Our seas are under immense pressure: too many fish are being taken out, too much rubbish is being thrown in and too little is being done to protect our precious marine wildlife and vital fish stocks.
The MCS SouthEast group is part of the National organisation, the Marine Conservation Society, and plays its part in the Society's national campaigns as well as having activities of its own.
MCS Campaigns
Marine litter: The marine conservation society is campaigning for action on marine litter. We are calling on Goverments to take the lead and publish action plans to reduce marine litter by 2011.
Balloon Releases – Just a reminder that MCS are continuing to campaign against mass balloon releases used for other charitable events. The campaign is called ‘Don’t Let Go’. Although not against using balloons to promote events, when released, many find there way into the sea where they can be eaten by turtles and sea birds, causing serious injury and death. The amount of balloon debris found around our coasts has tripled in the last ten years. A coloured leaflets and posters with details of this campaign are available from the MCS head office.
This herring gull will starve to death as the plastic blocks its digestive system.
The average UK household uses 300 plastic bags a year.
Even responsibly disposed of they never bio-degrade.
Support MCS now, the UK charity fighting marine litter.
”Go Plastic-Free For A Clean Sea”
Westmeads Community Infant School Launches an Eco-Bag for Whitstable Following a school assembly, the school’s Eco Council decided to take drastic action by getting behind a project to create an eco-bag for the town. The assembly had focussed on the largest mammal on the planet, the Blue Whale, and during an interactive session the children learned how a whale, found washed up on the Isle of Mull, had died after swallowing 23 plastic bags and bin liners.
You can purchase a bag priced from £4 - £7 via Cait Cochrane either by e-mail
cait@orcaweb.org.uk
or by phone
01227 772767
.
All monies are going to toothed cetaceans research.
Interested in eco-friendly shopping? Why not go to the MCS online catalogue. All profits go to support the work of the Marine Conservation Society.
Damon Albarn got the idea for Plastic Beachthe latest GORILLAZ album while on a beach next to his house: "I was just looking at all the plastic within the sand", he said. Watch a clip of the Gorillaz at Glastonbury performing Pirate Jet with backing video including clips from the cove.
