For the 2022 Easter break we ran a social media photo competition. We asked for people to send in their best photographs by water. Whether it be by a beach, river, pond , or puddle, we wanted to see how…
All of us are aware of the growing problem that is plastic pollution. Here is a list of easy switches you can make in your every day life to help reduce your plastic waste.
Christmas is a time we all indulge, whether that be in another mince pie or that present you’ve been waiting all year for, but should we be worrying about the effect our festivities are having on the environment? Whether you’re…
Guest post We’re delighted to be featuring the incredible Mary and Teresa from Sisters Against Plastic on our blog as they share how they managed to reduce their plastic consumption by 91% in just one year! Read on as they tell…
8th August 2019, Sand Bay During the summer holidays thousands flock to the Weston-Super-Mare region for days by the seaside building sandcastles and paddling in the sea, but sadly not everyone is just as eager to take their litter with them as they…
May 27th 2019, Porthkerry Country Park On a very sunny bank holiday Monday, the Life’s a Beach team and a number of volunteers headed to Porthkerry Country Park in Barry, Wales to support the fantastic work of the Friends of Barry Beaches organisation by spending…
Glastonbury Festival has long been working on its green credentials, asking festival goer’s to ‘love the farm, leave no trace‘ and encourages the use of reusable water bottles by installing numerous water fountains around the sprawling 1,100 acre site. The…
As the saying goes, “you can never start them too young” and we are fierce believers that this is very much the case when it comes to the eradication of single-use plastics. If we are to really make a change…
Continuing from our last post with campaigners ‘Plastic-Free Me’ we share a few more tips from the team on how you can make easy changes to switch to a more sustainable lifestyle. You can find part one here. Mealtimes A…
Most of us are aware of the level of devastation plastic pollution is causing our planet, and many of us have felt that we should do something to help, but where should we begin? With so much media coverage of…
With the immense popularity of Attenborough’s ‘Blue Planet’ series we were not surprised how quickly our television channels became flooded with similar programmes that brought attention to the severity of plastic pollution within our oceans. So shocking were the scenes…
