporting guides from their website, which made it a very helpful starting place. They have a nice balance of eco-campaigning, wildlife pictures, and information. 3. 4Ocean @4ocean  From 4Ocean 4Ocean are an organisation who pull plastic waste from the ocean and recycle them into very cute bracelets. I should know, I have...

HAPPY EARTH DAY! I hope your day was nice and Earthy yesterday. Myself, I organised a litter pick. My initial plan was to go to the beach, like last year. However, it was Bank Holiday Monday yesterday and travelling to the beach would have been hellish, let alone actually being there. So I shifted my focus to something a little more local. I am very lucky in that the Shropshire Union Canal runs along the edge of my town. It's a gorgeous area which I have walked and run many times. I have even braved cycling along it, constantly fearing falling in of course. As a lot of my family live locally, I put up an event on Facebook and left it open for them to join if they wanted. Everyone was eager join. And my step dad even volunteered their canoe and kayak! All in all, shaping up to be a good day. We met at the stretch of the canal behind the cricket club and used my parents' house as a base camp. Sun screen applied, hats and sunnies on, canoe and kayak prepped; we were r...

Photo: The Telegraph Happy Earth Day Everyone!   (Yes, I realise it was yesterday, but humour me.) If you follow my Instagram , I'm sure you'll have seen I had something of a productive day. Well, here is all the behind the scenes gossip, my what went wells, what I'm going to do next time (yes, next time) and some of the weirder things we picked up. The Beach: Colwyn Bay, Wales. MORNING We started early, aimed to get to Colwyn Bay for about 10am. Through some miracle, we kept to that plan. I'm normally half an hour after the time I guestimate we should be at places for. It's an easy drive though: up to Chester, across to Wales. Literally two roads. And with my sea-themed CD, it felt like no time at all. Parking was a little problematic, there were roadworks happening where the internet said the car park was. But with it being Sunday, we found somewhere better and free. Getting to the promenade and beach was simple, we were at the seafro...

April 22nd. It's fast approaching. In my research for what I can do I found a number of organisations which have scheduled beach cleans. Fantastic news! Between Surfers Against Sweage , The National Trust , The Marine Conservation Society and 2 Minute Beach Clean I could find an event near me on the 22nd. Nope. Most of them are happening today. Or a couple weeks ago. Or not until September. Just my luck. I mentioned I was a landlocked mermaid, right? But, there are alternatives. Surfers Against Sewage offer a step-by-step guide to hosting your own beach clean, including all the legal stuff and who to contact for permission. Now, I realised I have left this a little late. To make all the necesary arrangements and drum up enough people to come, it would take more than a week. But it is something I definitely want to do; it'd be a great learning experience and a great way to do something for the environment. So what can I do now? What can I do in a week? ...