Action Against Litter Newsletter – Issue 9
Watch
- Blue Planet II (2019) Episode 7 of BBC Studios produced Blue Planet II, ‘Our Blue Planet’, highlights the impact of plastic waste on marine life and ecosystems, raising awareness about the environmental challenges posed by plastic pollution. The subsequent boost in public interest for these issues was dubbed ‘The Blue Planet II effect’.
- Air Bear’ (2008) by Joshua Harris @joshua_allen_harris www.joshuaallenharris.com
“In 2008 I noticed some floating trash and the Air Bear project was born” These inflatable sculptures caught the attention of a global audience. Tied to city subway grates, the bags blend in like litter, until a train passes below, spitting exhaust into the air and they spring to life.
Read
For adults:
Litter-ology: Understanding Littering and the Secrets to Clean Public Places by Karen Spehr and Rob Curnow.
Why On Earth Do People Litter?
Imagine if all our public places were clean and free of litter. The litter in parks, beaches, shops, transport stops, waterfronts and roads wouldn’t be ending up in stormwater, polluting our waterways. It would end up where it belongs, in the bin. In Litter-ology, environmental psychologists Karen Spehr and Rob Curnow share their insights gained in over 20 years working on changing people’s disposal behaviour in public places.
For young readers:
Tidy (A Pete the Badger Story) by Emily Gravett
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2017, this is a very funny rhyming woodland story about the perils of being too tidy. Pete the badger likes everything to be neat and tidy at all times, but what starts as the collecting of one fallen leaf escalates quickly and ends with the complete destruction of the forest! Will Pete realise the error of his ways and set things right?
