Landlocked Mermaid

While we are all thinking about presents and food and festivities, here are some shark misconceptions to also mull over. Photo from LeisurePro , via Pinterest. I hope you're all having a wonderful Christmas period. :)

Much like with my last Merfolk, there was a lot of information on this one. There is not enough paper in the world to cover everything! And this is the first one who is actually alive as well... But anyway. Merfolk #3! David Attenborough Photo from the BBC Lives: London, England Era: 20th Century/Present Day Born: 8th May 1926 Occupation: Broadcaster, Naturalist David Attenborough has a TV career spanning seven decades and his documentary Blue Planet II (2017) was a catalyst for many in plastic pollution awareness and wanting to do something about it. Over the ninety years he has been alive, he has become synonymous with nature documentaries and promoting conservation.  His fascination with nature started at a young age. He grew up on the University College of Leicester campus, where his father worked as the principal. From a young age he was collecting fossils, stones and specimens of nature - his own little "museum", as it were. He even supp...

My second person to attain the "Merfolk" title is probably the obvious choice, Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Now, I knew he was something to do with the sea, but my knowledge extended as far as that episode of Friends where Pheobe yells, "I love Jacques Cousteau!" After some digging, I have found out he has done basically everything! So without further waffle... Jacques-Yves Cousteau Photo from Smithosian Magazine Lived: Paris, France (or aboard Calypso ) Era: 20th Century Life Span: 1910-1997 Occupation: Oceanographer, Filmmaker, Naval Officer Like I said before, there is very little Jacque Cousteau has not done. He has made over 120 documentaries for film and television. He has written over 50 books. He has created an environmental protection foundation which is still going string twenty years after his death with over 50,000 members. But that is the short version. This man packed a lot of life into his 87 years. In my notes, I feel like I hav...

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...

Earth Day is a thing I've only really heard of on American television, but since discovering 4ocean my Instagram is now full of their Earth Day bracelet campaign, among others which I will get to later. So having very little idea what Earth Day was about, I decided to do some digging. The 4ocean bracelet made from one pound of recycled plastic pulled from the sea. It started in 1970 and was founded by Gaylord Nelson, a US Senator at the time. It's largely considered to be the birth of the modern environmental movement. At the time pollution was synonymous with success and prosperity, there was little conern for the long term effects on the environment. A book entitled Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, released a few years prior, was what opened Nelson's eyes to the issue. April 22nd, 1970, saw the first Earth Day. It was initially to educate and promote the idea of being sustainable and environmentally friendly. Over the years it gained traction and it beca...